* Bypassing of the affiliate link: It refers to the person that removes the affiliate link in order to directly go to the selling site without any hassles. As a matter of fact, this prevents the affiliates and publishers from getting their due commission.



* Hijacking of the affiliate link: It refers to the person that uses their own affiliate link in order to purchase any product through the online services. This also hampers their commission.

Preventive steps You need to cloak the hoplinks. The steps involved here are:

* The first step to be taken for cloaking the links is to hover over the affiliate hoplinks so that the target URL can be revealed in the status bar or in the page source. Even so, here it is important for you to know the publisher name.

* The next step is to scroll down the publisher site in a meticulous manner. You will come across all the major points that can help you promote the publisher.

Levels of protection given below are some of the levels of protection that are given by the affiliate link cloakers:

* Level one protection: Under this level, the cloakers protect the true target of the links. This is done by overwriting the content that appears in the status bar of the web browser of the user.

* Level two protection: Here, mainly the users are well acquainted as to how easily it is to view the source of the web page, the affiliate link cloaker makes the link completely unreadable.

* Level three protection: Under this, the cloakers take extra caution about the fact that there is no mention of the original URL with the affiliate ID.

* Level four protection: The cloakers create protected as well as intermediate web pages in order to enhance the factor of security to a large extent.

* Level five protection: The intermediate webpage is further protected through the process of encoding the content in the best possible way in order to make them unreadable.

* Level six protection: The last layer of protection involves completely hiding the real location. The URL connected with the intermediate webpage is visible through the affiliate link.

So, evaluate the services of these affiliate link cloakers so that you can contribute significantly in preventing this theft in a considerable way and get your due commission on time.