vartox: Affiliate Program Questions

I've never seen anyone use a url shortner to cloak their affiliate link.

The expiry date of the cookie will depend on the company, usually the private affiliates that require an invite etc offer a 6 month of one year expiry date and lifetime commission.

That's according to you.i think there is no problem while cloacking links.The main reason for affiliate program is for getting leads.Here you will need to get buyers an sellers from your affiliate link.I suggest people like seoclerks URL than the short URL service URL's.And using seoclerks on affiliate link will increase your CTR.

Yes, you can use a URL shortner for your link. If you refer a user here who signs up within 5 days of your referral, you earn 10% of their purchases for life. There is no limit or expiry date.

sorry i thought you were talking about affiliate marketing in general

Yes you can cloak links of course.

Yes, you can cloak all your affiliate links and concerning to the cookie expire time here is what they say:

We don't serve those panzy, 3 day expiring cookies that other affiliate programs give you. If you refer a member to us and that member makes a purchase today, tomorrow or 3 years from now you will get paid for it. You will get paid for EVERY Purchase they make until time stops.