Redirectless Tracking
Learn how redirectless tracking eliminates redirect URLs from your affiliate campaigns, preventing ad disapprovals on Facebook and Google, eliminating click loss from browser blocking, and maintaining full attribution through the AnyTrack Tracking Tag. Covers how it works, why traditional redirect methods fail, and how AutoTrack and AutoTag replace them.
Traditional affiliate tracking uses redirect URLs to capture clicks — a visitor clicks a link, gets routed through a tracking server, then lands on the offer page. This method causes three problems: Facebook and Google flag redirects as cloaking and disapprove ads, privacy-focused browsers block CNAME tracking subdomains, and every blocked redirect is a lost click you already paid for.
Redirectless tracking eliminates redirects entirely. Visitors go straight from your landing page to the offer, while the AnyTrack Tracking Tag captures full attribution data client-side before they leave. No redirect servers, no CNAME cloaking, no click loss.
Why Redirects Cause Problems
| Problem | What Happens |
|---|---|
| Ad disapprovals | Facebook and Google detect redirect URLs and flag them as cloaking attempts |
| Click loss | iOS Safari, Firefox, and privacy-focused browsers block CNAME tracking subdomains |
| Account restrictions | Repeated policy violations can suspend your ad account |
| Broken attribution | Lost clicks mean ad platforms receive incomplete conversion data |
****Traditional trackers like Voluum and RedTrack require a Call to Action URL on your landing page (e.g.,
https://subdomain.yourdomain.com/click/1). This redirect points to the tracker's server using a CNAME DNS record — browsers identify this as cloaking and block it. The visitor you paid for never reaches the offer.
How Redirectless Tracking Works
- Visitor clicks an ad and lands on your page (standard campaign URL with UTM parameters)
- The AnyTrack Tracking Tag loads and captures all tracking parameters (UTMs, Click ID, session data)
- Visitor clicks a product or affiliate link on your page
- AutoTag appends the correct SubID parameter to the link
- Visitor goes directly to the offer — no redirect server in between
- AnyTrack fires an
OutboundClickevent and forwards it to all connected ad platforms via Conversion API
The visitor never passes through a third-party tracking server. Attribution data is captured entirely on your page.
Features That Power Redirectless Tracking
AutoTrack automatically captures OutboundClick and FormSubmit events on your site. Every link click and form submission is tracked and forwarded to your ad platforms without any code changes.
AutoTag appends the correct SubID and Click ID to each link based on the destination platform. ClickBank gets tid, Rakuten gets u1, CJ gets sid — all handled automatically.
AutoScan crawls your site to discover which affiliate networks your links belong to. If you use redirect plugins like ThirstyAffiliates, AutoScan resolves the final destination and tags accordingly.
FAQ & Troubleshooting
FAQ was last reviewed on 2026-02-22
Updated about 11 hours ago