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Affiliate Link Checker

Paste any affiliate link or short link. We follow it one redirect at a time, the way a shopper's browser would, and show you where it ends up, which network tracks it, and whether your tag is still on it at the end.

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What it checks

Each stop in the chain gets its own row with the HTTP status the server answered. For every stop we look for the affiliate network and the ID it carries:

  • Amazon Associates: the tag= value on any Amazon site, plus amzn.to and a.co short links.
  • Impact (Walmart, Target, and thousands of brands): the partner ID in goto.walmart.com/c/… style links and Impact's own domains.
  • CJ, Rakuten, ShareASale, Awin, Partnerize, Pepperjam, eBay Partner Network, Skimlinks and Sovrn.
  • Creator platforms: Mavely, LTK, ShopMy, Howl, MagicLinks and BrandCycle, plus Branch and Geniuslink redirects.
  • Generic shorteners like bit.ly and TinyURL, which hide the destination but don't track anything for you.

At the end you get the store, the product ID when we can read it, and a copy of the product URL with the tracking stripped off, handy when you want to rebuild the link somewhere else.

Problems it catches

No tag at all. The most common one. A link copied from the address bar instead of SiteStripe or your network's link builder looks fine and earns nothing.

Tag dropped along the way. Some shorteners, link-in-bio tools and WordPress redirect plugins rebuild the URL and lose the query string. Amazon only credits the tag that actually arrives at Amazon.

A different tag at the end. If the tag changes between hops, the last one gets the commission. That can happen when a tool or a browser extension swaps in its own.

Dead links. A 404 or a domain that no longer exists, common with expired short links and products that were pulled.

A note on Amazon and shorteners

Amazon's program policies say you can't use a link shortener in a way that makes it unclear you're linking to Amazon. amzn.to is Amazon's own, so it's fine. If you use bit.ly or a custom domain, say in the post that it goes to Amazon. Our guide to Amazon links in your bio covers the rest.

Questions

Does checking a link count as a click or mess up my stats?+

It may register as one visit on the redirect service, the same as tapping your own link once. We don't open the page in a browser, run its scripts or keep its cookies, so a check can never turn into a sale.

Why does the checker say the retailer showed a bot check?+

Amazon, Walmart and other big stores often answer requests from servers with a captcha page instead of the product. When that happens we stop at the last real stop and tell you. Your shoppers on phones and laptops don't see that page.

My Walmart or Target link ends without any tracking in the URL. Is it broken?+

Usually not. Impact, which runs the Walmart and Target affiliate programs, records the click at the goto. redirect, so the store page doesn't always repeat your ID in its address. Look for the Impact partner ID on the first hop instead. If there's no goto. or Impact hop at all, the link isn't tracked.

Why can't you see where my LTK or ShopMy link goes?+

Some creator platforms only redirect real browsers or send phone users into their app, and show a landing page to everything else. When that happens the checker stops at the platform and says so. Open the link on your phone to see the store it lands on.

What does 'tag stripped' mean?+

Your Amazon tag was in the link earlier in the chain, but the Amazon page at the end doesn't have it. That usually means a link shortener or redirect plugin rewrote the URL. Amazon pays on the tag in the URL that reaches Amazon, so that click won't be credited. Recreate the link from SiteStripe or amzn.to.

Do you save the links I check?+

No. The link is followed once to build the report you see, then discarded. You don't need an account and nothing is tied to you.

Keep every link in one place.

InfluShop turns the affiliate links you already have into a storefront with product photos and current prices. Your tracking passes through untouched.

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Updated October 22, 2026. Program terms change, so check each program's current rules before relying on them. This is general information, not legal advice.