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Affiliate Link Checker

What is the affiliate link checking tool? It identifies broken links and long redirect chains. Simulating devices and GEO locations around the world.

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Paste one live tracking link. Choose a device and country to simulate where the click comes from.

Note: Testing a live tracking URL may register one click in your tracker. We only follow the redirect path — no forms, no conversion postbacks.

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Features and usecases

Link Testing and Link Health monitoring

The link tester is free to use and allows device and GEO location simulation in more than 20 countries.

Broken Link Detection

Run affiliate redirect checks by country and device to verify smartlinks, regional offers, and final landing pages before campaign launch.

Checks performed

Country Device

Identify revenue leakages

Know when an offer went offline and the exact reason what happened. Investigate logs by offer and advertisers to prevent losses.

Failed Reasons

Detailed Logs Reasons

Automation and Alerting

Once an a broken link has been identified you can automatically pause the offer or choose to get an alert via Email or as a Slack notification.

Automation

API Email Slack

All in One Marketing Platform

Manage, optimize, and protect your affiliate campaigns with inbuilt affiliate link teseter, cutting-edge fraud prevention (including proxy & duplicate detection), fingerprinting technology, and a full whitelabel option.

Affiliate Link Checker

Broken links burn money. Our link checker monitors your offers around the clock, tests every redirect and flags dead landing pages before your traffic hits them. When an offer goes down, we pause it automatically so you stop sending clicks into a black hole.

  • Broken redirect monitoring
  • Automatic offer deactivation
  • Uptime and latency tracking
  • Instant downtime alerts
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Fraud Prevention

We stop bots, proxies from creating fake clicks on your advertiser's apps. Our Filters are customizable and allow you to apply different rules by offer or affiliate. Sync rejection results with Appsflyer P360 or other anti fraud solution. We add transparency and automating the chargeback process.

  • Stop Fraud already at Click-Level
  • Proxy and Bot Detection
  • Included in every plan
  • Syncs with Appsflyer P360

Real-Time Analytics

Identify campaign and revenue trends, analyze understand traffic quality, user profiles and GEO distribution. You can also look into raw click and impression data across across billions of rows.

  • Sub-ID performance reports
  • Data Export Options
  • Top IP analysis
  • Click & Impression Logs

Smart Links

One link, every scenario covered. Smart Links route each click to the best converting offer based on device, geo and your own KPIs. Run A/B tests, set waterfall fallbacks and let the system shift traffic to whatever performs. No more managing dozens of links per campaign.

  • A/B split testing
  • Targeting based routing
  • Waterfall Routing
  • KPI based optimization

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about checking redirect chains with our free tool.

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What is a Redirect Chain Checker?

A redirect chain checker follows a URL through every redirect until it reaches the final page. It lists each hop with its HTTP status code and response time, so you can see how many redirects a URL passes through, whether any of them fail, and where visitors and search engines actually end up. Our tool can also run the check from different countries and devices, which most redirect checkers can't.

How do I check if a redirect is working?

Paste the URL into the redirect chain checker, pick a device and a country, and run the test. A working redirect shows a 3xx status on each hop and a 200 on the final page. A 4xx or 5xx anywhere in the chain, a loop, or a final URL you didn't expect means something is broken.

Which redirect types does the checker follow?

The redirect chain checker follows these redirect types:

What does a 307 or 308 redirect mean?

A 307 is a temporary redirect and a 308 is a permanent one, similar to 302 and 301. The difference is that 307 and 308 keep the original request method, so a POST request stays a POST. For SEO, Google treats a 308 like a 301 and a 307 like a 302.

If you see a 307 in Chrome DevTools on an HTTPS site, it is often HSTS. That redirect happens inside the browser, not on your server.

Are redirect chains bad for SEO?

A single redirect is fine. Chains are the problem. Googlebot follows up to 10 hops and then stops, every extra hop slows down crawling, and the longer a chain gets, the more likely it is that something in the middle breaks.

Best practice is to point every old URL straight to its final destination and update internal links so they skip the redirect completely.

How many redirects are too many?

Aim for one. Two can happen, for example HTTP to HTTPS followed by a www redirect, but you can usually merge those into a single rule. Three or more hops is a chain worth fixing.

Affiliate and tracking links are the exception. The publisher link, the tracker and sometimes a smartlink each add a hop, because that is how the click gets attributed. There the goal is not fewer hops but making sure every hop works.

How does the country and device simulation work?

The tool uses a residential proxy to get an IP address in the country you select and sends the request as the device you picked. The chain is traced the way a real visitor from that country and device would see it, so you can verify geo redirects, regional offers, separate mobile routing and app store redirects.

To detect residential proxies in your own campaigns, learn about 24metrics click fraud detection.

When should I use a redirect chain checker?

Use the redirect chain checker for:

  • Site migrations: Make sure old URLs point straight to the new ones, without chains or loops.
  • HTTPS and domain changes: Check that HTTP, www and trailing slash variants resolve in a single hop.
  • Troubleshooting: Find the exact hop where a chain breaks when traffic or conversions suddenly drop.
  • Affiliate and tracking links: Verify the full path from click to landing page in every target country before a campaign goes live.
  • Shortened links: See where a bit.ly or TinyURL link really goes before you click it.
Can it unwrap cloaked or shortened links?

Yes. Paste a cloaked URL or a shortened link from bit.ly or TinyURL and the tool reveals the complete redirect chain behind it, hop by hop, not just the final page.

Is the Redirect Chain Checker really free?

Yes. The tool is free to use with no hidden fees, registration requirements, or usage limits. If you need automated checks on hundreds of offers, that is part of the Integr8 platform.

Can I check redirect chains through an API?

Yes, but API access is not included in the free website tool.

For custom requests, contact us through the contact page.

Link Testing Benefits

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Affiliate marketing runs on links. Every click that fails to reach its destination is money left on the table. The problem is that affiliate links rarely go straight from point A to point B. They pass through tracking systems, get redirected based on location, and sometimes break without warning.

Our affiliate link checker traces the complete path your links take. You see every redirect, every hop, and the final landing page your visitors actually reach. No more guessing whether your campaigns work correctly in different countries or on different devices.

Common Problems This Tool Solves#

Geo-targeting issues are the silent killer of affiliate campaigns. An offer might work perfectly in the US but redirect to a dead page in Germany. Without testing from actual IP addresses in each target country, you would never know. Our tool uses residential proxies to simulate real visitors from your target markets.

Device-specific redirects catch many affiliates off guard. Advertisers often send mobile traffic to app stores and desktop traffic to landing pages. If you only test from your laptop, you miss half the picture. The affiliate link tester lets you check how your links behave on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.

Broken redirect chains happen more often than advertisers admit. Networks change tracking domains. Offers get paused. Landing pages move. A link that worked last week might send traffic into a black hole today. Regular testing catches these problems before they drain your budget.

Cloaked and shortened links hide their true destination. Whether you received a bitly link from a partner or want to verify where a competitor sends traffic, the redirect checker reveals the complete chain. You see every intermediate step, not just the final page.

How the Redirect Chain Analysis Works#

When you submit a URL, our system follows every redirect just like a real browser would. We record each step of the journey including HTTP status codes, redirect types, and response times. The results show you the full path from your original link to wherever it ultimately lands.

The tool handles all standard redirect methods. This includes 301 permanent redirects, 302 temporary redirects, meta refresh tags, and JavaScript-based redirections. Smartlinks that route traffic based on conditions get traced to their actual endpoints for your selected country and device combination.

Affiliate marketers verify their tracking links work correctly before scaling campaigns. Nothing worse than sending paid traffic to broken offers.

Affiliate managers check that publisher links route to the right destinations. They also audit for unauthorized redirect insertions or link hijacking.

Media buyers test offer links across all their target geos before launching campaigns. A quick check prevents wasted ad spend on non-converting traffic.

Network operators monitor offer health across their portfolio. Automated checks catch problems before affiliates start complaining about missing conversions.

Whether you run a single campaign or manage thousands of offers, knowing where your links actually go is not optional. It is the foundation of profitable affiliate marketing.

Affiliate Tracking Platform with integrated Link testing

Integr8 includes an integrated link testing tool as part of the affiliate tracking platform. Test hundreds of links automatically and get alerted when redirects break.

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