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Best solution for adding links in comments for affiliate marketing

After posting 100,000+ Reddit comments for ourselves and clients, we’ve learned that adding links in affiliate marketing requires careful strategy to avoid removals.


🚫 What Not to Do


  • Never add affiliate links directly in your comments.

Reddit’s filters are highly sensitive to affiliate tracking links and will almost always remove your comment.


✅ Safer Alternatives (Bridge Pages)


  1. Medium Articles
    • Publish an article on Medium and link to that instead of your raw affiliate URL.
    • Medium is trusted by Reddit, rarely banned, and has a very high stick rate.


Here's an example of a Medium article


  1. Reddit Profile Posts
    • Create a post on your own Reddit profile and place your affiliate/landing link there.
    • Then in your comment, just link to your profile post.
    • Since this is Reddit’s own platform, these links fly under the radar and usually have an excellent stick rate.


Example of a Reddit profile post


  1. Claude (Landing Page Hosting)
    • Host your landing page or content on Claude, which also has a good survival rate on Reddit.
    • Reddit’s filters tend to give less scrutiny to Claude links compared to regular brand or affiliate domains.


Example of a Claude page


  • Using a bridge page, you can drive readers from Reddit → Medium/Reddit post/Claude article → Affiliate link safely.


Pro Tips


  • Write the Medium or Reddit profile post or Claude post like a helpful guide or review, not a sales pitch or AI-generated content. Reddit users prefer genuine content.
  • If you absolutely must mention your domain in the comments, consider using a non-clickable format (e.g., example.com) so it bypasses filters. Here's how you can do it.


Summary: For affiliate marketing on Reddit, never drop raw affiliate links in comments. Instead, use a trusted bridge page like Medium or Claude or Reddit profile post to host your affiliate content as this dramatically increases your comment survival rate.

Updated on: 23/03/2026

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