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Frequently Asked Questions

General

I already use Skimlinks, so how is Mentionlink different?

Makes sense. Most teams we work with already have something; they just run into issues when they try to manually add affiliate links one by one, which is time-consuming. Mentionlink complements Skimlinks by automatically converting all unlinked product mentions into affiliate links, which is something traditional link converters don't do.

If you had a magic wand, what would you change about your current setup? Let us know by sending an email to info@mentionlink.com.

Customization

Can I limit the number of affiliate links per page?

Yes.

Mentionlink allows you to set a maximum number of affiliate links per page. Additionally, Mentionlink uses AI to link only high-intent keywords, ensuring your carefully crafted editorial content isn't overwhelmed with excessive links. Note that the newly added affiliate links will look exactly like all the other links, through style inheritance.

Affiliate Programs

Which affiliate programs are compatible with Mentionlink?

Mentionlink currently supports the Amazon Associates and Walmart Affiliates programs. Future integrations are planned to be released in 2026.

How do I connect my Amazon Associates account to Mentionlink?

First, you need to sign up for an Amazon Associates account and perform the following:

  • Provide your tax information;
  • Complete at least three qualified sales in the past 180 days;
  • Have an approved Amazon Associates account.

The above will grant your Amazon Associates account access to Amazon's Product Advertising API so that Mentionlink can access your account on your behalf.

Then, you will find the following information from the Tools menu and the Product Advertising API submenu of the Amazon Associates dashboard. If you can't access the Product Advertising API credentials, it means you have not completed the above steps yet. Copy-paste the credentials from the Amazon Associates dashboard into the Mentionlink dashboard.

  • Product Advertising API Access Key
  • Product Advertising API Secret Key

Additionally, you will need to copy-paste your Tracking ID into the Mentionlink dashboard so Amazon can associate the sales to your affiliate account, so you earn money. The list of tracking IDs can be found in the Amazon Associates dashboard by clicking on Account menu and the Account Settings submenu and then the Manage Your Tracking IDs link from the Account Information section.

How do I connect my Walmart Affiliates account to Mentionlink?

To connect Walmart, you need to have an approved Walmart Affiliates account. Then, copy the publisher identifier from Walmart Affiliates' website into the administrative dashboard of Mentionlink.

Further, you'll also need:

  • Walmart API Consumer ID
  • Walmart API Key Version
  • Walmart API Private Key

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Will adding the Mentionlink script impact SEO?

No.

All affiliate links added by Mentionlink have either rel="sponsored" or rel="nofollow", thus search engines will ignore these outgoing links. Please read more on how Google qualifies outbound links.

Performance

Will adding Mentionlink slow down my website?

No.

The Mentionlink script loads itself asynchronousely and waits till the entire page is fully loaded before converting unlinked product mentions into affiliate links.

How large is the Mentionlink script?

The script is minified. When served, it's compressed to ~3KB; multiple compression algorithms are supported, including Gzip, Zstandard, and Brotli. Through the GitHub CI/CD pipeline, the script is uploaded to an R2 bucket. Then, the script is served through the content delivery network (CDN) of Cloudflare, which is mapped to cdn.mentionlink.com.

Styling

Will the Mentionlink-added affiliate links match the style of my website?

Yes.

The newly added affiliate links will match the font family, color, style, etc. of your other links on your website in order to blend in.

Scalability

Does Mentionlink support high-traffic websites?

Yes.

Our Chief Technical Officer (CTO) has 15+ years of software engineering experience working on planet-scale online services. Thus, we have leveraged that expertise to build Mentionlink in a highly-scalable way.

The Mentionlink backend runs on Cloudflare Workers' infrastructure, thus is infinitely scalable as Cloudflare spawns new workers at the edge. The Mentionlink script is served out of Cloudflare's R2 object storage, which is similar to Amazon's S3.

Reliability

What's the uptime of the Mentionlink backend?

99.5%

We use UptimeRobot to measure uptime; please see the latest status from the last 90 days on status.mentionlink.com.

Security

Will adding Mentionlink put my website at risk?

No.

All affiliate links added by Mentionlink have target="_blank", thus window.opener will return null. This approach instructs the browser to naviate to the e-commerce store without granting the new browsing context access to your website through the window.opener property on the opened window. Please read the MDN documentation on rel="noopener" for more information; please note that rel="noopener" is the equivalent of not setting target="_blank" so that the link opens in the same tab. Mentionlink prefers to open affiliate links in new tabs, thus setting target="_blank" will suffice.

Is my Mentionlink password safe?

Yes.

Your Mentionlink password is hashed upon storing in the database, so there's no way to reverse engineer the password itself.

Are affiliate program API credentials encrypted?

Yes.

All affiliate program API credentials, from Amazon Associates and Walmart Affiliates, such as secret and/or private keys, are encrypted at rest and in transit; we use the Fernet symmetric encryption.

Privacy

Do I need to include Mentionlink in a cookie consent banner?

No.

Mentionlink does not send any cookies. This can be confirmed by seeing that the fetch call in the script does not set "credentials": "include" in the payload. Please read the MDN documentation on Using Fetch for more information. Furthemore, the HTTP preflight (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) CORS request does not reply with the HTTP header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true, thus the browser will not allow the endpoint to set any cookies for the root domain or subdomains of mentionlink.com. This can be confirmed by using the DevTools in Chrome. Please read the MDN documentation on Access-Control-Allow-Credentials for more information.

Is Mentionlink patented?

Yes.

Mentionlink is patent pending in the United States as well as in 150+ other countries that are part of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT.)

How is the code for Mentionlink licensed?

The Mentionlink code is distributed under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0. For full details, please refer to the LICENSE.md file in the repository.

Setup

How do I install Mentionlink on my website?

Mentionlink can be installed on any website by adding a single line of JavaScript code to your site. For detailed steps, please refer to the installation instructions.

If you're using WordPress, we offer a dedicated WordPress Mentionlink Plugin that simplifies the installation process even further.

Don't have technical resources available? No problem; our team can handle the installation for you at no additional charge.