How to Cloak an Affiliate Link - Why You Should Cloak and How to Do It 12/01/2020 - Alliance of Valiant Arms - 2 Replies Why should you learn how to cloak an affiliate link initially? It is because there is nothing far more frustrating than to encourage a product, to promote the idea well, only to have zero ability to receive a payment for your hard work.Bed mattress that you're losing this specific commission? The reader is actually just burning the portion of your link that does not include your affiliate link and coming into the website using this changed link. Some people are merely plain strange I do think....