Seeking Help CJ Auto deepling generator on mobile

[lereper]

Hi everyone,

I have a mobile app where I display booking listing according to a user query, with rapid API data.
So the user has several hotels he can click on and get redirected to the according page on booking
How can I turn each link into an affiliate one ?
If it's not possible with CJ is it possible elsewhere ?

 

[T J Tutor]

I display booking listing according to a user query, with rapid API data.

Where is your API data coming from?

So the user has several hotels he can click on and get redirected

That would be a direct link as you describe it, not as a re-direct. Why do you call it a re-direct?

to the according page on booking

Are you referring to Bookng.com?

If it's not possible with CJ is it possible elsewhere ?

What does CJ have to do with this. Is the API from CJ? Offers from CJ have links.

Please be far more accurate about your funnel.

 

[lereper]

Where is your API data coming from?



That would be a direct link as you describe it, not as a re-direct. Why do you call it a re-direct?





What does CJ have to do with this. Is the API from CJ? Offers from CJ have links.

Please be far more accurate about your funnel.

Hi, sorry if my post wasn't clear.
(I cannot post links, so when I say booking I am indeed referring to the hotel reservation website)

The flow is the following:
1 - In the mobile app, the user fills a form for the type of housing he wants
2- I make a request to an API on Rapid API that gives me 5 listings from booking
3 - I display them inside the app as clickable cards (they are indeed direct links, not redirections)
4 - When clicked, the link is opened inside the user's browser

I have a booking as a partner on my CJ affiliates accounts, which gives me an "evergreen link" meaning I can only get affiliation rewards when redirecting users to the home page of booking, but I am looking to create an affiliate link for each booking listing I display as cards in my app.

So when the user clicks a card, he is still going to see the listing in his browser, but this time my affiliation will be active

 

[Graybeard]

You really need CJ to allow you to track deep links. If you set cookies in the background you will probably be accused of cookie stuffing, assuming they still use cookies --regardless running CJ links in the background to ensure your accreditation for the sale is problematic.


- **If deep links aren't supported**
- Either:
- Direct users to homepage with your tracking ID
- Or negotiate with Booking/CJ for proper integration

 

[Ariel-ActiveRevenue]

Hi @lereper - sounds like you’ve built a solid user flow, and yeah, it makes total sense wanting those individual listing clicks to track with your affiliate ID. The issue with booking.com via CJ is exactly what you said — they usually just give you that generic homepage link with your tag, and they don’t make it easy to deep link into specific listings. That said, there are workarounds. Some affiliate networks or sub-networks offer a dynamic deep link generator for Booking listings (like TravelPayouts or Awin), or they let you append your affiliate parameters to any Booking URL using a special redirect layer. You could also check if Booking’s own affiliate program (outside CJ) gives more flexibility — they sometimes have tools that CJ doesn’t expose. Worst case, you could technically create a redirect script on your server that passes the user through your affiliate link first before sending them to the final listing — so it all tracks under your ID. Not always ideal, but it works if nothing else does. If you want help setting that part up, happy to talk through it.