Tracking subscriber-downloaded *freebies*

[Teena]

In regard to a newsletter list, I'm wondering how everyone manages any *freebies* or *downloads* by their subscribers.

A few months back I joined a newsletter and in each email was a link for a *freebie* of some kind, which always took me to a shopping cart where the product cost $0. I had to fill in my details each time, and I know this was probably the best way the site owner knew how to track people who downloaded. It was annoying, but I was interested in the downloads.

I've now got a few freebies of my own I'd like to offer my eZine subscribers, and wondered if anyone else has an easy way to track who downloads what.

I thought I might be able to take them to a "sign up" page where their name and email might be captured [by my autoresponder service] before they go to the download page, but I don't want to have problems if their email name is already in my database.

Does anyone out there have a cool way to do this? I'd love to hear your suggestions!

Cheers
Teena!

[Lynn Terry]

I'd be interested in hearing responses to this...

Personally, I just offer the direct download link and then check my stats each month to see how often those files were accessed. It's not something I have great reason to track, though...

[Tom Fosson]

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[Teena]

[kidino]

[Teena]

Hi there kidino,

Many thanks for this link - a wealth of free link tracking software download options. And thanks too for your thoughts on this.

Cheers
Teena