How to create ' Please wait while we transfer you to merchant' page?

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Hi guys,

When clicking on one my affiliate links which leads to a merchant I'm promoting, there always seems to be an extra few seconds delay whilst it loads up the merchant site.

Ive noticed a number of sites have a ' please wait whilst we transfer you to blah blah' page and think these are a pretty good idea - but I dont know how to create these. Can anyone help? Oh and what is the proper name for these pages??
 


<html>
<body>
Please wait while we transfer you to the Merchant Page...
</body>
</html>
 
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="3;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
Please wait while we transfer you to the Merchant Page...
</body>
</html>

It's up to you to create a more creative page.
Change the 3 to another number to make the redirect last longer or shorter.
 
junglepocket said:
Hi guys,

When clicking on one my affiliate links which leads to a merchant I'm promoting, there always seems to be an extra few seconds delay whilst it loads up the merchant site.

Ive noticed a number of sites have a ' please wait whilst we transfer you to blah blah' page and think these are a pretty good idea - but I dont know how to create these. Can anyone help? Oh and what is the proper name for these pages??
Click to expand...

quit.
 
Assuming you have control of the site and you just want to link to your merchant... Send them to a page with a redirect on it as above. So they click your offer, it goes to index2.html (or whatever), on that page use the script above, and add 'if you are not redirected in x seconds please 'click here' with your aff link again. Maybe brand the page a touch towards the merchant (logo/product) to distract them while they wait.

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I think OP doesn't want to add a delay but prevent the user from sitting in front of a blank page while the redirect takes place... Correct me if I'm wrong though. So the above mentioned redirection method will redirect, but if there is a lag on any one of the passthrough locations (e.g. the network redirection script), it won't help to prevent that lag. It will only add another lag to it (but yes, with a message "please wait").
 
Code: 
<html>
<head>
 <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.makemoniesonline.com">
 <title></title>
 </head>
<body>
Your page is loading.  Spin some time at our sister site while you wait.
</body>
</html>

Seriously though, it depends on what you are using already (javascript,DHTML,flash, etc.), there are lots of ways to do it, but you don't want to add in anything extra if you don't have to.
 
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