We've had a wave of new users join from the affLIFT community over the past few weeks, and it's been one of the best things to happen to WebMon.
Not because of the numbers (though those are nice), but because affiliate marketers break things in the most useful way possible. You find edge cases, you have opinions, and you tell us exactly what you need - usually within minutes of signing up. That kind of feedback is worth its weight in gold.
So if you've just arrived from affLIFT, welcome. Here's a quick rundown of what WebMon does for you, what we've built specifically because you asked, and how to make sure you're getting the most out of your account.
What WebMon Does for Affiliate Marketers
At its core, WebMon monitors URLs and tells you when things change or break. But for affiliates, that translates into some very specific use cases:
Monitor Your Campaign URLs
Add your tracking links, offer page URLs, and landing pages as HTTP monitors. WebMon checks them every 3 minutes and alerts you instantly if anything goes down. No more finding out from your stats dashboard four hours later.
Track Redirect Chains
Every HTTP monitor captures the full redirect chain - every hop from your initial URL to the final destination. You can see exactly where traffic flows: tracker, network click URL, advertiser tracking, offer page. If a hop fails or returns a non-200 status, you'll know.
Redirect Change Alerts
This is the big one we just shipped. Enable "Alert on Redirect Chain Changes" on any monitor, and WebMon will tell you when anything in the chain changes - a URL is different, a hop is added or removed, or the final destination moves. You can also set an expected final URL and get alerted if traffic stops landing where it should.
SSL & Domain Monitoring
Every HTTPS monitor automatically tracks SSL certificate expiry, issuer, protocol, and cipher details. WHOIS domain information shows registration dates, expiry, registrar, nameservers, and contact data. You'll get warned before certificates expire or domains lapse.
Keyword Monitoring
Monitor specific text on a page. Great for checking if an offer page still contains the right product name, price, or CTA. If the text disappears (or appears, depending on your config), you get an alert.
DNS Monitoring
Track your DNS records across multiple resolvers. Useful if you're running campaigns on custom domains and want to know if something changes at the DNS level.
Add Your affLIFT Username to Your Profile
If you signed up through an affLIFT invitation link, your account is already tagged with the affLIFT referral source. But you should also add your affLIFT username to your profile:
- Go to Profile (click your avatar in the top right)
- Click Edit
- Enter your affLIFT username in the Referral Username field
- Save
This helps us identify you in the community and means we can reach out if we build something based on your feedback. It also makes it easier for us to offer community-specific perks down the line.
Note: Once you set your username, it's locked - you'd need to contact support to change it. So make sure you enter it correctly.
What We've Built Because You Asked
The affLIFT community has directly influenced several recent features:
- Redirect change monitoring - The most requested feature from affiliates. Now live on all plans.
- Full redirect chain capture - The Worker now records every hop URL, not just the final destination.
- Expected URL matching - Set the offer page URL you expect and get alerted if it changes.
- WHOIS improvements - Complete domain data with two-step lookups, privacy-redacted fields displayed properly, and subdomain handling.
- Live auto-refresh - Monitor tables and dashboards update automatically without page reloads.
We're a small team and we ship fast. If something matters to people who run traffic for a living, it matters to us.
What's Coming
Here's what's on the near-term roadmap, largely driven by affiliate community feedback:
- Multi-region monitoring - Check from multiple geographic locations to catch geo-targeted redirect differences.
- Faster check intervals - Sub-minute checks for users who need to know now.
- Smarter alerts - Grouping related changes into a single useful notification instead of five noisy ones.
- Campaign grouping - Better organization for users running dozens of monitors across multiple campaigns.
Got Feedback?
If you've got ideas, complaints, or feature requests, there are a few ways to reach us:
- In-app contact form - Contact us directly
- affLIFT thread - Drop a comment in our thread and we'll see it
- Bug reports - If something's broken, let us know and we'll fix it fast
We read everything. Seriously. When you're a small team building for a specific audience, every piece of feedback is a signal.
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