Trying to connect to bookdepository.com I occasionally notice that I get redirected through some shady affiliate link before landing on the site. I type the domain in the address bar and hit enter, the call first goes through a domain called www.httpslink.me then redirected to go.magik.ly then to awin affiliate network and finally to bookdepository. Here's a screenshot of the initial request:
I'm trying to figure out why this happens. You can see that while the request URL is bookdepository the contacted host is httpslink.me. My question is what determines the host that will be contacted. I logged the network traffic through chrome://net-export/ and there is no mention of an initial request to bookdepository, it goes straight to httpslink.me