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You can still use Bitly, but have the bitly point to your own site first, then redirect to your affiliate link from there. With a bit of work you can do the same with any post you make to Pinterest, so that they don't hijack your affiliate links either.

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...but then why use bitly?

Because its unlikely that you own a domain that short. They also own j.mp ...a 1 letter domain. Good luck getting one of those on your own :)

You could probably get a complete URL of equal or shorter length though because your new shortener domain could start counting from single-digit IDs again. Bit.ly is up to 7 characters.

There is v.gd, run by the is.gd people.

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