Anyone can earn money online. There is no exaggeration in this statement. An affiliate link is a tool that allows anyone making recommendations to earn a commission on sales. Are you wondering what an affiliate link is and how you can earn money from it? You’ve come to the right place, because in this text you will find all the information you need to earn money with affiliate links.
The affiliate link first appeared in October 1994 in the United States. The first company to use this marketing model was PC Flowers & Gifts.com, a store selling various floral and gift products, such as jewelry, cosmetics, specialty food, and gift baskets. PC Flowers was then followed by AutoWeb.com, KbKids.com/BrainPlay.com, and EPage. Today, over 80% of brands in the United States use affiliate marketing!
The biggest impact on the spread of earning through affiliate links came from the affiliate program of the world’s largest online store – Amazon. The company’s founder, none other than Jeff Bezos, decided in 1996 to test what was then a modern marketing strategy based on awarding commissions for successful product recommendations. Initially, this solution was approached with some skepticism, but it quickly turned out to be extremely simple and effective. Jeff Bezos was satisfied because sales of his products increased thanks to recommendations, while publishers earned commissions, which motivated them to continue their affiliate marketing efforts.
Alright, but what exactly is an affiliate link?
Let’s start with the fact that an affiliate link is the basic affiliate tool. It is a unique URL leading to any page on the advertiser’s website, in which the publisher’s unique ID is embedded, making it possible to track:
Just like anyone can sing, anyone can become a publisher. All it takes is registering in an affiliate network, generating an affiliate link, and recommending the advertiser’s products within your online space.
In the past, to become a publisher, you had to have at least a blog or another website. Today, having your own website is not necessary, and an account on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or another platform of this type is enough to start recommending products. If you avoid social media, we have great news for you. You can send affiliate links to your friends by email or through any online communicator. Being a publisher and earning from recommendations is available to everyone, even on a very small scale.
Good news! You don’t need to obtain affiliate links in any special way. Every publisher has access to them at any time. All you need to do is register in our webePartners affiliate network and then use the affiliate link generator tool.
You already know that an affiliate link leads to the advertiser’s website and allows, among other things, tracking commissions credited to the publisher’s account. The next question you might have is: where do you get an affiliate link? It’s incredibly simple and does not require any knowledge of encryption or programming. All you need to do is use an affiliate link generator, and within 30 seconds you will receive an affiliate link that you can place on your website, blog, or social media and start earning by recommending products and services online.
The generated affiliate link never expires and also does not become outdated. What does this mean for you? That you can earn from a single link for several months, or even several years!
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Three steps to generating an affiliate link:
And that’s it! This is how you can generate an affiliate link to one of the hundreds of affiliate programs in webePartners.
You can publish an affiliate link virtually anywhere. And there is no exaggeration in that statement! Whether you run a blog, a niche website, or maybe a Facebook group or a YouTube channel, you can place an affiliate link in any of these places and many other online spaces. You can also share affiliate links via Instagram messages, WhatsApp, email, or SMS. Test different ways of placing affiliate links and methods of recommending products from a selected affiliate program, and then focus on those that bring you the most benefits.
You can place an affiliate link:
Examples of using affiliate links across different online platforms
Affiliate links can easily be woven into the content of a blog article or attached to any image or text phrase. Bloggers often create graphic product roundups mentioned in the text and then attach affiliate links to photos of individual products.
Wikilistka.pl blog – First-grade school supplies
How to prepare for a mountain trip? What should you take on a kayaking trip? What gift should you choose for Mother’s Day? Posts with lists of products that are essential in a given situation are great ideas for presenting recommended products to your readers. You can use the affiliate link generator for this and include the links in a list of essential items for a given situation. A perfect example of this use of affiliate links is a post on the Wikilistka.pl blog, in which the author helps parents of first-graders put together a school starter kit for their new pupils. First, she briefly describes a given product and then links to it, which makes it much easier for readers to find the mentioned product and make a purchase.
Earning money on YouTube is very popular, mainly because it is possible even with a small audience. Affiliate marketing on a YouTube channel usually involves placing affiliate links directly in the video description. The links can lead to stores offering the products mentioned in the video or directly to the products presented in the video. The most commonly recommended items include clothing, cosmetics, books, games, and gadgets.
One of our favorite examples of affiliate marketing on YouTube is the Zaksiążkowane channel, run by two sisters: Tola and Zuzanna. Their passion is reading books, which is why they regularly talk about the books they enjoyed the most and encourage others to read.
This is what they say about themselves:
We are sisters, head over heels in love with books and discovering new, delicious pieces of literature. We run a YouTube channel together because we want to inspire and encourage reading, and thanks to the fact that there are two of us, we can reach both younger and older readers, but above all, we are fulfilling our passion! [source: MBP in Opole].
For now, YouTube does not impose any limits on the number of affiliate links that can be placed in a video description. It is worth taking advantage of this and linking every product recommended in the video. You can also include just one affiliate link that directs users to the store’s homepage. This is how Tola and Zuza from the Zaksiążkowane channel operate. They talk about books that are often available in the TaniaKsiążka.pl bookstore. In this case, anyone who goes to the bookstore’s website through their affiliate link and makes a purchase of any product will generate a commission for Zaksiążkowane.
Of course not! Earning money with affiliate links is possible without having your own website or blog. An affiliate link works in the same way on other online platforms. You can place it, for example, on social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok) or send it via email, SMS, Messenger, WhatsApp, etc. Affiliate marketing on social media is becoming increasingly popular, and there are really many ways to recommend products on social media platforms. If you want to learn more about affiliate marketing on social media, be sure to read our other posts:
The greatest advantage of an affiliate link is undoubtedly its versatility. You can place it not only on a website, but also on social media and in email or SMS messages. Moreover, an affiliate link is the easiest and simplest affiliate tool. You can easily use it for subtle product promotion and be sure that all transactions generated by you will be properly tracked.
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