Affiliate Links: A Complete Guide

What are Affiliate Links?

Affiliate links are special links brands give you to help promote their products. When someone clicks on your affiliate link and makes a purchase, you earn a commission from the sale.

How do Affiliate Links work?

1. Join an Affiliate Program: You join a brand’s affiliate program.

2. Receive a Unique Link: The brand gives you a unique link that directs people to a product you've chosen to promote.

3. Share the Link: You post this link on your website, blog or social media.

4. Earn Money: If someone clicks the link and buys the product, you earn a percentage of the sale.

Why Affiliate Links Are Valuable for Influencers?

1. Extra Income: You earn a commission for each sale made through your affiliate links, creating an extra income stream.

2. Authentic Promotion: You can choose products that align with your personal brand, allowing you to make more genuine recommendations to your followers.

3. Diverse Partnerships: By joining different affiliate programs, you can work with multiple brands and promote a variety of products.

4. Performance-Based Rewards: Your earnings are based on actual sales, so as your promotions reach more people, your income potential grows.

Best Practices for Effective Use of Affiliate Links

1. Know Your Audience: Understand what your followers are interested in and choose products that match their needs and preferences. This helps increase the likelihood that your audience will trust your recommendations and make a purchase.

2. Provide Value with Your Links: Use affiliate links in helpful content, like product reviews, guides, or tutorials. This makes your recommendations more useful and engaging instead of just promotional.

3. Be Transparent About Affiliate Links: Always disclose that you may earn a commission from the links you share. Being open builds trust with your audience.

4. Monitor and Update Your Links: Check your affiliate links regularly to ensure they’re working and still relevant. Broken or outdated links can hurt trust and lead to missed opportunities for sales.

Creating Your Own Affiliate Links

You can create affiliate links for the products you want to promote using the following tools -

1. Baton's Affiliate Link Generator

   Our affiliate link generation service is coming soon. In the meantime, you can create affiliate links using Amazon’s Associates Program.

2. Amazon's Associates Program

   Please Note: For any third-party or external affiliate program, the commission for each product is determined and provided by the respective affiliate program. Baton has no role in deciding or distributing the commission for such programs. This guide is only designed to outline the steps to help you generate affiliate links.

   Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started -

1. Go to https://affiliate-program.amazon.in and click the "Sign Up" button. You may be prompted to log into your Amazon account. If you don’t have one, create an account.

2. Once you have logged in, you’ll be directed to a page where you’ll need to enter your Account Information.

3. Next, you’ll be asked to list all the main websites or apps where you plan to display your affiliate links. You must add at least one website or app. You can include a link to your Bazaar as one of the websites where you plan to display affiliate links.

4. Next, enter your preferred Amazon Store ID and provide details about the type of content you create. Once you have filled in the details click Finish.

5. You’ll then need to enter your payment and tax information, which can be completed now or added later. After creating your account, you’ll be taken to your Associate Page, where you can access your Performance Dashboard. This dashboard provides an overview of your earnings, clicks, and conversions.

6. To generate an affiliate link, simply navigate to any product on Amazon. You’ll see a SiteStripe bar at the top of the page. Click on "Get Link" to obtain the affiliate link for that product.

7. Now that you’ve obtained an Affiliate Link for the product you want to promote, simply add it to your Bazaar on Baton. If someone clicks on a product link and makes a purchase, you earn a small commission as determined by Amazon. This commission is directly provided by Amazon, and Baton is not involved in deciding or distributing the commission.

   To learn how to add a product to your Bazaar, click here.