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Notes onaffiliate links.
Writing on broken links, creator income, and the occasional product update from the lab.
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Pinterest affiliate links: policy + what gets flagged
Pinterest is one of the few large platforms that openly allows direct affiliate links. Pins also live for years, which means rotting links cost you longer here than anywhere else. A complete guide to affiliate links on Pinterest: rules, formats, and how to stop them dying silently.
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YouTube affiliate links: placements, rules + fixes
Where descriptions, pinned comments, and end-screens actually work. Disclosure that won't get flagged. The workflow that keeps links alive after upload.
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Instagram affiliate links: where they work, what gets you flagged
Bio link, Stories, Shop. The rules nobody mentions and the moves that get a post flagged or shadow-banned for affiliate spam. Plus the safer pattern for each.
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Newsletter affiliate links: Substack, Beehiiv, ConvertKit compared.
Newsletters are uniquely unforgiving for affiliate links. Once an issue is sent, you can't edit it. Any broken link is locked in forever. Here's what works across Substack, Beehiiv, ConvertKit, and how to keep old issues earning.
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TikTok affiliate links: what actually works.
TikTok is aggressively link-hostile by design. Three paths to affiliate monetization. Bio link, TikTok Shop, brand deals. Each with different rules and different failure modes.
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