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The free guide to affiliate videos
Short lessons for people starting from zero: how affiliate links work, how to disclose them, and how to make honest product videos with the phone you already have. Free to read, no sign-up.
An honest note before you start: results vary a lot. Many people earn little at first, and some earn nothing. This guide shows you how to do the work well; it cannot promise an outcome.
Become an affiliate creator
Ten short lessons, in order: from what the work is to joining programs, disclosing, filming, posting and improving.
- Start here: what an affiliate creator doesWhat the work looks like, what you need to begin, and honest expectations before you put in any time.
- Join affiliate programsWhere affiliate links come from: Amazon Associates (US and Canada), TikTok Shop, networks like Impact and Awin, and brand programs.
- Disclose every timeUse #ad, follow the FTC and Competition Bureau guidance, turn on platform labels and AI labels: how to tell viewers clearly.
- Pick products worth recommendingChoose products you know, that fit your audience, with fair prices, good reviews and an easy return policy, and avoid the risky ones.
- Film with your phoneLight, sound, framing and a simple 15 to 30 second structure: a hook, the product in use, your honest take.
- Hooks and captions that don't overclaimGet attention honestly: what makes a good hook, examples to rewrite, and what never to write in a caption.
- Post and share your linkWhere your link goes, why some platforms require a follower minimum, posting regularly and staying away from spam.
- Read your numbers and improveViews, clicks and orders: what each one tells you, how to change one thing at a time, and a simple log to keep.
- Stay within the rulesPlatform rules, affiliate program rules, music and copyright, photos you may use, privacy, children and taxes.
- How Vidmerce helps at each stepWhat the Vidmerce iPhone app does today for each step of this guide, and what is marked Coming soon.
Using the Vidmerce app
How each screen of the iPhone app works, from signing in to posting, earnings, credits and help. Button names match the app.
- Get startedDownload the app, sign in with Apple, answer the first questions, and what the free trial and free credits pay for.
- Set up your linksAdd your affiliate tags and IDs, pick your storefront handle and put your link in your bio, so sales are credited to you.
- Find a productUse the Today radar, search the Products tab, paste a link from any store, and read a product page, including “Needs your photo”.
- Make a videoThe Studio: one-click templates or build your own, quick or standard, length, voice, your own clips, AI extras, the credit price, and batches.
- Review and approveCheck the preview, the caption and #ad, fix highlighted words, confirm an AI video shows the right product, pick where it posts, then approve one video at a time.
- Connect accounts and postConnect each platform in Me, how automatic posting and manual sharing work, posting limits, and what to do when a post doesn’t go out.
- Your videosWhat each status means, finishing or discarding a paused video, refunds, the 7-day storage and free re-renders, and reporting an AI video.
- Earnings and your storefrontAdd your affiliate numbers or import your Amazon report, read clicks, orders and commission by day and by video, and how your storefront works.
- Credits, plans and refundsHow credits work, the order they’re used in, what expires, plans and the free trial, refunds when a video fails, and cancelling a subscription.
- Account, notifications and privacyNotifications, language and country, settings, signed-in devices and signing out everywhere, AI services, and deleting your account.
- TroubleshootingWhat to do when you’re offline, a video is paused, an upload or a post fails, a link won’t paste, you hit a limit, or you need help.