Help Center/ Earning from your show
Earning from your show
Ways your Podspun pages can earn: contextual affiliate ads on your episode pages paid through your own affiliate code, and how YouTube ad revenue works on Podspun.
How do affiliate ads on my episodes work?
Turn on Show ads in Affiliate Codes and add your affiliate code (your Amazon Associates tag, like yoursite-20). Episode pages then show a product recommendation that follows what is being said and changes as the conversation moves, and purchases through it are credited to your code, so the money is yours. Podspun does not take a cut.
One setting can cover everything, or use Set ads separately to control podspun.com and each of your websites individually.
Do I need my own affiliate code to show ads?
To earn, yes: sign up for Amazon Associates and paste your tag into Affiliate Codes. On podspun.com, a blank code means no ad shows at all, so you never promote products without earning. On your own websites, a blank code falls back to Podspun's code until you add yours.
Can I still earn YouTube ad revenue on Podspun?
Yes, if your source is YouTube and the channel is set to Ads play under How videos play in Podspun.com Setup. That mode uses YouTube's standard player, the kind YouTube runs ads on, and the revenue flows to YouTube and you exactly as it does on youtube.com. Podspun takes no share. See the full answer under Will my YouTube video ads run on Podspun.
How do I sell products on my website?
Open Store & Donations in your account. Connect a Stripe account under Payments (money goes straight to your own Stripe, and one connection also powers donations and paid memberships), add products under Products (physical or digital, with options like size and color, photos, and stock counts), then turn the store on in Store Settings. Your website gets a store page automatically, and the Store Designer lets you arrange it in your site's own look. Orders arrive under Orders, where you mark them shipped or refund them; digital products deliver themselves by email.
The store costs nothing monthly. Podspun's share per sale falls as you sell more in a month (5% on the first $500 a month, 3% to $2,000, then 1.5%), plus card processing.
How do I take donations on my website?
Open Store & Donations in your account and turn donations on. You choose the suggested amounts, whether monthly and yearly giving are offered, and whether supporters can leave a note or appear on a public supporters list. Your website gets a donate page automatically, and the Donate block can put a giving card on any page.
Donations need the same Stripe connection as the store (set up under Payments). Gifts go to your own Stripe account; Podspun's share is 1.5%. Receipts live under Receipts, and recurring gifts can be canceled from the receipt's link.
Please let us know any questions we haven't answered: email [email protected].