How do affiliate ads on my episodes work?

Q: How do affiliate ads on my episodes work?

Turn on Show ads in Product Affiliate Ads 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. This is separate from the Referral Affiliate Program , which pays you for sending new customers to Podspun. One product-ad setting can cover everything, or use Set ads separately to control podspun.com and each of your websites individually.

Memberships & Income · Full walkthrough

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Use your own retailer tracking links for product recommendations and review where they appear.

Before you start

Product Ads are outward links to another retailer using your own affiliate tracking. They are separate from a native store product sold through your Stripe connection and from the Podspun referral program.

Step 1

Open Product Ads

Under Income, open Product Ads and review the available product/ad settings for your account and website.

Choose an affiliate recommendation when the visitor will buy from the external retailer. Use Store products when you are selling and fulfilling your own item.

You need the retailer or network's own approved tracking details. Podspun does not invent an affiliate code for you.

Step 2

Set your retailer tracking

Enter your own tracking details in the relevant retailer fields and save. Check whether you are changing account defaults or a particular website's settings.

Use the code issued to you by the retailer. An ordinary product URL and a tracked affiliate URL are not always equivalent.

Review the website-specific override before assuming all sites use the same code. Keep your affiliate disclosure appropriate for the placement.

Step 3

Review the public placement

Preview the product recommendation or ad placement on the intended website. Open the outgoing link and check the destination and tracking.

Give visitors an accurate description and image for the product. A recommendation should be useful beside the content where it appears.

External sales and commissions are tracked by the retailer/network; native Store orders and Podspun referrals are different systems.

Review checklist

The affiliate program and tracking belong to you.
Account defaults and site overrides are understood.
Public links reach the correct retailer product.
The placement and disclosure are clear.

If you get stuck

I do not have an affiliate code

Apply to the retailer or network; use the approved code it gives you.

I expected these purchases in Store orders

Product Ads send buyers to another retailer. Native store orders are purchases handled through your own store checkout.

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