Lately I’ve gotten quite a few questions about what affiliate links are, how they work and what it all means. I’m here to explain the whole process to you!
Recently I had a friend come over for a weekend stay. As girlfriends do, we talked about different “things” we were using: makeup, hair, home goods, etc. and she asked if I could send her a link for things: hair products, planters, faucets…the list goes on. YES, I replied, in fact, I shared how if she used links I’d send (affiliate links) at no additional cost to her, I’d actually earn a few pennies and that affiliate links were something I’d like to get into a little more as a revenue source for my business. She had no idea, and said she’d love to support me via affiliate links, because half of this stuff she’d looked on Pinterest or google and hadn’t found what she was looking for, so the fact that I had purchased the stuff and made the recommendation, she said she was more than happy to support me!
I opened up my phone and showed her Like to Know It (LTK) – an app where one can essentially ‘shop an image’ – styled by Creators (me) you know and love!
A week later, I had the exact same conversation with my mom and the following week more conversations in DMs on Instagram. So I thought I’d go through it!
My friend was saying that she had heard things here and there but never knew exactly how it all worked. I mentioned that I had done a few IG stories on how it worked, but she said she missed them and would love a post explaining it. So here goes!
After we’ve created the affiliate link, we use that link to either link the product in a blog post or add it to our Like to Know It page – more on that below.
What is an affiliate link?
- An affiliate link is simply a specific URL that is tied to a person/creator/influencer that earns me a little commission each time you use it to purchase an item.
To shop affiliate links via Reward Style, you will need an app called Like to Know It. It is super simple and free. From there, I would love if you found my profile and followed me. You can then adjust your settings to your preference of alerts etc. I should also say that Like to Know It really works best on mobile, but you can access it on desktop if you prefer.
In the app, you can use the product search to find what you’re looking for. Or you can simply scroll images for inspiration.
Once you find an image that you love, you can shop all of my favorites right below each photo. When you click on an item, it will take you outside of the Like to Know It app and to the site where the product is sold so you can buy it directly.
Shopping through Like to Know It simple allows me to earn a few pennies for the item I recommended.
If this is still not making sense to you, I’ll walk you through a quick example using one of my very favorite products – The Mop! If you’re a visual learner, check out the process in the image below.
I recommend this product so highly and so many of my readers saw how the mop completely changed the way I looked at cleaning so they were able to purchase one directly though my link. So, thank you for doing that – I really am so grateful.
The mop is available on Amazon, which is a site I am able to get an affiliate link from. As an example, the difference in the two links are below. The first is how you can purchase the mop using a regular link and the second link is what I plug in as my affiliate link.
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