Guides for creators who earn from their videos
Step-by-step guides to tracking affiliate sales by video, setting up network postbacks and making money from YouTube, TikTok and Instagram videos.
Making money from videos
- How to monetize YouTube videos without the Partner Program Ways to earn from YouTube videos before or outside the Partner Program: affiliate links, brand deals, your own products and memberships.
- How to make money on TikTok with affiliate links TikTok bio link rules, TikTok Shop affiliate versus external affiliate links, the disclosure toggle, and what actually gets TikTok viewers to buy.
- YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels monetization: what pays How YouTube Shorts revenue sharing works, which Instagram and Facebook programs pay for Reels as of October 2026, and where affiliate links fit in.
- How much do creators earn per affiliate click? How to calculate earnings per click (EPC) for affiliate links, with worked examples and the current Amazon Associates US commission rates.
- Affiliate disclosure for videos: FTC and ASA rules and examples Where and how to disclose affiliate links in YouTube, TikTok and Instagram videos under FTC and UK ASA guidance, with disclosure lines you can copy.
Affiliate network setup
- Impact Postback Setup: Track Impact Sales by Video How to set up an Impact partner postback with the SubId1, ActionId, Amount, Payout and Currency macros so each sale is tied to the click and video behind it.
- CJ Postback Setup: Can Publishers Track CJ Sales by Video? What CJ offers publishers for server postbacks, how the sid parameter works, and how to ask CJ to send sales back so each one is tied to its click and video.
- Awin Postback Setup: Transaction Notifications by clickref Set up Awin transaction notifications with the !!!clickRef!!!, !!!transactionId!!! and !!!commission!!! placeholders so each sale maps to its click and video.
- Everflow Postback Setup: Track Sales by Video with sub1 Add a global server postback in the Everflow partner portal with {sub1}, {conversion_id} and {payout_amount} so each sale maps to its click and video.
- Amazon Associates Sales by Video: Tracking IDs and Sub Tags Amazon Associates has no postbacks. How tracking IDs and sub tags show which video earned each Amazon commission, and how report rows are matched to clicks.
Tracking
- Which Video Made the Sale? Affiliate Tracking by Video Affiliate networks report sales per link, not per video. Compare the ways to find which video earned a commission, their limits, and a worked example.
- Video Links and Share Links: Track Clicks by Video and Place How Vyrl video addresses like vyrl.at/name/storm and share links like /tt work, how to combine them, where to put each one, and what the dashboard shows.
- Import From Linktree: Move Your Links Without Breaking Them How to move from Linktree to Vyrl: import by username, what gets copied, how to update your bio links, and how to keep old Linktree links in videos working.