Instagram Added Affiliate And Shop Features For Creators
- Instagram is adding new tools and features to help creators earn from the platform.
- The Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform is introducing a new tool to allow creators to earn commission from new products available on checkout along with new Shops features. It is also adding new ways for creators to earn money from badges and Stars
- Instagram and Facebook chose this moment to pilot their first-ever Creator Week. This three-day event is geared toward aspiring and emerging digital creators, complete with 9:45 AM virtual DJ sets and panels on "Algorithm Mythbusting" and raising "zillions for a nonprofit you care about."
- During the first day of the event, Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement introducing new ways for creators to make money. In the coming months, Instagram will start testing a native affiliate tool, which allows creators to recommend products available on checkout, share them with followers and earn commissions for sales their posts drive. When creators make these posts, the text "eligible for commission" will appear beneath their username in the same way that sponsored content labels to appear.
Read More: Yahoo News
#Instagram is working on "Affiliate" 👀 pic.twitter.com/YDGXCC3b4z
— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) February 12, 2021
