--- title: 'Affiliate Marketing Explained: How to Earn Commissions' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2Srn1h3ZG4' video_id: 'a2Srn1h3ZG4' date: 2026-07-12 duration_sec: 686 --- # Affiliate Marketing Explained: How to Earn Commissions > Source: [Affiliate Marketing Explained: How to Earn Commissions](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2Srn1h3ZG4) ## Summary This video explains affiliate marketing, how influencers earn commissions by promoting products, and how you can start earning without creating your own products. It covers platforms like Amazon and Meesho, choosing a niche, and marketing strategies. ### Key Points - **Why influencers promote products** [00:02] — Influencers and bloggers put product links in descriptions to earn commissions through affiliate marketing. - **Definition of affiliate marketing** [01:31] — Promoting someone else's products; you get a commission when people purchase using your link or promo code. - **Examples of affiliate programs** [02:00] — Amazon Affiliate Program, Meesho resellers, and Hostinger are common examples. - **Diggi Store 24 platform** [03:14] — An affiliate marketplace where you can register and get a page builder; no blog or YouTube channel required. - **Amazon Influencer Program** [03:40] — You can sign up and sell any product on Amazon; commission rates vary by category (e.g., 10% for luxury beauty, 2% for electronics). - **Marketing methods** [05:09] — Digital marketing: build a blog, YouTube channel, run paid ads, or use SEO. WS Qutech's Digital Marketing Mentorship Program teaches these skills. - **Impact platform** [06:38] — Impact has many brand partners like Adidas and Lenovo; you can promote their products and earn commissions. - **Choosing a niche** [07:23] — Select a niche based on your community. For example, a food recipe channel should promote kitchen equipment and groceries. - **Tracking and payments** [08:38] — Platforms like Amazon provide dashboards to track sales and commissions. International payments use PayPal or Stripe. - **Disclosure requirements** [09:33] — Always disclose affiliate links to comply with policies and avoid strikes. Only promote products you trust. ### Conclusion Affiliate marketing is a viable way to earn commissions by promoting products you trust. Choose a niche aligned with your audience, use digital marketing strategies, and always disclose affiliate links. ## Transcript or bloggers put product links in their video descriptions ? Below every video it is written that click on these links purchase and support us. Why after all ? After all, what benefit do these influencers or bloggers get by promoting the products of some other company or some other platform or by selling the products or by sharing their links ? And can you also earn money without making your own product, without doing your own manufacturing ? So the answer to both these questions is affiliate marketing. All these things are possible through affiliate marketing where you promote the products of another seller. You where you promote the products of another seller. You get a good commission on every purchase. And this does not just apply on the products but on the services, software, some programs like that. So today in this video we are going to introduce you to affiliate marketing. What is affiliate marketing? Which are the platforms that provide you affiliate partnership and that too for free and how can you choose your niche in affiliate marketing and finally how can you get ready for marketing. how can you get ready for marketing. So let's start the video then. So let's first talk about what affiliate marketing is? So, if we understand in very simple language, then affiliate marketing means promoting someone else's products and after that promotion, all the people who purchase that product, service or program after that promotion, all the people who purchase that product, service or program using your links or your promo code and make using your links or your promo code and make any payment, then a commission of that payment and that purchase comes into your account. Some examples of this are Amazon's Affiliate Partnership Program, and Meesho's resellers section. Along with that, resellers section. Along with that, then Hostinger gives you commission. So that's why you must have seen in many YouTube videos that people are promoting Hostinger and giving you the link in the description or giving some promo code because they are getting commission. So how does it work now ? So for this, first of all you have to join an affiliate program. Like Amazon, Meesho, these have become the easiest ones. Apart from this, there are many more which I will discuss with you today. And then they provide you links or promo codes. Ok? So you promote them in your videos, in your blogging content or sometimes even by running ads or you promote those links on your website. And when people click on those links and complete the purchase or the purchase is completed using your promo code, then you get commission for it. Now let's talk about some affiliate marketing companies or platforms. So the first and most popular one is diggi store 24. Ok? So diggi store 24 is an affiliate market place where you can register yourself and put your details etc. and register yourself and put your details etc. and You have to register yourself. You have to enter your details. And here you even get the option of a page builder. That means you platform is the Amazon Influencer Program as we discussed. Ok? So here also, after signing up yourself, it is not necessary that you should have a blog or already have a YouTube channel. You can sign up here. You can enter your details and sell every product on Amazon. Even here we can see how much commission we get. So let me share this with you. are different categories. It has fixed commission income rates. Some have 10% fixed commission income rates. Some have 10% , some have 5%, some even have 1%. Ok of course we will sell only to those on which there is more commission or commission exists like Luxury Beauty Luxury Stores Amazon Explore, there is 10% on this, Digital Music Physical Music Digital Videos, there is 5% on this and on electronics like TV, you get commission of around 2% on that, so if you have recommendations, like suppose I am making a video for you today, now if I want to tell you which camera I am using, which mic I am affiliate links which I get from Amazon, I put them in the description box and when you do your shopping from it or complete it, then I will get commission for that. Even if I make a purchase of Rs 2 lakh including camera and mic from Lets, then approximately Rs 4000, will be credited to my account. Ok? You will get its complete dashboard. There are many more which you can see here. And not just this, but if you sell Prime Video subscription etc., you will still get the commission. Now here before we go to the other platform. First let us understand how will we market it? So the best way for this is digital marketing. That you promote digitally. Build your blog network. Make your own videos, make YouTube videos. Along with that you can also run paid ads. You can run social media ads. Along with this, you can create your own website where you can rank it by doing its SEO. Now to learn all these things you will have to join WS Qutech's Digital Marketing Mentorship Program. In this mentorship program, you will learn live with us industry experts who will teach you all the digital marketing modules like SEO, Paid Ads, Performance Marketing, AI Marketing and so many things. And the most amazing thing is this is the right time to join W Sktex Digital Marketing Mentorship Program because this program is now AI infused, here we are also going to teach you AI based digital marketing, how can you use the AI ​​tools, how can you rank in AI, all these things as well, in this program not just this you get placement assistance, quiz test and so many other things for the more information you can click the link in the description, you can check it out and contact our team. So apart from this, there is another marketing platform that is Impact. Ok? So in Impact there is not just one but there are so many companies brand partners whose products you can sell and promote and you will get commission. Like Adidas, Lenovo and many more apps are also there. It also has software. You can explore this. Along with that, there also has software. You can explore this. Along with that, there That is CBAN. If you are watching this video from outside India then this will work for you. But it has been stopped in India now. So you can try and apart from this there are so many other platforms. If you do a little research, you will know better. And if you want that we create a detailed course for you on affiliate marketing then definitely tell us in the comment section. Now let us discuss one more thing here that how will we choose our Nash ? How will we decide ? How will we decide on which topic or which category of products we should sell? So for this it is very important that you have a community to basically sell something. Do you have that community? Let's say you have a YouTube channel where you post food recipes, then you will choose a niche that can be purchased by the audience watching the food recipes, which includes kitchen equipment like yours, kitchen electronics, along with that, products that are grocery related, then you will benefit a lot from that, your niche should be according to your community, for example, if you people are watching this video, then it means you are the people, educated people, who want to create something, creative people, and who might be interested in, like you, some extra side income, so I can promote things like my camera, mic, and all the things that can help you to basically grow, to basically create something new. So always, whatever your community is, you have to sell or promote your products related to that community only. you have to sell or promote your products related to that community only. ? How much money is coming in, how much is going out, how much commission is being deducted, how much So, all the platforms that I have just told you about, Amazon itself provides you with a dashboard. Flipkart provides you. Where you can see the stats in detail. How much purchasing happened, how much selling happened, how much commission you got and so on. And if we talk about payment, then for payment, almost if there is any Indian company or platform, then your bank accounts also work there. But internationally when you are doing affiliate marketing and mostly the platform that is used is PayPal or Stripe. So it is necessary for you to be registered on both the platforms. Ok? is necessary for you to be registered on both the platforms. Ok? If you want to add it to your affiliate platform. Ok? But now when you are promoting affiliate marketing in your content, you have to keep some things in mind. First of all, whenever you are promoting any third party, it policy. Otherwise, you may get a strike on your content , you may face problems. You will always mention that something or the other in this particular video is sponsored. That when you upload a YouTube video, you get the option there. Same thing, when you are blogging and posting your blog, then it is mandatory to mention that some affiliate links are available in it. Ok? So it is very important to inform your users in advance. Otherwise you may face many strikes etc. many strikes etc. And you always have to be very careful while promoting any business or any product which you do not even trust. not be promoted. Because it may be some spam and you may have to suffer its loss. Ok? So these are some things you have to keep in mind. But if you want a detailed affiliate marketing course then you can put a comment in the comment section that we want a course on affiliate marketing. You can just write affiliate marketing full course and we will create a detailed step by step course in which we will explain each platform to you practically. So the sooner you comment to us, the sooner we will bring that video for you. And if you want to join our Digital Marketing Mentorship Program then click the link in the description. Okay everyone. So I hope this video was helpful for you. I will see you guys in the next video. Till then keep in the next video. Till then keep learning.