Affiliate Marketing

The creator carries a tracked link, the merchant records the sale, and a percentage comes back. Rates vary hugely by category, cookie windows decide how long a click stays credited to you, and payouts usually clear a month or two after the sale.

For video, description links do most of the work and the honest version names the product on screen as well. Two rules keep it clean. Disclose the commercial relationship, since disclosure rules in most markets treat an undisclosed affiliate link as an undisclosed advert. And recommend things you would recommend unpaid, because one bad recommendation costs more trust than a year of commissions returns.