This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant debuts, and Mozilla offers a new service to protect your info on the internet. We also learn about product-based commission models and search engine knowledge panels.
Best Practices, Explainers, & Opinions
How Affiliate Links Became Everyone’s Low-Lift Side Hustle
From TikTok to LTK, affiliate marketing is more commonplace than ever.
Source: Bustle
Yahoo & Bing Knowledge Panels Are Sometimes Affiliate Links
Adam Riemer explains how to make the most of knowledge panels’ affiliate links.
Source: Adam Riemer Marketing
Events, Webinars, & Podcasts
The Profitable Performance Marketing Podcast — Product-based Commissioning in Your Affiliate Program
The ins and outs of commission rates for products.
Source: RSS.com
Affiliate-Adjacent
Amazon Rolls Out Shopping Assistant Rufus, Ad Sales Top $14.65 Billion
Rufus is currently in beta testing and is expected to be widely available in a matter of weeks.
Source: MediaPost
Mozilla Monitor’s new service removes your personal info from data broker sites automatically
The new subscription service will allow users to scan the web for their info and scrub it.
Source: TechCrunch