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Creator Desk
Guides from the Creator Desk, newest first: how links, disclosure and payouts work on each platform, written for creators and influencers.
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Creator Desk
A key light for a creator’s desk: four checks, and the four lights that cleared them
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The Black Friday link check: what to click, and what to take down, before 27 November
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The Q4 link calendar: Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the last days to ship
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Which email platforms allow affiliate links? All seven we read, and six draw the same line
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Can you put affiliate links on WordPress.com? Yes, outside six categories
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Can you put affiliate links on Lemon8? Yes, but they will not click
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Can you put affiliate links on Flipboard? Yes, disclosed, and not as a feed of ads
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What changed in TikTok’s Branded Content Policy on 31 August 2026?
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Can you put affiliate links on X? Yes, as a labelled paid partnership
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Can you put affiliate links on Tumblr, and does Tumblr add its own?
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Can you put affiliate links on Substack? We checked 804 free posts
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Can you put affiliate links on Medium? Yes, and a sponsored post, no
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Can you put affiliate links on Mastodon? We read 60 servers’ rules
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Can you put affiliate links on Bluesky, and how do you disclose them?
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Can you post affiliate links in a Discord server or a WhatsApp channel?
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Which platforms require their own label on a post with an affiliate link?
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