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Written for the person choosing which programme to join and what to post. Rates and terms come from the networks’ own published figures, dated, with the awkward parts left in.
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A key light for a creator’s desk: four checks, and the four lights that cleared them
Four key lights met our rule on 12 Oct 2026: CRI 90 or more, 3000K to 6500K, a mount in the box and one barcode at two US retailers, with dated prices.
10 min read · Read the guide →A 4K webcam gift for a creator who films at a desk
Three 4K webcams met our rule on 11 Oct 2026: 1080p at 60 fps, a 90° view, a tripod thread and the same barcode at two US retailers.
10 min read · Read the guide →A phone gimbal gift for a creator who films handheld
Three phone gimbals met our rule on 10 Oct 2026: three-axis, folding, a built-in tripod, phones up to 300 g, 8+ hours, two US retailers.
8 min read · Read the guide →A wireless mic gift for a creator who films on a phone
Three wireless mic kits met our rule on 9 Oct 2026: two transmitters, a receiver that plugs into a USB-C phone, a charging case, 7+ hours, two US retailers.
8 min read · Read the guide →The Black Friday link check: what to click, and what to take down, before 27 November
Before Black Friday, 27 Nov 2026, click each link as a follower would: right item, in stock, price still true, your own link, disclosure beside it.
8 min read · Read the guide →The Q4 link calendar: Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the last days to ship
Black Friday is 27 Nov 2026, Cyber Monday 30 Nov. Last days to ship for Christmas: USPS 17-19 Dec, FedEx 15-24 Dec; UPS not in any report we found (7 Oct 2026).
8 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Telegram?
Telegram's rules never ban affiliate links in your channel, and its own affiliate programme pays Stars for mini-app referrals. We read nine Telegram documents.
12 min read · Read the guide →Which email platforms allow affiliate links? All seven we read, and six draw the same line
Mailchimp, MailerLite, Ghost and beehiiv ban affiliate marketing, Kit all-affiliate emails, Substack newsletters built to advertise. All seven allow links.
17 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on WordPress.com? Yes, outside six categories
WordPress.com allows affiliate links outside six categories. In 1,322 public shopping-tag posts, 119 carried one and 90 disclosed it. Checked 28 Sep 2026.
12 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Lemon8? Yes, but they will not click
Lemon8's rules never mention affiliate links, but a sales post loses the For You feed and a caption URL shows as plain text. Read on 28 September 2026.
12 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Flipboard? Yes, disclosed, and not as a feed of ads
Flipboard asks creators to disclose paid posts, calls unapproved promotions spam, and licenses the app for non-commercial use. Rules read 28 September 2026.
11 min read · Read the guide →What changed in TikTok’s Branded Content Policy on 31 August 2026?
We diffed TikTok's April and 31 August 2026 Branded Content Policies: the affiliate-link clause is identical; 50 restricted-category markets opened.
11 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on X? Yes, as a labelled paid partnership
X treats affiliate links and discount codes as paid partnerships: label on, 11 industries barred. The disclosure X asks for has changed three times since 2024.
9 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Tumblr, and does Tumblr add its own?
Tumblr bans blogs made mainly for affiliate marketing, and its terms let it add its own affiliate code to your links. We read both rules on 27 September 2026.
8 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Substack? We checked 804 free posts
Substack allows affiliate links but builds nothing for them. In 804 free posts from 128 top newsletters, 68 linked affiliates and 36% of those posts disclosed.
10 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Quora? Not in an answer
Quora's answer rules say it plainly: affiliate links are not allowed. We read its six policy pages on 27 September 2026, and Spaces and referrals differ.
8 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Medium? Yes, and a sponsored post, no
Medium's rules allow affiliate links with a disclosure, even in a footer, but ban third-party sponsorships. We traced 15 versions of the rule back to 2015.
10 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Mastodon? We read 60 servers’ rules
We read the rules of the 60 largest Mastodon servers on 27 September 2026: 19 ban advertising, 15 say nothing, and only one names referral links at all.
10 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Bluesky, and how do you disclose them?
Bluesky allows affiliate links but bans undisclosed commercial posts. We read 792 public posts with affiliate links on 27 September 2026: 14.6% disclosed.
10 min read · Read the guide →Can you change an affiliate link after you post it?
We read the help pages of Instagram, Threads, X, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok and Snapchat on 27 September 2026: where a posted link can be edited.
9 min read · Read the guide →Can you post affiliate links in a Discord server or a WhatsApp channel?
We read six Discord and WhatsApp rulebooks on 27 September 2026. None mentions affiliate links, but one Discord rule matters for paid deal servers.
8 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Threads
Threads allows links in posts and profiles; Meta says affiliate posts need the paid partnership label, yet two of its help pages disagree on whether it exists.
9 min read · Read the guide →Can you put affiliate links on Snapchat, and what does a link cost you in reach?
Snap writes down what Instagram never has: a Snap with an off-platform link is not eligible for recommendation. Where links go, and the label Snap requires.
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