Affiliate For Beginners

[cniem14]

Disclaimer: I have searched this site and the Z "help" area and I don't think my question has been answered. Maybe this is because the questions are quite entry-level beginner questions.

1. In the Associate tab, I do not see a place to become an affiliate for your own products. Is there another area on the website I need to go for this? 

2. If I have successfully "built" affiliate links, what next? How on earth do I use them?  I have an affiliate link successfully set up for a store, how is the link I built connected to the store or how do I find the link for the specified store?

[WHS_Designs]

@cniem14 

1.  How to Join the Associates Program – Zazzle Help Center
2. promote them on social media platforms like Pinterest, Facebook, X, etc. 

[cniem14]

Thanks for the response. I read the link you provided prior to posting the initial post. I do not understand this...do I enter my own store in the "store name" or is there another place for promoting your own store?

Store name:

Tracking Code (optional):

[WHS_Designs · Accepted solution]

@cniem14 

yes, you enter the name of your store in the Store name field.

the tracking code is a snippet that's added to your product link if you want to see where the views are coming from (for which you'd want to set up a Google Analytics account). the tracking code comes after your referral code (?rf=) which contains your associate ID.

so for example,

https://www.zazzle.com/green_gold_school_college_university_student_id_badge-256021195652317043?rf=2...

to promote your Zazzle store products on the Zazzle marketplace, they have to be public (visible) -- not hidden, not direct -- and they have to be tagged so customers can find them by searching.

to promote your Zazzle store products elsewhere, you can use social media platforms like Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter (or X as it is now known), and/or set up your own blog (Blogger, Wordpress, etc.).