For a limited time, in partnership with GRIN, we're offering 15% commission on all sales originating from an affiliate store link. Many of our sellers have already had success earning commissions, mainly because of posting their link exclusively on social media.
If you’re looking for inspiration, borrow a page from their playbooks to promote your own business and start earning commission now through your affiliate link. And the best part is, you don’t have to have a ton of followers to have success. It's about being smart and strategics with your posts, and connecting with your audience.
1. Post About MakerPlace-funded Sales or Your Own Sales
Having a sale to offer your customers without having to offer a discount on your own products is a great reason to post and something many of our affiliate sellers have done with great success! And, if you're running your own sale, you can absorb all or some of the discount by offering at least a 15% off sale: your 15% commission on sales that originate from your affilate link covers it!
Check out how these sellers posted about our MakerPlace funded sales, and linked to their store affiliate link to capture that extra 15% commission!
KT Seasonal Wreaths postsreels, stories and more during sales.
Check out her post here.
It’s Just So You posted at the beginning and end of the sale
This way, she made sure her followers didn’t miss an opportunity to take advantage of the sale.
2. Share a Promo Code with Customers in Your Post
During a MakerPlace-funded sale, Dormlife Designs shared a promo code they added for an extra discount for followers on Tik Tok.
3. Create Scarcity or Offer Limited-edition Products
KT Seasonal Wreaths generated excitement when posting her single available Spring wreath. Offering limited edition merchandise can create the urgency to buy.
4. Take Shoppers Behind the Scenes of Your Creative Process
Kenjah Battle of Kenjah Crafts became an overnight success on maximizing current trends on MakerPlace with her Cowboy Carter sashes.
When she sold out of her first batch, she gave followers an update on the progress of her next batch.
Check out her TikTok post here:
Jewelry designer Meredith Funk of Colorado-based It's Just So You showcases her products with personality.
Whether by sharing a fun fact, telling a story, doing a hilarious survey on whether she should make guillotine earrings, or other behind-the-scenes looks at her creative process. Instagram and the suddenly white-hot Threads, in particular, were the keys to her success.
While this Instagram post doesn’t specifically point to MakerPlace link in the post, she still drives traffic to her MakerPlace store by listing her store affiliate link as the first link in her Link in bio.
Download her MakerPlace seller affiliate success story: It's Just So You Seller Affilate Success Case Study
5. Make Your Affiliate Link Your Primary Link in Your Link in Bio
You simply will make more money with every sale with our affiliate link (15% commission!)—and we charge fewer fees on every sale than our competitors.
It’s Just so You lists MakerPlace as her top link on her LinkTree.
She lists it right after her listing promotional messaging.
Check out how she set up her Linktree here:
Kenjah Crafts named her MakerPlace link to align with her top-selling Cowboy Carter sashes.
By listing her MakerPlace store front affiliate link at the top, and naming it according to her top-selling item, shoppers can find her item faster which could lead to higher conversions.
Check out her LInktree on TikTok.
From Tree to Home laser-cut artist uses Instagram’s easy link setup
She lists her MakerPlace store affiliate link first, which is visible on her Instagram landing page.
Check out how she set up her Instagram links here.
6. Celebrate Our Shared Mission to Support Small Businesses in the United States
Maximize your earnings by directing all traffic to your Seller Affiliate link while shouting out the support for small businesses, as Merdith Funk does for her store It’s Just so You.
7. Join Multiple Facebook Groups and Share Your Affiliate Link
Kirsten Hellmer of From Tree to Home in Indiana is a 3D laser-cut art powerhouse, turning her Seller Affiliate link into a sales machine. Since joining the Seller Affiliate program, she’s more than doubled her take-home revenue. She drives sales by creatively using social media, posting in multiple Facebook groups related to her business, and distributing email lists to engage and educate her audience in a way that makes her work impossible to scroll past. Read more about her success here and download her MakerPlace seller affiliate success story.
And this post about the sale on Instagram:
8. Create Engaging Reels that Drive to Your Affiliate Link
Nevaeh Serenify of Best of MakerPlace-winning Naveah Bliss uses video content to improve engagement and uses her seller affiliate link in her Instagram reels.
Check out her reel on Instagram here:
9. Combine Your Passions with a Cause Marketing Post
Happiness Shopping Co posts with her affiliate link to promote her products and support her cause
She gives back to Caregiver Resource Centers all while making commission with our program!
Need an Affiliate Link?
Simply request a free affiliate link, then share widely and exlusively. Every time someone clicks your link and makes a MakerPlace purchase, whether it's in your shop or anywhere on the MakerPlace site, you earn 15% commission on that sale. Request an affiliate link here.
Have an Affiliate Link but Forgot what and where it is?
Already signed up for an affiliate link and can't remember where it is or how to find it? Email us at makerplacegrowth@michaels.com.
Get more tips on how and where to promote your affiliate link