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How to Earn Affiliate Income in Your Silhouette or Cricut Business

Filed Under: Growing Your Business

Yesterday, I defined active versus passive income in your Silhouette or Cricut small business. While most businesses are active, you can have a passive component. How? Through the use of affiliate programs!

What are Affiliate Programs?

As I mentioned yesterday, affiliate programs pay affiliates for promoting or recommending products. As you’ve seen here on the Cutting for Business blog, I often recommend products and services. When you click my referral link and purchase, I get a small percentage of the sale price. It’s important to note that the buyer doesn’t pay more from clicking on the link. Since affiliate income works in a hands off manner, it is considered passive income.

How to Incorporate Affiliate Programs in Your Craft Business

There are a few different ways to start using affiliate programs in your small business. Here’s an overview:

  • Identify products that your buyers would be interested in purchasing. You’ll need to make sure that your recommendations make sense! Here’s some examples:
    • If you sell customized shirts, you could recommend coordinating bottoms like leggings, shorts, or pants that match or complement your designs. Similarly, if you sell customized infant bodysuits, you could promote coordinating accessories like a bow or headband. An affiliate program through Etsy is available on the Affiliate Window platform (see link below) if you want to promote other handmade goods.
    • If you sell planner accessories or stickers, you could suggest planners to your buyers. As an example, Erin Condren offers a referral program where you can earn money on each planner related sale you make on their site.
    • If you sell cut files, you could recommend cutting machines, vinyl, paper, or fonts. Cricut has an affiliate program, as does Amazon.
    • If you sell party decor, you could recommend coordinating party supplies like tablecloths or cups to match your decor line. Affiliate programs at party suppliers might work well.
    • If you sell wooden signs, you could suggest coordinating room decor to your buyers. Affiliate programs like Wayfair or Amazon might be a good fit.
  • Apply for the affiliate program. Usually, you fill out a quick application and wait a few days to be approved.
  • Use a special link to promote a product or service.
  • Earn passive income each time someone makes a purchase through your link(s).

Where to Find Affiliate Programs

The best way to find affiliate programs is to go to the site you want to promote and search for affiliate programs. Another easy way is to join affiliate program networks. Here’s a few of my favorites:

  1. Shareasale
  2. Affiliate Window
  3. Amazon
  4. Commission Junction

Once you join a network and are approved, simply browse or search for companies and products to promote.

Where to Put Affiliate Links

You can use affiliate program links on social media, your website, or even within your Etsy listings.

Required Disclosures

One more important note about affiliate programs. The FTC requires that you disclose that you are using affiliate links. Here’s a link to read more.

Affiliate programs are a great way to bring in passive income to your Silhouette or Cricut small business. Tomorrow, I’ll share concrete, real life examples of using Amazon’s affiliate program in your craft business.

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Comments

  1. Kathy says

    February 22, 2017 at 8:45 am

    Thanks Christine,
    I will be reading more about this. SOunds very interesting and something I could really get into doing. Thank you for all of your help! You are the greatest!
    Thanks again.
    Kathy U:)

    Reply
    • Christine says

      February 22, 2017 at 9:46 am

      Always happy to share, Kathy!

      Reply
  2. Jodie Jones says

    February 22, 2017 at 9:08 am

    I love your blog, in fact this is the only blog I faithfully read and yes I’ll look into affiliate advertising more. You’ve inspired me to open an Etsy shop w/items I am making on my cricut.

    Reply
    • Christine says

      February 22, 2017 at 9:45 am

      Thanks quite an honor, thank you Jodie! Please share a link once you are set up – I’d love to see!

      Reply
  3. SUSAN SEIVERTSON says

    February 22, 2017 at 11:54 pm

    Definitely will be looking into. Love your blog. You get to the point and I don’t feel lost after reading the info.

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      February 23, 2017 at 10:27 am

      Thanks for the kind words!

      Reply
  4. Karen Kroupa says

    February 23, 2017 at 11:00 am

    Another blog post filled with pertinent and helpful information. I look forward to reading your blog everyday. It inspires me to keep going with my business and guides me to be better at what I do. Thank you a million times over!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      February 24, 2017 at 7:40 am

      My pleasure, Karen!

      Reply
  5. Janet dixon says

    March 15, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Hi thanks for this intro never realised you could do this in a small business will give it. Go love your blog
    Many thanks Janet x

    Reply
    • Christine says

      March 19, 2018 at 2:06 pm

      Happy to share, it’s a great way to earn passive income.

      Reply
  6. Stacie says

    May 9, 2018 at 8:36 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing this, I just signed up for the amazon one and am excited to see what happens with it!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      May 22, 2018 at 12:57 pm

      Hope it goes well!

      Reply
  7. Brandi says

    June 6, 2018 at 9:28 am

    Does Silhouette America have an affiliate program?

    Reply
    • Christine says

      September 24, 2018 at 9:24 am

      Yes, it is invite only. Contact them for information.

      Reply

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