How to make money with affiliate marketing on your AI creations
Your story already shows products. Affiliate links let you earn when viewers buy them, without asking anyone for a subscription.
By The Generated Worlds editors · Published
Affiliate marketing pays you a commission when someone buys through your link. As an AI creator: join a programme such as Amazon Associates, pick products that fit your story or your craft, make your affiliate links, and put them where viewers are already paying attention. On a Generated Worlds studio site, shopping ads put up to 3 of those products inside each episode, at the second they appear on screen. The store pays the commission to you; GW takes no cut.
How publishing on GW works
GW publishing facts reviewed 2026-11-11. Platform comparisons below keep their own source-check dates.
- Free publishing on GW
- The free Creator plan supports 1 new series a month, up to 100 episodes each. A paid studio site is optional.
- Your independent studio site
- Launch your own branded streaming site on Starter for $9 a week. Starter supports 3 new series a month. Publishing on GW and launching this site are separate steps.
- Review
- Episodes publish on GW as soon as they upload. GW reserves the right to take down any content, or suspend an account, that doesn't pass its review or the Community Guidelines. All published work remains subject to content and rights rules.
- Paid episodes
- Creators choose which episodes are free or paid. GW sets paid episodes at 10 tokens. The standard creator allocation is 80% of net episode revenue after processing; payouts start at $25. This is separate from brand-deal fees.
- Ads on your own studio site
- On your own studio site, never in the GW feed, you can run ads from businesses you partner with (studio ads) and affiliate product links inside episodes (shopping ads, up to 3 products an episode). The sponsor deal and its payment are between you and the sponsor; GW takes no cut and pays no affiliate commissions. GW checks every ad before it serves. Live at a time: Starter 1 studio ad and 1 shopping ad, Growth 3 and 5, Scale 8 and 15, Established unlimited.
- Discovery and returning viewers
- Viewers can discover your work on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and GW. Send interested viewers to a recognizable series or studio destination where they can return for the story.
Generated Worlds publishes this guide and makes the shopping ads it describes at the end. The first half applies wherever you publish.
Most creators earn from viewers in one of two ways: viewers pay, or advertisers pay. Affiliate marketing is a third: a store pays you a share of the sales you send it. Nobody watching pays anything extra, and you do not need a big audience to start.
The steps
Join an affiliate programme
Start with one store whose products fit your story, such as Amazon Associates, and read its current terms.
Pick the products
Choose what your characters use, what your genre's fans buy, or what you used to make the work.
Make your affiliate links
Create the link for each product inside your programme's dashboard.
Launch your studio site
Shopping ads come with every paid studio plan, from Starter at $9 a week.
Paste the links into shopping ads
In Creator Studio open Monetization, then Shopping ads; pick the episode and the second each product appears.
Go live and watch the taps
GW checks each product, then you see how often each was shown and tapped; your programme reports the sales.
How affiliate marketing works
- You join a store's affiliate programme. Amazon Associates is the best known; many brands and stores run their own, and networks group many of them in one account.
- The programme gives you a link for each product. The link tells the store the buyer came from you.
- A viewer taps your link and buys. The store pays you a commission under its programme's terms: its rate, its time window and its minimum payout.
- Rates and rules differ by programme and by product category, and they change. Read your programme's current terms before you plan around a number.
Which products fit an AI story
- What the characters wear and use: the coat in the confrontation, the phone on the desk, the car in the chase, the book on the nightstand. Viewers already ask where to get them.
- What the genre's fans buy: a romance audience, a thriller audience and a fantasy audience each have products they look for.
- What you used to make it: the microphone, the headphones, the laptop, the courses and the software behind your work. Many creative tools run their own affiliate programmes.
- Your own merch, if you sell any: the link to your own store works the same way.
Pick products you would stand behind. A link that sells something poor costs you more trust than the commission is worth.
Where affiliate links earn
- Video descriptions and pinned comments: easy, and easy to miss.
- Your link-in-bio page: one place for every link, but the viewer has to leave the video to find it.
- Inside the episode, at the moment the product is on screen: the strongest moment, because the viewer is looking at it right then. This is what shopping ads do on your own studio site.
Disclose every affiliate link
Tell viewers when you earn from a link. In the US the FTC expects a clear disclosure next to the link, and affiliate programmes have their own rules, including Amazon's. Check what your programme and your country require.
On a Generated Worlds studio site every shopping ad carries the label "Ad · Affiliate" and its list tells viewers the studio may earn from these links. The label cannot be turned off. Your programme may still ask for more.
Put your Amazon links inside your episodes
On your own studio site (yourname.ongw.tv or your own domain), paste your Amazon Associates link, or any store's link, into a shopping ad. The name and picture fill in. Pick the episode and the second, and the product appears as a small card while the story plays. A tap opens the episode's products, up to 3, and the episode keeps playing at the top of the screen. Shop opens the product on its store, where your affiliate link earns.
- Only on your own studio site, never in the Generated Worlds feed.
- Only on episodes open to every viewer; paid episodes carry no products.
- GW checks each product before it serves, and you see how many times each was shown and tapped.
- The commission comes from your programme. GW takes no cut and is not part of the sale.
How many products each plan runs
| Plan | Price | Studio ads | Shopping ads | Ad formats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Publishing is free | None: no studio site | None | None |
| Starter | $9 a week | 1 | 1 (up to 3 products) | Overlay only |
| Growth | $23 a week | 3 | 5 (up to 15 products) | Overlay and between episodes |
| Scale | $115 a week | 8 | 15 (up to 45 products) | Overlay and between episodes |
| Established | From $2,500 a month, by contract | Unlimited | Unlimited | Overlay and between episodes |
Ads live at a time. One shopping ad is one episode's products, up to 3. Pay per episode is the same on every plan: 80% of net episode revenue after processing is allocated to you.
One shopping ad is one episode's products, up to 3. Starter runs 1 at a time (3 products), Growth 5 (15 products), Scale 15 (45 products), and Established has no limit.
Keep reading
- Your own studio site: plans and what comes with them
- Every way to make money from your AI creations on your own site
- Sponsor ads on your own streaming site
- Affiliate links and products inside your episodes
- Selling paid episodes
Common questions
Can AI creators make money with affiliate marketing?
Yes. An affiliate programme pays a commission on sales from your links whatever kind of work you make. What it pays depends on the programme, the product and how many viewers buy.
How do I put Amazon affiliate links in my AI creations?
Join Amazon Associates, make the link for each product, and on your Generated Worlds studio site paste it into a shopping ad at the second the product is on screen. Up to 3 products an episode.
Does Generated Worlds take a cut of my affiliate commissions?
No. The store pays you through your own programme. GW takes no cut and is not part of the sale; what you pay GW is your studio plan.
Do I have to disclose affiliate links?
Yes. Disclose them clearly; in the US the FTC expects it, and programmes such as Amazon Associates have their own rules. Shopping ads on a GW studio site are always labelled "Ad · Affiliate".
Do I need a big audience to start?
No. A programme pays per sale, not per follower. A small audience that trusts your picks can buy more than a large one that does not.
Keep reading
Put your affiliate links inside your episodes
Launch your studio site, then paste your Amazon or other store links under Monetization, Shopping ads.
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