Affiliate Marketing for Creative Entrepreneurs

Affiliate Marketing

April 14, 2020

As a graphic designer and entrepreneur, it’s important to have multiple income streams. When you own your own business, you never know what could happen. You may lose clients, you may lose your social media and followers, you just never know. With multiple income streams, you don’t have to depend on only one source of income.

Affiliate marketing is an excellent source of extra income. There’s no limit to how much extra income you can make. When sharing products and services you already use and love, why not make some extra money at the same time?

As you share products as an affiliate, you’re also promoting designers, artists, and other entrepreneurs which enables them to keep creating their products and doing what they love.

There are many ways to talk about and share products. Writing a blog post, share on your social media, post on your website/blog are just a few ideas. Use your referral code as a link, a button, or a banner. Always make sure to disclose when you are using affiliate links though.

Below is a list of some of my favorite affiliate marketing programs for graphic designers, bloggers, and creative entrepreneurs.

affiliate marketing programs for creatives

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something.

CREATIVE MARKET

Creative Market is one of my favorite places to find fonts, graphics, mockups, templates, and other design elements. There are so many high-quality products on their website, you’re bound to find ones you love.

Another reason I love Creative Market is that they have free products every week. Each week they are different and can be fonts, graphics, textures, mockups etc.

Below are the freebies available this week. Click to download!

Powered by Creative Market

Creative Market has a great affiliate program too! You earn 15% on all customer orders within 30 days with your referral ID. You can embed their products, use their pre-made banners, or simply use a link. On each product page, your own code will appear, so all you have to do is copy and past it where you want to use it.

I personally promote Creative Market products mostly on my Pinterest account. I have success in promoting my own products on Pinterest, so I figure there’s no better place to promote others as well. And it’s working! Just in the last 7 days, I have had 741 click throughs! From that, I had 5 products sold from my referral links.

You only need $20 in commissions to withdraw your earnings. Which is pretty good compared to other affiliate programs I have seen. You can also use your earning towards products you want to purchase for yourself, which I do often. This referral program is definitely one I will keep on using!

FREE PINTEREST TEMPLATES

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margin-bottom: 1rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 abbr[title], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 abbr[data-original-title] { cursor: help; border-bottom: 0; -webkit-text-decoration: underline dotted; text-decoration: underline dotted; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 address { font-style: normal; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ol, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ul, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 dl { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ol ol, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ul ul, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ol ul, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ul ol { margin-bottom: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 dt { font-weight: bolder; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 dd { margin-left: 0; margin-bottom: 0.7rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 blockquote { margin: 0 0 1.4rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 dfn { font-style: italic; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 b, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 strong { font-weight: bolder; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 small { font-size: 80%; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 sub, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 sup { position: relative; font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; vertical-align: baseline; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 sub { bottom: -0.25em; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 sup { top: -0.5em; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 a { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 a:hover { color: #4396fd; text-decoration: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 pre, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 code, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 kbd, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 samp { font-size: 1em; font-family: monospace; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 pre { overflow: auto; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 figure { margin: 0 0 1.4rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 img { border-style: none; vertical-align: middle; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 a, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 area, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [role=”button”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 label, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 select, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 summary, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 textarea { touch-action: manipulation; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 label { display: inline-block; font-weight: bolder; margin-bottom: 0.7rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button:focus { outline: 1px dotted; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 select, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 optgroup, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 textarea { margin: 0; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input { overflow: visible; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 select { text-transform: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button, html.fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”button”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”reset”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”submit”] { -webkit-appearance: button; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 button::-moz-focus-inner, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”button”]::-moz-focus-inner, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”reset”]::-moz-focus-inner, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”submit”]::-moz-focus-inner { padding: 0; border-style: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”radio”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”checkbox”] { padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”date”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”time”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”datetime-local”], .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 input[type=”month”] { -webkit-appearance: listbox; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 textarea { resize: vertical; overflow: auto; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 fieldset { border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; min-width: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 legend { color: inherit; width: 100%; display: block; padding: 0; font-size: 2.0999999999999996rem; max-width: 100%; line-height: inherit; white-space: normal; margin-bottom: 0.7rem; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 progress { vertical-align: baseline; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”number”]::-webkit-inner-spin-button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”number”]::-webkit-outer-spin-button { height: auto; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”search”] { outline-offset: -2px; -webkit-appearance: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”search”]::-webkit-search-cancel-button, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [type=”search”]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 ::-webkit-file-upload-button { font: inherit; -webkit-appearance: button; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 output { display: inline-block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 summary { display: list-item; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 template { display: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 [hidden] { display: none !important; } html.fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8, html.fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 body { width: 100%; height: 100%; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control { width: 100%; display: block; box-shadow: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.4s; transition: all 0.4s; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: inherit; opacity: 1; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control::-webkit-input-placeholder, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control::-moz-placeholder, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control:-ms-input-placeholder, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-control::placeholder { color: inherit; opacity: 1; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-description { margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 0.9em; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-feedback { margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 0.9em; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group { margin: 0 0 1.5rem; position: relative; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-success .fd-form-feedback, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-success .fd-form-check { color: #02dba8 !important; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-success .fd-form-control { color: #02dba8 !important; border-color: #02dba8 !important; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-success .fd-form-feedback { display: block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-error .fd-form-feedback, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-error .fd-form-check { color: #eb3d3b !important; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-error .fd-form-control { color: #eb3d3b !important; border-color: #eb3d3b !important; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-form-group.fd-has-error .fd-form-feedback { display: block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-btn { cursor: pointer; display: -webkit-inline-box; display: inline-flex; box-shadow: none; text-align: center; -webkit-transition: all 0.4s; transition: all 0.4s; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; text-shadow: none; white-space: normal; -webkit-box-pack: center; justify-content: center; text-decoration: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-btn.disabled, .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.8; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-btn p { margin: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__root { background: transparent; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__container { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 872px; background: #f4eded; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__form { color: #333333; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 30px; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.6; letter-spacing: 0.4px; text-transform: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__title { color: #000000; width: 100%; margin: 0 0 25px; display: block; font-size: 37px; text-align: center; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__title p { margin: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__subtitle { width: 100%; margin: 0 0 30px; display: block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__subtitle p { margin: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-has-success .ff__fields { display: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__fields .fd-form-group { margin-bottom: 10px; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__fields .fd-form-group:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__grid { margin: -10px -5px 0; display: -webkit-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; -webkit-box-pack: center; justify-content: center; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__cell { margin: 10px 0 0 0; padding: 0 5px; -webkit-box-flex: 1; flex-grow: 1; max-width: 250px; min-width: 140px; flex-basic: 0%; flex-shrink: 0; } @media (max-width: 575px) { .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__cell { -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 0 100%; max-width: 100%; } } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__control { color: #000000; border: 1px solid #000000; height: 46px; display: block; padding: 12px 20px; font-size: 17px; background: transparent; text-align: left; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; border-radius: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-transform: uppercase; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__footer { -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 0 5px; margin-top: 10px; } @media (max-width: 575px) { .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__footer { margin-top: 25px; } } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__button { color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #000000; display: inline-block; padding: 12px 20px; font-size: 17px; background: #000000; text-align: center; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px; border-radius: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.0999999999999999px; text-transform: uppercase; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__success { display: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-has-success .ff__success { display: block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__success>*:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__error { margin: 10px 0 0 0; display: none; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .fd-has-error .ff__error { display: block; } .fd-ef-5f03c7f69eb55b00269be3e8 .ff__error>*:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

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Tailwind

If you’re not familiar with Tailwind, it’s a scheduling tool for Pinterest. I highlight recommend using it to help you schedule out your pins since pinning consistently is very important.

Tailwind’s affiliate marketing program lets you earn 15% commissions with a 90-day cookie window. If you are new to Tailwind and sign up as an affiliate, you can also try Tailwind out for yourself for free.

Related Reading: Pinterest Tips to Drive Massive Traffic

SiteGround

SiteGround is a web hosting platform. With their affiliate program, you earn $50 commissions per referral. SiteGround’s cookie is stored for 60 days, so if the user you referred makes a purchase in this period, the sale is credited to you. You can use your direct link or banners that SiteGround provides.

You can also create different campaigns which let you track the performance of the mediums you use (blog posts, emails, social media, etc.). Campaigns also let you create your own custom referral links.

Canva

If you know me, you know I love Canva! Especially Canva Pro! I even wrote a blog post all about why you should upgrade to Pro. Well guess what… they have an affiliate program too!

The affiliate program lets you promote the paid Canva Pro version. The commissions are: “75% of subscription revenue per paying subscription. “

Design Bundles

Design Bundles is another place to find great graphics, textures, templates, and more. There are also fonts available on Font Bundles, their sister site.

The commission rate for Design Bundles’ affiliate program is 25% with a 30-day cookie window. Plus, with every user you refer, you will receive 25% off bundle purchases for life.

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Final Thoughts

There you have it! 5 different affiliate marketing programs you can join that are perfect for creative entrepreneurs. Start creating more income streams today!

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  1. Kathleen says:
    April 15, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    Thanks for this list! I really love Creative Market. Will check the others out!

    Reply
  2. Sara says:
    April 15, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    Thanks for sharing this information.
    I’m new to blogging and I have a lot to learn.
    I will definitely keep this page between my fav. pages.
    Now, I’m going to read your next post about Pinterest.
    I like your writing style.
    Nice Blog

    Reply

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