YouTube Affiliate Program Launches in India: New Earning Opportunities for Creators
– Affiliate Feature: Creators can tag products in videos, Shorts, and livestreams for referrals – E-Commerce Partners: Flipkart and Myntra catalogs accessible for tagging – Eligibility: – Must be in the YouTube Partner Program – Minimum of 10,000 subscribers
U.S. Features: – 2022: Affiliate links testing in Shorts – 2023: Bulk product tagging across video libraries – Shopify Partnership: Added access to thousands of products – Affiliate Hubs: Shopping collections and affiliate hub for creators
India as a Key Market – User Base: Largest for YouTube, with 400+ million users – Channel Growth: Over 110,000 channels with 100,000+ subscribers – Shorts Success: Trillions of views since 2020 launch in India