If you’re a travel blogger or content creator looking for new ways to monetise your content, you need to know about ShopMy – a fast-growing affiliate platform that you can use to share all your favourite product recommendations with your audience.
I’ve been using ShopMy to organise all my favourite products links in one place and to share them with my social media followers and blog readers. Keep reading on for all my top tips on how travel bloggers and creators can also use this platform to optimise your content monetisation!
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Hot Tip: One way to improve your chances to get accepted into the platform is by joining ShopMy using a referral link (click this link to use mine!)
What is ShopMy?
ShopMy is an affiliate platform and digital storefront similar to LTK, but with one major benefit that I really like – on ShopMy, you can recommend any products you like, regardless if they’re eligible for commission or not.
This means that you can neatly link and organise all your exact favourite product recommendations into a digital storefront. Then, when someone purchases a commissionable product, you earn a percentage of the sale. You can also create and share direct affiliate links with your audience on social media or on your blog or newsletter.
ShopMy is available internationally across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Once accepted into ShopMy, you can earn Tier points from your activities, which unlock gifting and paid opportunities with brands inside the platform!
What brands are on ShopMy?
You can link any product from any brand/retailer on ShopMy across any niche (fashion, home decor, travel, technology, etc.), even if they are not eligible for commission.
As a travel blogger, I can confirm that most popular brands associated with travel gear and gadgets are commissionable on ShopMy – from Osprey, The North Face, Uniqlo, and AWAY, to general retailers like Nordstrom, Target, Boots, and Selfridges. If you have an Amazon Affiliate ID, you can also add it to ShopMy and earn commission from recommending Amazon products.
This means you can earn affiliate commissions from a wide variety of products in the travel niche like luggage, gadgets, cameras, clothing, and accessories.
How do I get approved for ShopMy as a travel blogger?
While technically anyone can have a ShopMy account, applying for an account is subject to a review process of your social media profiles (and website, if applicable) on a case-by-case basis. ShopMy is available to creators and bloggers from all niches.
To get accepted, ShopMy normally requires that you have a minimum of 1,000 followers, and evidence that you are already sharing products with an engaged audience and/or working with brands. The review and approval process can take up to 5 business days or longer.
Generally, you can get accepted quicker into the platform by joining ShopMy using a referral link (click this link to use mine!).
How travel bloggers and content creators can make money on ShopMy
Now onto my favourite part: how can travel bloggers and content creators like you and me make money using ShopMy on our platforms?
1) Sharing your ShopMy storefront
This is the easiest first step to potentially earn money on ShopMy – link your ShopMy storefront to your social media link in bio so that it’s always available for viewers to find and purchase from it!
To make the most out of your ShopMy storefront, make sure to create links to your favourite products recommendations and organise them into sections and collections, so that visitors can easily browse through.
You can then tell your viewers that they can find the products mentioned in your content in your link in bio, or share your ShopMy storefront link directly with people via stories or using DM automation services like ManyChat (I’ll cover this better in the next section, as it’s my favourite way to earn from affiliate links on social media).
2) Sharing direct affiliate links on social media
As we know, platforms like Instagram don’t pay for our content’s reach. So, my favourite way to monetise my content is by redirecting my viewers to direct affiliate links that they can purchase from. I already do this with links for activity and hotel providers such as GetYourGuide and Stay22 – but with ShopMy, I can also share links to travel gear and accessories, tech gadgets, and clothing!
You can share affiliate links directly in your Instagram stories, saved in your story highlights, to your private channels, or via DMs. My favourite way to automate this is by using ManyChat to create a prompt for each post (ie. “Comment X and I’ll send you the link for this product“) and then adding my ShopMy affiliate links to the automated DM.
It makes the link-sharing process painless and instantaneous for both you and the viewer (since we can’t add clickable links under Instagram comments or captions).
Tip: if you join ManyChat with my referral link, you’ll get your first month for FREE!
3) Sharing direct affiliate links in blog posts
Additionally to social media, travel bloggers can also integrate ShopMy affiliate links into existing or new blog posts.
My favourite posts to integrate ShopMy affiliate links are packing lists and product reviews/comparisons. This kind of blog posts are specifically searched and viewed by readers actively ready to make a purchase, which increases your chances of converting affiliate links into sales!
4) Sharing affiliate links in newsletters and digital products
For advanced bloggers with an active newsletter and/or digital products (or newsletter freebies), adding direct affiliate links from ShopMy is a great way to monetise these channels further.
Tip: Consider adding a ‘product highlight‘ section to your newsletter, or integrating affiliate links into digital guides or newsletter freebies.
FAQ: ShopMy for Travel Bloggers and Creators
Last thoughts
I hope this guide is helpful for any travel bloggers or creators looking to monetise their content with ShopMy. It’s always important to diversify your income as a content creator, and I’m glad that we have a growing number of platforms to help us do so!
Feel free to write any questions you may have in the comments – I’ll do my best to help!
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