How to monetize your blog with skimlink

  

WHAT IS SKIMLINKS?

Skimlinks is a tool that automatically converts links in your blog posts to affiliate links so you can earn money from them.

All you have to do is sign up for Skimlinks (it’s free!) and then install the Skimlinks plugin for WordPress OR paste a bit of code into your theme’s footer. That’s it.

Then, every time you link to a product on your blog, Skimlinks will automatically convert it into an affiliate link for you. Skimlinks has partnerships with over 60 affiliate networks encompassing thousands of brands, so chances are they will always be able to convert your links to affiliate links.

For example, let’s say you’re writing a blog post about your winter fashion must-haves. You link to a coat from Nordstrom, a sweater from ASOS, boots from L.L. Bean, and makeup from Sephora. Skimlinks will automatically convert all of those links into affiliate links for you, which you can earn money from.

Without using Skimlinks, you would have to apply for the individual affiliate networks or programs for each of those brands and copy and paste your specific affiliate link for each product into your blog post.

Skimlinks simplifies the process and makes it so that you don’t have to keep track of a bunch of different affiliate networks, programs, and links.

CONS OF SKIMLINKS

While I think the pros of Skimlinks outweigh the cons, there is one main negative.

The biggest con to Skimlinks is that they take a 25% cut of what you earn. So let’s say you earn a $10 commission from one of your affiliate links. Skimlinks will keep $2.50 of that, and you will only receive $7.50

Of course, you have to consider the tradeoff for convenience and whether this makes this worth it. Skimlinks makes it so that you don’t have to join every individual affiliate program for the brands and products you want to promote or spend time tracking down which affiliate link you need to use.

And a lot of the time, Skimlinks has managed to negotiate HIGHER affiliate commission rates with brands than you might find in a different affiliate network, so the higher earnings can actually mitigate the cut Skimlinks takes