Guides

Sharing, organizing, and measuring promo codes as a creator. Every guide opens with the direct answer and carries a real review date.

• The promo-code link in bio, explainedA promo-code link in bio is a page organized around codes instead of links: tap to copy, one stable address, and copy counts a link page cannot see.
• Choosing a link in bio as a creator: match the tool to the jobLink pages, storefronts, and code pages solve different jobs. How to pick a link in bio based on what your bio actually needs to do.
• Promo-code tracking for creators: what you can and cannot knowWhat a creator can actually measure about their promo codes without the brand's sales data: views, taps, copies, and what each one means.
• Picking a link-in-bio tool for promo codesSix criteria that decide whether a bio tool handles promo codes well, applied honestly across link pages, storefronts, and code-first pages.
• A free promo-code page: what free actually includes, and what it costsWhich creator tools have a genuinely free promo-code page, what each free tier gates, and what three of them quietly take out of your commission. Sourced and dated.
• Promo-code analytics for creators: the numbers worth havingViews, shop taps, and code copies per card per day: which promo-code numbers a creator can own, and what to check before trusting any dashboard.
• How to share promo codes on InstagramInstagram captions are not clickable and bios cap at 150 characters, so codes need a system: where codes actually work on Instagram and how to keep them all findable.
• How to share promo codes on TikTokTikTok descriptions are not clickable and the bio link is gated, so codes carry the weight: how creators share codes on TikTok, including the Shop affiliate 100-day rule.
• How to share promo codes on YouTubeLong-form descriptions are clickable and Shorts links are dead, so YouTube needs two code strategies: where codes and links work across YouTube in 2026.
• Promo code vs affiliate link: how each one pays youCodes and links attribute differently, pay differently, and fail differently. What creators should know before leaning on either one.
• Why promo-code copies do not show up as link clicksBuyers who use your promo code often never click your link, so click analytics record nothing. What the copy path looks like and how to measure it.
• How to report promo-code engagement to brandsA reporting format that makes brands trust your numbers: views, taps, and copies clearly labeled as engagement, lined up against their redemptions.
• How influencer promo codes actually workWho creates the code, how the discount and the commission are configured, how attribution happens, and where the creator fits in the chain.
• How creators make money from discount codesThe four ways a discount code turns into creator income: commissionable codes, code-plus-link deals, flat-fee campaigns, and codes as proof for the next deal.
• Do creators earn commission when someone uses the code without clicking?It depends entirely on how the deal attributes: commissionable codes pay on redemption with no click; link-only deals pay nothing for typed codes. How to tell which you have.
• Promo-code attribution explainedHow a redemption gets credited to a creator: code-based vs click-based attribution, windows, last-click rules, leakage, and what each model means for your numbers.
• How to measure promo-code interest without sales dataA working measurement stack for creators who cannot see redemptions: copies as the core signal, ratios that mean something, and the claims to never make.
• Affiliate code vs referral code: which one did the brand hand you?Cash commission on sales to anyone, or account credit for referring friends: how to classify the code a brand gave you and what it means for payment.
• How to disclose affiliate codes and commissionsThe FTC says a personalized discount code is not, by itself, adequate disclosure. What US creators must disclose, where, and in what words, sourced to the rules.
• How to share multiple affiliate codes on InstagramFive brand codes do not fit in a 150-character bio. The one-link system for running many codes on Instagram at once, and the mistakes it replaces.
• How to organize TikTok Shop affiliate codes and linksA maintenance system for TikTok Shop affiliates: the 100-day link cycle, showcase vs product links, seller codes, and keeping old videos earning.
• How to manage expired creator codesA dead code at checkout costs more than the sale. The lifecycle system for expiring, pausing, and replacing creator codes across old content.
• How to organize multiple brand partnershipsPast three simultaneous deals, memory stops working: the minimum operations layer for codes, rates, deadlines, deliverables, and payouts across brands.