By platform
Affiliate links, platform by platform
Every publishing platform gives affiliate links a different life — frozen podcast notes, repinned pins, wrapped newsletter links, editable YouTube descriptions. Platform mechanics decide how your links break and whether you can fix them.
YouTube descriptions
YouTube never checks your description links, and evergreen videos keep sending clicks to dead ones for years. The audit playbook for channels.
WordPress
Pretty Links, ThirstyAffiliates, and manual links each fail differently on WordPress. How WordPress affiliate links break and how to audit a whole site.
Linktree & bio-link tools
Linktree, Beacons, and bio-link pages add a wrapper layer around affiliate links — and their aging link lists quietly rot. How to keep bio links earning.
Instagram gives you few link surfaces — bio links and story link stickers — and its in-app browser adds quirks. Keeping Instagram affiliate links earning.
TikTok
TikTok funnels all external clicks through one bio link in a restricted in-app browser. How to keep that single high-traffic link surface healthy.
Email newsletters
Newsletter affiliate links get wrapped by ESP click tracking and live forever in web archives. How email affiliate links break and how to audit them.
Pins circulate for years and keep sending outbound clicks to their saved links. How Pinterest affiliate links rot and how to manage a pin portfolio.
Podcast show notes
Show notes get syndicated to a dozen podcast apps and frozen at publish time. How podcast affiliate links break and the setup that keeps them fixable.
X (Twitter)
Every link on X is wrapped in t.co and posts are uneditable after the edit window. What that means for affiliate links and how to keep them working.
Medium & blogging platforms
Hosted platforms like Medium allow affiliate links with disclosure but give you no redirect layer or plugins. Keeping links healthy without infrastructure.
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