A Guide to Being an Affiliate with Plaine Promoters

What does it mean to be an Affiliate?

• Affiliates are individuals who use Plaine Products, love it, and want to get others to join them in eliminating single use plastics while enjoying outstanding products. Plaine Promoters spread the word about our products and get 10% from every sale they generate through their unique link.

• Affiliates are given a unique URL for their audience to access Plaine Products, which tracks visitors and credits 10% of any sale to the affiliate. The URL code is on the main page in your affiliate account. Affiliates can also request a coupon code that is tied to their affiliate account.

• You’ll receive emails with Quarterly gift box offers and sneak peaks to upcoming sales, launches, product news

• We’ll reach out with content creation opportunities & provide access to graphics and assets to share on your page

• We ask that you post about us (and share your link/code) at least once a quarter (every 3 months). Please fill out the content submission form each time you post, so we can show you some love and track your activity so you can get as many products as possible in your quarterly Plaine Products gift box!

• All of this, and more is covered in the Welcome Kit. Please also review the Terms of Use for the affiliate program.

How Can Affiliates Spread the Word?

Blog posts and social media post are a great way to share your experience with Plaine Products with others.  A few tips and best practices:

• Learn more about Plaine Products with our WELCOME KIT.

• Incorporate the products as naturally as possible, try not to sound overly salesy. Explain why you love the products and how they genuinely fit into your lifestyle. Make it personal.

• Photos with you in it, not just product photos, tend to grab more attention (ex. using the products). It’s best if the photos are original and are personalized to you and your style.  But if you need some help we have a google folder of images to share: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZjSeKTlvg42mykyG8Tru6wTKjT31Y62G?usp=sharing

  

  Examples of Plaine products graphic affiliates can use in posts.

• Our team can also help with specific graphic requests if you provide sizes and information.

• Share multiple links to Plaine Products and calls to action throughout a post, not just at the end. Final Call To Action should include an offer (ex. sale, discount, promo)

• Make your posts easy to find:

  • Blog: use the SEO tools, make the photos Pinterest friendly

  • Social media: tag the brand, use hashtags

• Examples of great blog posts:

  • https://organicallybecca.com/plaine-products/

  • https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/my-zero-waste-shower

  • https://everydayecoliving.com/zero-waste-hair-care-a-plaine-products-review/

  • https://everydayecoliving.com/eco-friendly-zero-waste-bath-products/

  • https://www.thegreenergirl.com/refillable-clean-cosmetic-brands/

• Examples of Social media posts

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmi8R7LgdyR/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/By0MzonhAVX/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/BwqPNSjgwF9/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnJM8vgOI3/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwj8NtKA4mI/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/BvktyKgn7iJ/

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3qqaVHPvt/

Other content ideas and opportunities to share

• Instagram giveaway

• Zero waste hair care routine, nightly routine, self care, etc

• Share when there are Plaine sales

• Earth Day or Plastic-Free July

• Roundup posts

  • Favorite zero waste products

  • List of B Corps and conscious, sustainable companies

  • Sustainable gift guide

  • How to reduce waste in your home

  • 10 easy ways to go plastic-free

Affiliate disclosure/FTC guidelines

In order to comply with the Federal Trade Commission, you must disclose whenever you are using affiliate links, being sponsored by a brand, or receive free product. Basically, it’s important that you are not misleading readers and they are aware of any advertisements or incentives: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/advertising-marketing-internet-rules-road

• For affiliate links, it’s required to make a statement at the top/beginning of a blog post before the links are present.

• On social media, you can simply state that the link is an affiliate link. For a sponsorship, you can use:

  • #ad

  • #sponsored

  • #PlaineProductsPartner or #PlainePartner

  • You can also state that the products were gifted

• Sample disclosure statement at the top of a blog post:

  • This post is sponsored by Plaine Products who generously sent me their products in exchange for an honest review. This post also contains affiliate links which means that if you make a purchase via one of the links, I will receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you.Thank you for reading and supporting my blog!

  • Or if you bought the product yourself yet are including affiliate links: This post contains affiliate links which means that if you make a purchase via one of the links, I will receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you.Thank you for reading and supporting my blog!

FAQ

• How do I get paid? Monthly via PayPal