YouTube added Amazon to its Shopping affiliate program in 2026. Here's how to enroll, link your Amazon account, and tag Amazon products in your videos.
Last verified · 2026-08-28 · by Moe Ameen
YouTube's Shopping affiliate program added Amazon on August 27, 2026, which means eligible US creators can now tag Amazon products directly in their videos and earn a commission when viewers buy. The tag shows up as a shoppable product on the video itself, and YouTube's own testing found that converts far better than a link buried in the description. Setting it up is a linking exercise across two programs; the earning is a content exercise, because you only make money on the products you actually feature in published videos.
This guide walks the whole setup — the eligibility check, enrolling in YouTube Shopping, connecting an Amazon Influencer or Associates account, and tagging products across Shorts, long-form, and livestreams — then the part most guides skip: how to keep enough shoppable video flowing that the tags have somewhere to live. For the wider strategic picture, see the guide on [YouTube's Amazon affiliate integration](/guides/youtube-amazon-affiliate-monetization-strategy).
Affiliate promotion is regulated. US creators must clearly disclose that they earn commissions from tagged products under FTC endorsement guidelines, and Amazon's Associates/Influencer operating agreement requires its own disclosures and prohibits certain practices — violations can get your Amazon account terminated. Use YouTube's paid-promotion disclosure where applicable and state the affiliate relationship in the video and description. Rules and eligibility differ by country and change over time, so verify the current YouTube and Amazon terms before you rely on them.
Every step above assumes one thing you have to supply yourself: videos worth tagging. Amazon tags earn nothing without a steady stream of reviews, demos, hauls, and roundups for them to live in, and one product deserves more than one video — a quick Short for the impulse buy, a long-form review for the considered purchase, a comparison against alternatives. Producing that range by hand for every product you promote is the real work, and it's where an affiliate channel stalls.
Kompozy generates that inventory from a single product brief. Persona Shorts and Persona HeyGen turn one write-up into avatar-led review and demo video fronted by the same consistent face and voice — and that consistency isn't cosmetic, because affiliate sales run on buyer trust and a recognizable host earns it. Listicle Video builds the "top five" roundup over B-roll, Photo Posts and Carousels cover the image angle, and a Blog article gives the purchase a searchable home. Because it holds one Persona Brief across everything, a whole product catalog stays on-brand as you scale from one tag to fifty.
Then it takes the same content beyond YouTube, where you monetize the same products through description-link affiliates or native shopping. Kompozy schedules and publishes across the eight social platforms plus blog and email in one pass, so a product review works for you everywhere at once instead of only on the video you tagged. Creator ($49/mo for 2,500 credits) fits a solo affiliate channel; Pro ($299/mo for 18,000 credits) suits running a full product catalog across platforms; Enterprise is custom.
No. As of August 2026 the feature is for eligible US creators who are in the YouTube Partner Program, enrolled in YouTube's Shopping affiliate program, and hold an active Amazon Influencer or Associates account linked to their channel. It isn't available outside the US yet.
As shoppable product tags on the video itself — in Shorts, long-form videos, and livestreams — rather than only as a link in the description. YouTube's testing found on-video tags drove over 110% more product clicks than description links alone.
You earn Amazon's standard associate commission on qualifying purchases, which varies by product category and is generally a small percentage of the sale. Earnings scale with how much shoppable content you publish and how well it matches buyer intent, not with any single tag.
Yes. FTC guidance and Amazon's own terms require you to clearly disclose that you earn a commission. State it in the video and description and use YouTube's paid-promotion tools where they apply.