How Apple Affiliates Generate Ad Banners

Recently, I published a post about the Apple Affiliate Program. If you've applied and your application have been approved, then you need to start promoting Apple products for you to start earning commissions asap. So, in this post, I've decided to guide you on how Apple Affiliates generate ad banners to promote songs — as well as books, movies, TV shows, apps and more.





Apple Affiliate program offers a number of powerful tools to fully integrate store links and content into your blog. They include: Link Maker, auto Link Maker, Widget builder and Banner builder.  You can easily access them via the "Tools" tab once you sign in to your account.



If you want to generate ad banners of different sizes, then you need to use the Banner Builder tool. Banner Builder lets you generate banner art instantly for nearly all content on iTunes, the App Store, the iBookstore and the Mac App Store.



Below of a sample of what the 300x250 ad banner looks like: 

How To Use Apple Affiliate Banner Builder

==> Sign in to your Apple Affiliate account

==> Click on "Tools"

==> Click on "Banner Builder"



Now, lets assume you want to generate 300 x250 ad banner to promote Wizkid Album on your blog,

==> Enter "wizkid" as search term

==> Select "music" from the "Media Type" drop down box

==> Click "Search"



==> You should see Wizkid albums and songs available for you to promote



==> Click on the Music Album you want to promote eg WizKid - Ayo music album

==> A new page will open where you can select the ad banner size you want as highlighted in the screenshot below. You will also see the preview of the ad banner on the page.

==> Copy the code and place the code on your blog.



==> If you are using Blogger, copy and paste it in HTML/Javascript gadget. If WordPress, copy and paste the code in a Text gadget.



That's all.



I hope this helps.



NOTE: You can generate ad banners for nearly all content on iTunes, the App Store, the iBookstore and the Mac App Store. So, don't limit yourself to promoting only music.



If you've got questions, relay them via comments.



Cheers!

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Apple Affiliate Program: An Introduction

The Apple Affiliate Program simply allows site and app owners to earn commission on sales of music, apps, books and more. So, if you own a site or app, the program will provide a unique way for your website or app to link to millions of songs and thousands of apps — as well as books, movies, TV shows and more — while earning commissions on qualifying sales.





The program offers a number of powerful tools to fully integrate store links and content into your web site or App. They include: Link Maker, auto Link Maker, Widget builder and Banner builder.



With one snippet of code added to your website, all iTunes, App Store, iBooks and Mac App Store links can also be converted to affiliate links. As an affiliate, you can earn a commission on revenue generated by encoded links. Commissions are eligible on sales for up to 24 hours after a user clicks on your link.

Signing up to be an Apple affiliate is quick, easy and free and it is available in many countries including Nigeria. Approval is not automatic as applicants have to go through approval process which might take up to five business days or more. Currently, applicants are required to have a website or blog URL. Or, as a developer you can provide a link to your app on the App Store.



Once your application is accepted, you can go to the Apple affiliate program login page, sign in with your credentials, to start creating links, generate affiliate badges and update payment information through your affiliate account dashboard.



In order to receive a payment, you must provide your bank information. You are eligible to receive Apple Affiliate program commissions through direct deposit after you have reached the program minimum payment threshold. Payment thresholds vary by country or currency and can be seen in your account settings. Affiliate payments are available 90 days after the date of sale, assuming your payment threshold has been met.



You can apply for Apple Affiliate Program here.



I've already been accepted into the program today and I hope to share more info about it in the long run. So, make sure you subscribe to this blog if you don't want to miss the updates.



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