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# Affiliate marketing

With the **affiliate** model, TMN builds a review site that recommends real products and earns commission. It plans the money pages *and* the supporting content, finds and ranks real products, and places them in your articles with live affiliate links.

## What you need

* **Content Egg Pro** — for automatic product search from affiliate networks. (On Free you'd attach every product by hand.) See [Free vs Pro](/content-egg-integration/free-vs-pro.md).
* **At least one affiliate-network module** configured in Content Egg — Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Bol.com, BestBuy. See [Set it up](/content-egg-integration/overview.md#set-it-up).

### Amazon: API vs No API

Amazon has two modules:

* **Amazon API** — uses Amazon's official Creators API. It needs active API access, which Amazon currently keeps tied to making roughly **10 qualifying sales every 30 days**.
* **Amazon No API** — works **without** API access, so you can start building right away.

Both support **all Amazon locales**. Use **No API** if you don't have API access yet, and switch to **API** once you're approved. (On generation, Amazon products are enriched with real user reviews, specs, and other factual data.)

## Create the plan

Create a plan (see [Create a content plan](/building-a-site/create-a-plan.md)) with **Primary monetization → Affiliate Marketing**, and pick your **Affiliate networks**. That sets the product source TMN searches.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Before you generate,** confirm the module actually returns search results — no API error, and your API access is active.
{% endhint %}

## What TMN plans: the silo

An affiliate plan deliberately mixes two kinds of articles:

* **Money** — includes product blocks with affiliate links.
* **Info** — no product blocks; builds topical authority and links to your money pages.
* **Mixed** — may include product blocks where they're naturally relevant.

The info content does the supporting job: it funnels readers and internal links toward the money pages. **Don't force too many money articles** — a healthy share of info content makes the whole site rank better. Set the balance with the **Info / Money mix** in the wizard.

## Products in your articles

* **Found automatically.** At generation, TMN searches your networks, ranks products by relevance, rating, reviews, and availability, and places them in product blocks with live affiliate links.
* **Prices stay current.** Content Egg keeps prices up to date automatically, so published articles stay accurate.
* **Curate your picks.** On your most important money pages, attach specific products by hand so automatic search can't replace them — see [Curate products](/building-a-site/curate-products.md).
* **Rich product blocks.** Product cards, comparison tables, pros & cons, and rating breakdowns display real product details for a polished, professional look.

![A generated affiliate article with product cards and a comparison table](/files/9jH8uj1PhUODpowUJXqu)

## Price comparison (optional)

Turn on **price-comparison** blocks in your [Generation Preset](/building-a-site/presets.md) to add **EAN-based** comparison tables — the same product across several merchants. For these to fill in, enable Content Egg modules that support EAN search:

{% hint style="info" %}
Amazon, Amazon No API, BestBuy, Bol.com, CJ, eBay, Kelkoo, Kieskeurig.nl, Viglink, Tradedoubler, Tradetracker, Walmart, Webgains.
{% endhint %}

## Next

* [**Create a content plan**](/building-a-site/create-a-plan.md) — set up the plan.
* [**Curate products**](/building-a-site/curate-products.md) — control which products appear.
* [**Free vs Pro**](/content-egg-integration/free-vs-pro.md) — why affiliate needs Pro.


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