{"id":862,"date":"2023-07-07T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/?p=862"},"modified":"2024-03-19T22:43:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T22:43:57","slug":"walmart-com-geniuslink-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/walmart-affiliate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart.com + Geniuslink [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"862\" class=\"elementor elementor-862\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f502ec8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f502ec8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb9caa6\" data-id=\"bb9caa6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e8b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1455 elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image\" data-id=\"72e8b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1115\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-3.png 638w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-3-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b8e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59b8e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Update: As of June 2019,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.walmart.com\/#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Walmart\u2019s affiliate program<\/a>\u00a0is now being managed by Impact!<\/p>\n<p>If you signed up for the program before June 2019, then you\u2019re probably participating in the Walmart affiliate program as managed by Rakuten Linkshare.\u00a0Both programs are still officially supported and we haven\u2019t heard of any plans to deprecate the Rakuten program.\u00a0If you\u2019re signed up for Walmart (Rakuten), there should be no need to sign up for Walmart (Impact).<\/p>\n<p>You can find instructions on how to add in your Walmart Partner IDs in our Knowledge base:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kb.geni.us\/walmartaff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Rakuten<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kb.geni.us\/walmartaffi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Impact<\/a>.<br \/><span id=\"more-3018\"><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a72e0c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a72e0c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db5cde4\" data-id=\"db5cde4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4a640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad4a640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d0ff07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d0ff07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c19de\" data-id=\"23c19de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f535bb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f535bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walmart is incredibly popular in the United States and was long known as the largest (physical) retailer across the country with what seemed like a Walmart store in every city and town across the country (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/269425\/total-number-of-walmart-stores-in-the-united-states-by-type\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">5,358 stores in the US in 2018<\/a>). Their focus, even from an early beginning (the first store opened in 1962!), was centered around offering shoppers the lowest possible prices, and they built an incredible distribution network to be able to do just that (the feat of which is still a popular case study in MBA classes).<\/p>\n<p>In more recent years, Walmart is known for it\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jet-walmart-weapon-vs-amazon-2017-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">$3.3B acquisition of Jet.com<\/a>\u00a0to increase their ecommerce presence and for bringing in their co-founder, Marc Lore, as the new CEO of Walmart eCommerce. Before Jet.com, Lore was the founder of another ecommerce company (Quidsi \/ Diapers.com \/ Soap.com \/ Wag.com) that was eventually sold to Amazon in 2011. It seems that from his multi year stint at Amazon, which didn\u2019t end well, that Lore started on a path to disrupt Amazon\u2019s push for domination. With Lore at the helm of Walmart\u2019s ecommerce drive we\u2019ve seen huge improvements and walmart.com becoming a legitimate alternative to Amazon for a wide range of consumer packaged goods as well as electronics and groceries.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart.com is now ranked as the 108th most popular websites in the world, 22nd in the US and 13th for \u201cGeneral Merchandise\u201d shopping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/website\/walmart.com#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to SimilarWeb<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8986600 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8986600\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8acddfe\" data-id=\"8acddfe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9970ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9970ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Affiliate Program\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ece2713 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ece2713\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e3e785\" data-id=\"3e3e785\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa3eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fa3eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Further, Walmart also happens to have a well-managed affiliate program for Walmart.com, which many consider as another great alternative to Amazon\u2019s affiliate program. In our attempt last year to\u00a0quantify the affiliate landscape\u00a0we saw it was the 7th largest affiliate program with nearly 6,000 affiliate sites as recognized by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicwww.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">PublicWWW<\/a>.<\/p><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.walmart.com\/#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Walmart.com affiliate program<\/a>\u00a0is managed via the Impact\u00a0affiliate network\u00a0(previously Rakuten Linkshare). The program pays commissions of 4% for most products (via Impact) or 2% via Skimlinks. The cookie length is 72 hours. The commission rates in comparison to Amazon\u2019s affiliate program are mostly on par, but Walmart\u2019s 3 day cookie window far surpasses Amazon\u2019s 24 hour window.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The average earnings per click with the Walmart.com affiliate program vary drastically between $0.02 being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hub.skimlinks.com\/merchants\/360\/rates?domain=1592827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">reported by Skimlinks<\/a>\u00a0and $0.22 being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viglink.com\/merchants\/384\/walmart-affiliate-program\/4700650\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">reported by VigLink<\/a>. In comparison to\u00a0Amazon we typically see an EPC of $0.05.<\/p><p>Similar to Amazon, iTunes and Microsoft, Walmart uses different online storefronts to service specific regions of the world. Walmart has stores in 27 countries but operates under 55 different names including (Asda in the UK, Seiyu Group in Japan, and Best Price in India). Each storefront is targeted to a specific region (eg. Walmart.com and it\u2019s affiliate program is focused specifically on consumers in the United States) has individual affiliate programs for the other international storefronts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a576aa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a576aa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-166e2f1\" data-id=\"166e2f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a941eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a941eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/walmartaff-1024x399.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-863\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/walmartaff-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/walmartaff-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/walmartaff-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/walmartaff.png 1474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cfa541 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cfa541\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-447e9f2\" data-id=\"447e9f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c922ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c922ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walmart.com\u2019s affiliate program is an interesting alternative to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/amazon-affiliate-guide\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Amazon\u2019s Associates program<\/a>\u00a0for a couple reasons. First, the operating agreement is a bit less strict and allows links to be placed in \u201coffline\u201d places such as PDFs, and ebooks.<\/p><p>Additionally, while a consumer\u2019s trust in your links is always very important, the Walmart.com affiliate program also doesn\u2019t have the requirement of having to mention the store in close proximity of the link which can often be a challenge on social media. These are all things that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/amazon-associates-guide-to-getting-account-banned\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Amazon\u2019s affiliate operating agreement bans<\/a>.<\/p><p>Second, the deep catalog and inventory that Walmart brings to it\u2019s ecommerce store, as well as it\u2019s recent introduction of including 3rd party sellers via it\u2019s \u201cMarketplace\u201d, means that many of the products that can be found on Amazon.com can also be found on Walmart.com.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-446694a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"446694a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c43f329\" data-id=\"c43f329\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4772c34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4772c34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Walmart.com + Geniuslink\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69488bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69488bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a85be70\" data-id=\"a85be70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b31e8c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b31e8c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As of June 2019, if you go sign up for the Walmart affiliate program, you\u2019re going to be signing up for the program as managed by Impact.<\/p>\n<p>Affiliates who signed up before that date are likely still using the older program managed by Rakuten Marketing. Both programs are still officially supported and we haven\u2019t heard\u00a0 of any plans to deprecate the Rakuten program. Now that we\u2019ve updated our own UI to accommodate this change, both programs can be used within the Geniuslink dashboard. The Geniuslink dashboard accepts affiliate IDs from either program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a newcomer to the Walmart affiliate program, you can sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.walmart.com\/#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the Walmart.com affiliate program offers a range of link creation tools via the Rakuten Marketing &amp; Impact dashboards, it\u2019s still a bit of a process to take a product link from the Walmart.com site and convert it into a fully functioning affiliate network.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce, however, that any Walmart.com product link can now be used in a geni.us link and you can rest assured that all clicks on it will be sent to the correct destination with a properly formatted affiliate tracking link.<\/p>\n<p>We call this process \u201c<b>Auto affiliation<\/b>\u201d and it\u2019s very simple to set up. You simply need to grab your Partner ID from your\u00a0Walmart Affiliate dashboard\u00a0(managed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.linkshare.com\/sso\/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fcli.linksynergy.com%2Fcli%2Fcommon%2Flogin.php&amp;utm_source=rm_com&amp;utm_medium=aff_login&amp;utm_campaign=rm_com&amp;__hstc=56362548.f7c71c1c31a799c0e8bbc9848b06b0c6.1564085826044.1565910726447.1566425182832.3&amp;__hssc=56362548.1.1566425182832&amp;__hsfp=1199602712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Rakuten\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.impact.com\/bla\/Walmartcom\/login.user\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Impact<\/a>) and drop it into Geniuslink. Once we have your Partner ID all of your geni.us links for Walmart.com will start using the tracking info appropriate for your affiliate account. Additional information on adding your Walmart.com affiliate information into your Geniuslink account can be found in our\u00a0Knowledge Base (<a href=\"http:\/\/kb.geni.us\/walmartaff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Rakuten<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kb.geni.us\/walmartaffi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Impact<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8c9bdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8c9bdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe52c96\" data-id=\"fe52c96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1c542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce1c542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EnableAutoAffiliation-Walmart.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-864\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0c56bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0c56bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d37abf\" data-id=\"1d37abf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4f8a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d4f8a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please note our recent rollout of VigLink and Skimlinks support also enables you monetize Walmart.com links through either of these monetization platforms. There are multiple benefits of using VigLink or Skimlinks but signing up directly and adding your Partner ID directly into Geniuslink allows you to keep 100% of your commissions earned from the program (vs. the ~ 75% that is paid out when using an affiliate aggregator).<\/p>\n<p>Further, it\u2019s important to note that we currently only support auto-affiliation for Walmart.com but have plans to support the Walmart.com.mx (Mexico) affiliate program, Walmart.com.br (Brazil) affiliate program, and the Walmart.ca (Canada) affiliate program in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Excited to try out using Geniuslink with the Walmart.com affiliate program? We have a few suggestions if you are up for a challenge and want to experiment with augmenting your Amazon affiliate links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A\/B Split Links<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Amazon.com Associates program is often a mainstay way to earn commissions from US-based clicks, though we\u2019d encourage you to test if its the best option for your audience and recommended products. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intercom.geni.us\/building-links\/building-geni-us-links-manually\/ab-split-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">A\/B Split Test links<\/a>\u00a0provide a platform to closely track between two or more affiliate programs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25902b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25902b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e84d80\" data-id=\"5e84d80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a09b3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a09b3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-865\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1-1.png 784w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1-1-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1-1-768x651.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-457b08b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"457b08b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4848e8\" data-id=\"e4848e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8b64c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f8b64c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Choice Pages<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 We believe that curation and choice is good for the consumer and have built out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/choice-pages\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Choice Pages<\/a>\u00a0to enable you to promote a single product but offer multiple destinations for the consumer to choose from (and you\u2019ll monetize the sale either way). \u00a0You can see an example here \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/InstapotChoice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">geni.us\/InstapotChoice<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and we bet you\u2019ll see a boost in overall conversions and total commissions.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intercom.geni.us\/genius-link-benefits\/choice-pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">More info on how to set up a Choice Page can be found in our Knowledge Base<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b1966 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21b1966\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9b36ae\" data-id=\"d9b36ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-297db15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"297db15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4.png 750w, https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">With a Choice Page you can place Amazon and Walmart affiliate links next to each other in a clean, easy to buy way.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-028bc2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"028bc2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0deca0\" data-id=\"a0deca0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1bd33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1bd33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ChoicePage-Walmart.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-867\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0fd13b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0fd13b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e37419c\" data-id=\"e37419c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfe678a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfe678a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09afe83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09afe83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a31e90c\" data-id=\"a31e90c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da72e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da72e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the last few weeks we\u2019ve rolled out support for monetizing your links in a number of ways with the launch of direct auto affiliation for Walmart.com, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/bh-photo-affiliate-program\/\">B&amp;H Photo Video<\/a>, and thousands of other affiliate programs via\u00a0integrations with VigLink and Skimlinks. And we are just getting started.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: As of June 2019,\u00a0Walmart\u2019s affiliate program\u00a0is now being managed by Impact! If you signed up for the program before June 2019, then you\u2019re probably participating in the Walmart affiliate program as managed by Rakuten Linkshare.\u00a0Both programs are still officially supported and we haven\u2019t heard of any plans to deprecate the Rakuten program.\u00a0If you\u2019re signed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,32],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[46],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programs","category-affiliate-marketing","author-jesse-lakes"],"authors":[{"term_id":46,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"jesse-lakes","display_name":"Jesse Lakes","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/bio-jl-a.jpeg","url2x":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/bio-jl-a.jpeg"},"first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"https:\/\/geniuslink.com\/blog\/author\/jesse-lakes\/","facebook":"","twitter":"","instagram":"","linkedin":"","description":"Jesse is a Native Montanan and the co-founder and CEO of Geniuslink - or, as he likes to say, head cheerleader. 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