Category: Affiliate Marketing

This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Minecraft has launched its first affiliate program for creators. The internet is increasingly being rebuilt for AI agents and machine-to-machine traffic. Partnerize says brands must move...

Written by Brook Schaaf As part of our stack rebuild last year, we removed open access to our longstanding merchant directory, which led to a few unexpected (albeit in hindsight, unsurprising) conversations. Agencies and...

The RollerAds team shares with us what’s really happening with Web Push advertising right now, including the policy changes that shook the industry and why the format still has a future for savvy marketers. Web Push has been our...

FMTC features monetized offers from more than 16,000 merchant affiliate programs. This week, we welcomed 130 new FMTC merchants, including Kendra Scott, Snapfish, Omni Health Ring, SmugMug, and Bath Depot. All the new merchants,...

This Post is brought to you by Semrush. Is your website invisible to AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini? If you’re not getting traffic from any AI chatbots, it might be the case. About 30% of websites today are actually hidden...

This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Affiliate partnerships are increasingly shaping AI search results. Spotify is verifying podcasts to combat AI deepfakes. TikTok Shop says small-business sales jumped 66% in 2025. •...

Written by Brook Schaaf It was 20 years ago that Industry Standard founder (if your memory goes back that far) John Battelle wrote The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture....

Guest post by LQ Digital Most brands are still thinking about AI search as if it were traditional SEO. That is the mistake. More buyers are starting their journey on AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI Overviews...

FMTC features monetized offers from more than 16,000 merchant affiliate programs. This week, we welcomed 66 new FMTC merchants, including AliExpress CA, World of Books, Pudgy Penguins, Paw Up, and Zenwise. All the new merchants,...

This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Publicis is acquiring LiveRamp to expand its AI advertising capabilities. Brands are competing for “share of shortlist” in AI recommendations. Google is testing AI-powered search built...

Written by Brook Schaaf California’s Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) kicks in on August 1st. That is, state regulators are looking forward to kicking in the teeth of non-compliant data brokers, according...

FMTC features monetized offers from more than 16,000 merchant affiliate programs. This week, we welcomed 74 new FMTC merchants, including Oribe, BAGSMART, Best Western Plus Milford, Nationwide, and TEFS. All the new merchants,...