Tumblr Adding Affiliate Links, via VigLink

Tumblr followed July’s introduction of ads across users’ blogs with an announcement Thursday that it will add affiliate links.

Tumblr followed July’s introduction of ads across users’ blogs with an announcement Thursday that it will add affiliate links.

The new feature was announced in a question-and-answer-style post:

In a couple of weeks, we’re going to start adding something called “affiliate codes” to links on Tumblr that don’t already have one. Questions are healthy and natural, so let’s go through some:

What are affiliate codes? Basically, they tell a merchant that a customer came from Tumblr. And if there’s a sale, Tumblr may get a commission for the referral.

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