You’re leaving money on the table in Creator Connections inside of the Amazon Influencer Program, and I’ll prove it in this email.
By definition, Creator Connections is overwhelming. Over 420k campaigns live at time of writing this.
- ✅ Signing up for Creator Connections campaigns for products you have already made videos for – makes sense
- ✅ Strategically reach out to brands to get samples so you can participate in their Creator Connections campaigns – new to me, but I’m getting results from it
- 😲Immediately get the 10-30% CC commission from products people purchase from your link… without needing to make a video for the CC campaign? Whaaaaat?
Yeah. That’s exactly what the Oink Chrome Extension does for you. Read on, I’ll show you 👇(and I have a discount for you)
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The TLDR
Oink is a Chrome extension built specifically for Amazon Influencers. It connects to your Storefront, your Orders, and Creator Connections. Then it scans everything… your videos, your orders, even today’s sales to find campaigns you should be earning from.
This is the thing… you can see all of the products people have purchased through your link inside Amazon. ALL the products… not just the ones you made videos for. And, for any of those products that have Creator Connection campaigns running, you can get the 10-30% (instead of the usual 2-4%).
If it finds a campaign you haven’t joined yet, it can auto-accept it for you.
That means instead of manually searching Creator Connections every day, you can literally click one button and let Oink join the campaigns for products you’re already selling.
I started seeing extra CC earnings the same day I started using Oink.
What’s happening inside Creator Connections right now
Creator Connections has quietly become the main driver of new earnings in the Amazon Influencer Program.
- Amazon is pushing brands hard to launch campaigns (420k and growing).
- Commissions are 10–30%, not the usual 2–4%.
- More creators are earning more from CC than from their regular on-site commissions.
The problem? It’s almost impossible to keep up manually.
That’s why Oink’s “today’s sales” feature matters, because you only get CC credit if you join before the order ships.
Running Oink once or twice a day is the difference between catching that sale… or watching it disappear into Amazon’s processing void.
How I’m using Oink
I’m going to explain the high level of using Oink. I’m not going to get into the super nitty-gritty specifics, only because I personally don’t want to share screenshots of my Amazon backend (there is confusion about if it’s allowed or not).
Here’s the daily routine I’ve adopted:
Morning & Late Afternoon:
- Go to my Reports and click Fetch Today’s Sales (to see if there are any CC campaigns for products that were purchased using my link)
- Let Oink auto-accept anything new
- Go to my Storefront and click Storefront Fetch (to see if there are any NEW CC campaigns for videos I’ve already made)
- Let Oink auto-accept anything new
It takes less than 10 minutes total. 5 minutes in the morning, 5 in the afternoon before I leave my desk.
Most creators run this twice a day, especially heading into big events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, because those “today’s orders” are when you’ll see the biggest hidden commissions surface.
Oink has a lot of other really cool features. I’ll share some of those in a separate email, because I don’t want to take away from the biggie…
Real results (from me)
My earnings from Creator Connections have gone up 6x since I started following these methods.
In June and July of this year, I averaged roughly $100/month. I started using Oink in mid-August, and my earnings from Creator Connections have been $500-$600/month in September and October.
Now, I want to be perfectly clear. During these past few months, I’ve been testing BOTH Oink and Viral Vue. So I can’t say that all of my Creator Connections are directly related to one vs the other. But I can say that they BOTH have helped tremendously.
👉Because they streamline a complicated process, and allow me to make MORE money from the videos I already created. And by now you probably know that is my big focus with the Amazon Influencer Program.
Time actually is of the essence
“During the 11-day period from November 17-27, 2023, Amazon customers purchased over 1 billion items.” Source
Ramping up video content before the Black Friday is a great idea… if you have the time.
Spending 5-10 minutes per day on Oink during the heavy Black Friday sales season is an even better idea.
Amazon will process billions of orders in the next six weeks. Every order you miss before joining the campaign is gone forever.
You don’t need to make any additional videos (although that would still be a good idea), just add 1-2 quick daily scans.
👉 Start using Oink HERE (code “JARED” gets you 10% off)
It’s free to try, and the Pro version is what unlocks the faster scans, “today’s sales” fetch, and auto-accept features.
It’ll likely pay for itself in the first week you use it.
Next Steps if interested
- Get signed up for Oink (and get 10% off with code JARED) It’s worth trying it for one month, especially since Black Friday happens in the next month.
- Go over to the Oink Facebook Group and follow some of their tutorial videos. Say hi to Fizz, he’s the founder of Oink, very active in the group, and a really nice guy.
He also made a great video that walks you through the process. Hit reply and I’d be happy to send the link over.
Ok, that’s it for today. BF is less than 3 weeks away. Time to make hay while the sun is up!
What’s the advantages/disadvantages between using Oink v.s. Viral Vue. Should I use both, or start with one? Which one should I start with?
If you’re just starting in AIP, Oink is a good option because it is cheaper. At scale, both have very effective sides to each. I have both.