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Guides and deep-dives from the Squirrel team — from getting started with Amazon Associates and Rakuten to advanced affiliate strategies and making the most of every Squirrel feature.
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Quickstart: live product prices from one API call
A key, a curl command, and live prices from every retailer carrying the product. About five minutes.
Free Affiliate Link Audit: See Where Your Commission Is Really Going
Most publishers don't know what percentage of their affiliate links are actually earning them commission. We built a free tool that shows you in minutes — no account needed.
Handling out of stock products automatically
A sold-out product at the top of a round-up wastes the click and costs you the reader.
Auto Squirrel demo article
A test showing the power of the tool
How to find deals to write about
Deal hunting is the part of the job nobody schedules time for. Here's how to stop doing it by hand.
Improving your affiliate call to action
Buy now is the default and it's the worst option available. Here's what works instead.
Mobile and broadband deals through the Squirrel widget
Handsets, tariffs and broadband bundles, in the same widget as everything else.
Making Squirrel widgets match your site
Fonts, colours, corners, spacing. Build as many styles as you like, point them at whichever widgets you want, and change your mind later without touching a single article.
Paste a retailer link, get live prices from everyone else
You've got a link to one retailer. Squirrel finds the same product everywhere else.
Why publishers should monetise international traffic
A reader in Germany clicking a UK link earns you nothing. Here's what to do about it.
The affiliate networks UK publishers actually use
Not a ranking. A working guide to which network covers what, and which ones you'll end up holding.
What publishers actually earn from affiliate links
Not the get-rich version. The version where you already have an audience and want it to earn properly.
Affiliate links for publishers: how they actually work
The mechanics, the money, and the bits nobody explains until you've already got it wrong.
Black Friday for publishers: what to prepare and when
Black Friday 2026 is 27 November. Most of the work that matters happens in October.
Connecting a Howl account to Squirrel
Still supported, and still worth connecting if you have an account. Some history worth knowing first.
Matching products by make and model, not just by code
When you haven't got an ASIN or an EAN, you've usually still got a name. That's enough.
Squirrel Playlists: turning a page of links into a price table
Point it at an article and it finds every product you've linked to, then keeps the prices current.
What an Amazon ASIN is and how to find one
Every product on Amazon has one. Here's where it hides, and why it's the fastest way to look up a product anywhere.
How to sign up to FlexOffers as a publisher
Two verification steps, an SMS code and a file on your server. Get both right and you're approved in a couple of days.
Rakuten publisher login: where to sign in and sign up
The login is publisher.rakutenadvertising.com. Here's the rest of it, including what the move to Impact means for your account.
How to create a CJ Affiliate publisher account
Signing up is quick. Working out which of your three ID numbers a tool is asking for is the part that wastes an afternoon.
How to sign up to Impact as a publisher
Impact's front door is built for brands. Publishers get pushed to a demo form. Here's the route that actually works.
Which affiliate marketing platforms should you use?
Find out which partners will aid you more in your quest to grow your affiliate revenue stream.
digidip for publishers: how to get an invite
digidip doesn't have a sign-up button. Here's how it actually works, and who owns it now.
Using Skimlinks alongside Squirrel
You don't have to choose. Here's how to connect an existing Skimlinks account - and the subdomain cUsing Skimlinks alongside Squirrelhange that broke a lot of tracking this year.
How to set up and link a Sovrn account to Squirrel
This article will help you gain an understanding of what are Non-direct Affiliates and how Sovrn is a strong partner to have in that instance.
How to set up direct affiliate networks in Squirrel
Grow your affiliate network by integrating your affiliate partners within Squirrel
The first 3 steps to getting started with Squirrel
Struggling to get Squirrel going? Read this article so you can start making the most of the Squirrel experience.
Amazon Product Advertising API is retired: what to do now
PA-API stopped answering on 15 May. If your product data has quietly gone missing, this is why - and here's what replaced it.
How to sign up to Awin as a publisher
Awin's sign-up asks for an invitation code and a refundable deposit. Neither is explained well. Here's what they actually are.
Why diversifying your affiliate revenue is a sensible idea
Learn how not to lose all your affiliate eggs by reading this article.
Why we created Squirrel
Find out the reasons for the creation of our product and where it can be best applied.