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Affiliate partnerships boost lets merchants amplify organic creator videos in Demand Gen
Affiliate partnerships boost is a new advertising solution that lets merchants discover and boost organic YouTube Shopping affiliate videos within Demand Gen campaigns. The structural value: merchants leverage existing creator trust at scale, with the licensing and discovery workflow streamlined inside Google Ads.
What changed
Creator videos feature 'Shop' CTAs to shorten the path to purchase. Pilot in the US, coming soon to BR, CA, ID, IN, KR, PH, SG, TH, TW, VN.
Google cites YouTube as the #1 most trusted platform globally for creator content about products people want to purchase (Google/Kantar Future of Video study, n=19,820 YouTube viewers, n=43,867 weekly video viewers 18–64, fielded 1/27/25–4/24/25; 21 markets).
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means that ecommerce brands running creator partnerships should evaluate Affiliate partnerships boost as a scalable amplification surface. Particularly relevant for brands where individual creator partnerships have delivered strong organic results but have been difficult to scale through paid amplification due to licensing friction. Availability: Pilot, US (coming soon: BR/CA/ID/IN/KR/PH/SG/TH/TW/VN), English.
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Affiliate partnerships boost lets merchants amplify organic creator videos in Demand Gen
Affiliate partnerships boost is a new advertising solution that lets merchants discover and boost organic YouTube Shopping affiliate videos within Demand Gen campaigns. The structural value: merchants leverage existing creator trust at scale, with the licensing and discovery workflow streamlined inside Google Ads. Creator videos feature 'Shop' CTAs to shorten the path to purchase. Pilot in the US, coming soon to BR, CA, ID, IN, KR, PH, SG, TH, TW, VN.
Google cites YouTube as the #1 most trusted platform globally for creator content about products people want to purchase (Google/Kantar Future of Video study, n=19,820 YouTube viewers, n=43,867 weekly video viewers 18–64, fielded 1/27/25–4/24/25; 21 markets).
For you, this means that ecommerce brands running creator partnerships should evaluate Affiliate partnerships boost as a scalable amplification surface. Particularly relevant for brands where individual creator partnerships have delivered strong organic results but have been difficult to scale through paid amplification due to licensing friction.
Availability: Pilot, US (coming soon: BR/CA/ID/IN/KR/PH/SG/TH/TW/VN), English.
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