Affiliate Disclaimers in YouTube Videos Ready to become the next YouTube sensation? Or maybe you'd rather make your affiliate products the star so that you can earn some extra money. YouTube is a great tool for affiliate marketers because it's one of the biggest search engines in the world. In just one minute, 300 hours worth of video are uploaded! Once the day is over, YouTube viewers will have watched a whopping five billion videos. And every single day, 30 million people visit YouTube. With numbers like that, it's easy to see why you want to include YouTube videos in your affiliate marketing strategy. But no matter what you say, look like, or do in your YouTube videos, if you're planning on selling affiliate products through them, you need an affiliate disclaimer. Without one, you can run into some major headaches. What is an Affiliate Disclaimer? It's a formal statement that explains your relationship to the affiliate products you're talking about in your digital content. In the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has guidelines that you have to follow if you're an affiliate marketer. Specifically, you have to publish a disclaimer that's clear and conspicuous so that your readers/viewers/listeners/followers know that you'll receive a commission payment if they click on any of your affiliate links and make a purchase. You'll also need to use an affiliate disclaimer if you've received other forms of compensation like free products or payment in exchange for writing certain blog posts. In other words, the FTC wants to make sure everyone is on the same page. Here's an example of a clear and conspicuous affiliate disclaimer from Pat Flynn's website, Smart Passive Income: