How to Tag Amazon Products in YouTube Videos (New 2026 Update)

This lesson covers a feature YouTube launched on August 27, 2026. Platform features and eligibility rules change. Check YouTube's official Creator Help pages for the current requirements before relying on anything time-sensitive here.

YouTube just added Amazon as a partner in its Shopping affiliate program. Eligible U.S. creators can now tag real Amazon products directly inside long-form videos, Shorts, and livestreams. Viewers see a shopping button or sticker they can tap without leaving the video, and creators can earn a commission on qualifying purchases.

Step 1: Confirm you're in the YouTube Partner Program

This is the baseline requirement for shopping features generally. You need either:

• 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours in the past 12 months, or
• 1,000 subscribers and 10 million valid public Shorts views in the last 90 days

Check your status under YouTube Studio > Monetization.

Step 2: Meet the Amazon-specific requirements

Tagging Amazon products specifically also requires:

• Being an eligible creator based in the United States
• A linked Amazon Influencer or Amazon Associates account

If you don't have one yet, set that up directly through Amazon before trying to connect it on YouTube's side.

Step 3: Turn on the Shopping feature

In YouTube Studio, look for the Shopping section (sometimes surfaced as a "Join" or "Shop" prompt once you're eligible). Follow the prompts to connect your linked Amazon account.

Step 4: Tag products on a new upload

While uploading a video, go to Video elements, then Tag Products, and select Add. You'll see a catalog of curated Amazon products you can choose from. If a specific product you want isn't in the catalog, you can request it be added through YouTube Support.

Step 5: Tag products on an existing video

You don't need to re-upload anything. Go to YouTube Studio, select the already-published video, click Edit, and add or adjust tagged products from there the same way.

Step 6: Know the rules for Shorts specifically

On Shorts, only the first product in your tagged list shows as the shopping sticker. If you want a different product to be the one viewers see, reorder your tagged product list rather than removing and re-adding.

Step 7: Follow the tagging guidelines

YouTube requires that any tagged product is genuinely, prominently featured in the content and mentioned verbally or in text, not just tagged in the background hoping for a click. Tagging irrelevant products purely to chase commissions risks violating YouTube's guidelines.

Step 8: Check your earnings

Go to YouTube Studio to see your overall daily earnings from tagged Amazon products. Note that YouTube currently doesn't break earnings down by individual product or video for this integration. You'll see the total, not which specific tag drove it.

Common mistakes

• Assuming eligibility is automatic once you hit the subscriber threshold. Amazon tagging specifically still requires a linked Amazon account
• Tagging products that aren't genuinely featured or mentioned in the content
• Expecting detailed per-video or per-product analytics that this integration doesn't currently provide
• Not disclosing the affiliate relationship to viewers where required
• Assuming this works the same way outside the U.S. This specific Amazon integration is currently U.S.-only, even though the resulting tags can be seen globally

Your first step

• Check your YPP eligibility status in YouTube Studio
• Set up or confirm your Amazon Influencer or Associates account
• Connect it under the Shopping section in YouTube Studio once eligible
• Tag one genuinely relevant product on an existing video as a test
• Check back on your Shopping earnings after a few days