Every major tool (Manychat, Chatfuel, etc.) is clearly built for agencies or brands with budgets. Comment to DM is a basic feature.why does it cost $15-20 per month minimum to set one up?
Is there a segment of tools built for smaller creators or businesses that I'm missing?
So I've been trying to set up comment-to-DM flows. Tested Manychat, Inrō, MobileMonkey, and one smaller tool. Quick breakdown:
Manychat — solid but $15/mo and the free plan is basically useless past 1 flow
Inrō — cleanest UI but pricing jumps fast
MobileMonkey — felt like it abandoned Instagram focus
Anyone running a small account (under 10K followers) actually getting ROI from any of these? Open to alternatives I haven't tried.
been running some affiliate campaigns for a while now and the one thing i cant figure out is attribution
like when a sale comes through i genuinely have no way to know if it was from a specific email i sent, a blog post, or some social post from weeks ago. all the platforms just show me total commissions
is this something you guys actually solve properly or does everyone just track by month and move on
curious what workflows or tools the digital marketing folks here are actually using for this
ive been doing content for a bit now and slowly started adding affiliate links to my stuff
but the thing thats getting to me is i have no idea which video or post actually drove a sale. like when a commission shows up i genuinely dont know if it was from something i posted last week or three weeks ago
do you guys actually track this per piece of content or is everyone just watching the monthly total and calling it a day
would love to know what tools or setups people are actually using cause i feel like im flying completely blind
started a small blog a while back and slowly adding affiliate links to a few posts
one thing i cant figure out is how to know which specific posts are actually driving commissions. i can see total clicks and total payouts but connecting those two together by post feels impossible right now
how do you all handle this? do you create unique links per post? use some tracking system? or just look at overall numbers and move on?
would love to hear what a realistic setup looks like for someone not running a huge operation
starting to earn a little from affiliate links across a newsletter and a small blog and something is bothering me
i have money coming in but genuinely no idea which post or which mention is responsible. its like getting paid without knowing why
do most people just accept this or is there a practical way people here actually connect revenue back to specific content? feel like this would matter a lot once things start scaling
quick question for people who have been on the content + affiliate monetization side of things
ive been going deep on a problem where creators who earn through affiliate links across newsletters and blogs basically have no clean way to connect a commission back to the specific content that caused it. clicks yes, but actual revenue attribution by post or placement – mostly a black box.
curious if anyone here hit this when building or running a content side of a SaaS:
- did you solve it or just live with it?
- what would have made this a solved problem for you?
genuinely trying to understand the scope before committing to anything
hey all
been running email campaigns for a while now and recently started including affiliate recommendations.
one thing i cant figure out – if i put the same affiliate link in multiple spots in one email (like near the top, middle, and in the PS), is there a way to know which spot is actually doing the work?
right now i just see the commission come in but have no idea what triggered it. feels like im flying blind a bit.
do you create different tracking links for each placement? use a specific tool? or just accept that attribution at this level is too hard to nail down?
hey everyone
running a small squarespace site and starting to add some affiliate stuff to it. the problem i keep hitting is theres no clear way for me to know which page or section is actually leading to a sale.
like is anyone on squarespace actually solving this or do you just look at clicks and go from there?
do you use any external tools? create separate tracking links per placement? honestly just trying to understand what a sane setup looks like before things get messy
hey webflow folks
working on a small content site in webflow and planning to monetize mainly through affiliate links rather than ads.
the thing i cant wrap my head around is if the same affiliate offer appears on multiple pages, how do you actually know which page drove the sale and not just the click?
are you using some kind of external tracking tool alongside webflow? or building separate links per page? curious what the actual workflow looks like for people doing this
would love a real world breakdown if anyone has one
hey everyone
started a small substack a few months ago and slowly adding some affiliate recommendations between issues.
one thing i keep running into – if i mention the same tool across a couple of different posts, i have zero idea which one actually drove a commission. i just see money land in the dashboard and thats it.
curious how others deal with this:
- do you create unique links per post or per placement?
- or do you just track overall clicks and kind of feel it out over time?
would love to hear what people a few steps ahead are actually doing day to day, especially if youve figured out a cleaner system than spreadsheets and gut feeling
hey everyone
im pretty new to running a newsletter on beehiiv and just starting to experiment with a few affiliate links.
theres one thing thats been confusing me and i cant find a clear answer anywhere:
- if i mention the same product in the intro, middle, and near the end of an issue... how do you actually know which mention led to a sale?
- are you creating separate links per placement or just looking at total clicks and guessing?
im here genuinely just want to understand how people who are a bit more experienced think about this stuff. feels like tracking clicks is easy but connecting that back to actual revenue by placement or issue is a whole different thing