Affiliate Marketing in 15 Days

From zero to your first Amazon affiliate links — with Canva, ChatGPT & Gemini

A practical, beginner-friendly course that takes you from "what is affiliate marketing?" to applying for Amazon Associates — in 15 short days.

Every day takes 30–45 minutes: a friendly notebook-style lesson, AI prompts you can copy, a "try it now" task and a quick check. You'll follow Priya, a final-year student in Pune, as she builds her own affiliate page step by step — and you'll build yours alongside her.

Free for registered students. No experience, no budget and no coding needed — just a phone or laptop and 30–45 minutes a day.

What you will learn

  • Understand how affiliate marketing and Amazon Associates really work
  • Pick a niche and audience you can create content for consistently
  • Design scroll-stopping posts in Canva — with help from ChatGPT and Gemini
  • Write honest reviews, captions, hooks and short-video scripts
  • Set up Instagram, YouTube and a simple blog the right way
  • Apply to Amazon Associates India and share links within the rules
  • Read your reports and keep improving — without risking a ban

Course outline

  1. Day 1: What affiliate marketing really is — Understand the affiliate model, who pays whom, how Amazon Associates India works, and what honest expectations look like before you start.
  2. Day 2: Choosing your niche and audience — Pick a focused niche, describe the exact person you are helping, and research real products on Amazon.in using Best Sellers, Movers & Shakers, reviews and price bands.
  3. Day 3: Your brand identity and 15-day plan — Turn your niche into a simple brand: a name, available handles, a clear voice and bio line, the platforms you will use, and a personal 15-day action plan.
  4. Day 4: Canva basics for affiliate creators — Set up a free Canva account, learn the editor, pick the right sizes for every platform, save your brand colours and fonts, and export your first clean design.
  5. Day 5: Designing with AI: ChatGPT, Gemini and Canva — Use ChatGPT, Gemini and Canva's Magic Studio tools to brainstorm visual ideas, palettes, layouts and alt text, and learn the clear lines you should never cross with AI images.
  6. Day 6: Building your reusable template kit — Turn your brand colours, fonts and AI-assisted ideas into six reusable Canva templates (feed post, carousel, Reel/Short cover, YouTube thumbnail, Pinterest pin and Story) so every future post is fast and consistent.
  7. Day 7: Writing with AI, the responsible way — Use ChatGPT and Gemini for research, outlines and first drafts, then fact-check, personalise and edit so every post still sounds like you and stays honest.
  8. Day 8: Honest reviews, comparisons and "best under ₹X" lists — Learn the three content formats that help people decide what to buy, with clear structures, real pros and cons, "who it's for" sections and proper disclosures.
  9. Day 9: Hooks, captions, CTAs, hashtags and short scripts — Write scroll-stopping hooks, helpful captions, honest calls to action, sensible hashtags and simple 30-second video scripts, with AI as your idea partner.
  10. Day 10: Set up your Instagram professional account — Turn a plain Instagram profile into a clear, trustworthy professional account with the right handle, photo, bio, link in bio and highlights, ready for your first posts.
  11. Day 11: YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Pinterest and your blog home base — Set up a YouTube channel for Shorts, decide whether a Facebook Page or Pinterest suits you, and build a free blog that becomes the home base you control.
  12. Day 12: Your content calendar and first 9–12 posts — Plan two weeks of content with simple content pillars, batch-create your posts, and publish your first 9 to 12 so your profiles look active before you apply to Amazon Associates.
  13. Day 13: Applying to Amazon Associates India — Walk through the Amazon Associates India sign-up, step by step: what to prepare, what each part of the application asks for, and what happens after you submit, including the 3-sales-in-180-days rule.
  14. Day 14: Creating and sharing affiliate links the right way — Use SiteStripe to create text links and short links, set up tracking IDs for each platform, place links where they are allowed, disclose clearly every time, and follow the key policy do's and don'ts.
  15. Day 15: Measuring, growing and your final project — Read your Associates reports, run simple tests, grow steadily without risking your account, and complete your final project before taking the course quiz.

Available in English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu. Finish all days, pass the final exam and get a verifiable certificate.