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• YouTube lets creators group together their favorite items with shoppable Collections
• Instagram Teases Native Affiliate Program, Merch Storefronts, Livestreaming Rewards At Inaugural ‘Creator Week’

  At the inaugural Creator Week for Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg -- the CEO of parent company Facebook -- teased a number of new tools currently in the works designed to support the creator economy.

  
• Only 10% Of Affiliate Links On YouTube Are Being Disclosed, Princeton Study Finds

  A new study out of Princeton University asserts that digital creators are incredibly cagey about their use of affiliate links -- or the shoppable links that they frequently include within social posts to earn a cut of resulting sales.