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Affiliate links generally have nothing to do with discounts. Coupon codes do, and custom shop urls also often do, but I don't think those were poached by honey, as they require manual input. Many creators just have affiliate links from amazon (for example) where they just list tools/stuff they used in their videos under the description and you can buy stuff at no extra cost and support the creator. You can also buy the same stuff for the same price by just going to Amazon, and the creator gets nothing. E.g. LTT could have a pc build video and list all the parts on newegg with their affiliate links, they don't need any special partnership for the video, just to be part of neweggs affiliate program. This is hugely important for smaller content creators that don't have the pull to get partnerships.