Meghan now flogging clothes for commission.

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Commissionable links- means when a potential customer clicks on the link, it's attributed to the affiliate, allowing the brand to record the source of the traffic. If someone buys a product using an affiliate link, the brand will pay the affiliate marketer commission on the sale

But she’s not an influencer?

This is really sad actually.

But what can she actually produce for NF?

NF wanted royal gossip, or at least some sort of Sussex reality show. They got that with their 'documentary' and to a certain extent with this lifestyle show. But neither Meghan nor Harry has any talent or aptitude for producing content, so they were never going to be able to come up with serious programming, despite their grandiose claims to the contrary.

Affiliate merching requires no talent or hard work, but I can't see it being a major income stream.

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If she wanted to tap into the syrupy MN market, she'd use her website to link to a few dupes for their Christmas lists.

The problem with launching in at this highly obvious level is that she's sold both too much and not enough of her dirty laundry to get traction.

Take the polar opposites of the Kardashians - selling sex tapes, scripted reality of all sorts of conversations publicly. Huge following for their fakery - which is "aspirational" in its own way, in that lots of women do want to look that way. Kylie a billionaire for her cosmetics (which I'm sure is 99.9% managed by others). She hasn't sold enough of that, and frankly, doesn't have the humility/nous of the Kardashians to brazenly put themselves on display without caring what people think so long as the money keeps coming.

Then Gwyneth Paltrow - it's the sort of luxe lifestyle Meghan wants to merch, but Gwyneth earned her credo of years of being an LA hippie. Meghan didn't, and hasn't, so her attempt at claiming a spot doesn't feel earned.

This is the problem @IcedPurplethry are not HER products. They are other people's and the remuneration won't be that much in the overall scheme of the Sussex spending. Is it a cover to move on from the pancake mixes that are not available to buy yet? Let's do this and yes they will all forget . Already her show and products are history chalked up as another thing that didn't quite come to actual fruition.

And this is the image that many hold about them now - whiners, liars, embroiderers of the truth, no staying power, users, chop and changers . It's a hard one to shake off.

Once again, she has lousy timing. Now that the USDA cut funds for food banks and small farmers, people in the US are worried about eating and cutting back on spending. Bad time to hawk luxury goods.

As I mentioned on another thread, her PR theme for spring seems to be "Shut up about anything negative that I've done or you will be accused of being unkind". That's come out very clearly in the past few days on MN.

So what, why shouldn’t she capitalise on brand ambassadorship. It’s what they do, she’d be a fool not to. At least she isn’t living off the public purse.

Yes exactly.

The Kardashians put themselves out there and don't give a shit what anyone says so long as the money keeps rolling in. Until recently they had a very popular long running TV show as the 'anchor' for their brand, whereas Meghan's show is already old news. They also shot to fame quite some time ago. I'm not sure they'd be able to repeat that now, as attitudes have changed quite a bit, even if Meghan seems unaware.

Goop is snooty and elitist but she is honest about it, and as an Oscar winning actress from a wealthy Hollywood family, she has the credentials to back it up. If Meghan had spent the past 5 years building up to this image rather than whining about her in laws and doing faux royal tours, she might have pulled it off. But it just seems to have come out of nowhere and doesn't seem authentic even in a 'curated' kind of way.

Spot on, @IcedPurple

Meghan has nothing to offer but her spurious claim to royalty. And no one is interested.

I haven’t seen that, and am happy to be corrected. All I have seen is that they had to drop the HRH title. Nothing about not being able to continue with the Sussex titles.

@IcedPurple regarding GP background. Again you are correct .its an advantage.

There are multiple markets out there . This is one of the " buy less stuff " awareness. It's surprising that Meghan hasn't connected with this line of thought but then people only buying once is not what she is after .

https://buymeonce.com/pages/about-us

No worries!
that is the main reason people are against it , if Meghan simply used her name ( which is enough we all know who she is and who she married) , I imagine most people me included would think this an excellent way for her to raise money.

Count me in for that I posted similar above 👏.

Actually as far as celebrity goes wouldn't being globally recognised by just your first name like Madonna be more than enough. No matter , an idle thought. 😂

They never said they wouldn’t work with the press.

Good point @BasiliskStare! , would add a bit of exclusivity…. Meghan , nothing else needed 👍

Only the press that wouldn’t see them as anything less than perfect

@jeffgoldblum Meghan - come buy these clothes I like - note I get commission - Have at it ! I personally might not like the clothes , if I do I might go directly to the vendor's website, but I think it would be a better way of approaching it.

@Tbrh "There's a difference between being interested and being derangely obsessed, which most of the Meghan haters are. Thread after thread literally going on about the same thing over and over again. It's insane."

So, "derangely (sic) obsessed," "haters" (only missing the z), and "insane."
You going for the full bingo card there?

@glitterturd Gwyneth said in an interview quite openly that Goop had stopped selling vibrators because they are a one off purchase 😁

Harry doesn't think. That's the problem 😆

@IcedPurple - I think you're on the money there with M's commission . This is from Hannah Rogers in the Times "The commission on affiliate links is commanded by the power of the influencer using them. How much Meghan has negotiated will no doubt be a closely guarded secret but we can probably assume it is generous. On average, brands tend to offer a blanket 10 per cent. One social media expert tells me they think Meghan is likely to get more."

Ugh, I have the tan Polène bag that Meghan linked to. I absolutely love it - it’s amazing quality for the price and has held up beautifully despite a lot of careless use. But I hate when something I genuinely like gets tied to annoying influencers, and people assume you might have bought it just because of them. So frustrating!

But it’s fine to bang on about Charles and Camilla’s affair 40 years ago when it suits the fans narrative as happens all the time on these threads.