YouTube Shopping affiliate in 35 countries: video ideas to batch

YouTube's announcement says its affiliate program is expanding to 35 countries by year-end, with Amazon support internationally. For an affiliate creator that means more viewers who can buy, not a new video format, so the useful preparation is a repeatable set of product videos you can make in bulk. Five formats are below, each with the length and shape Sume documents for the surface that renders it.

The 35-country figure is from the Made on YouTube post read 2026-09-29; the post's fine print on eligibility was not read, so check YouTube's own program page before you apply. Sume limits are from the docs pages under Sources.

What is the affiliate expansion, exactly?

Two facts from the post: 35 countries by year-end, and Amazon support internationally. The post as read gives no country list or eligibility rules, so this page makes no claim about which creators qualify.

Which five product video formats can I batch?

Each row is one repeatable job, so a catalog of products becomes a list of requests rather than a shoot.

How do I batch one format across a catalog?

Keep one script template with a slot for the product name and one benefit, then send one avatar request per product. The docs example sends an Idempotency-Key, so put the product code in it. Scripts are accepted when Sume estimates 4 to 60 seconds, and longer ones must be shortened or split, so keep benefit lines short.

for sku in mug-01 flask-02 bottle-03; do
  curl -s -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Idempotency-Key: verdict-$sku" \
    -d "{\"avatar_handle\": \"my_avatar\", \"script\": \"Quick verdict on $sku: it keeps drinks cold all day.\"}"
  echo
done

What about other countries and languages?

The Avatar docs read for this page do not list supported script languages, so test a short script in each language you plan to use and read the result before batching. Captions take a language hint such as ko or en for speech-to-text.

How do I keep five formats from repeating each other?

Give each format one job. The verdict answers whether the product is worth buying, the comparison answers which to pick, the scene shows use, the caption pass makes any of them work muted, and the short cut lifts one strong minute from a longer review. If two formats answer the same question, drop one.

Track the batch as a sheet with one row per product and one column per format, so you can see gaps at a glance.

What does Sume leave to me?

Sume does not join the affiliate program, add product tags or publish. It produces the video files; the links and disclosures are yours.