{
  "id": 16597015,
  "title": "YouTube launches shopping programme in UAE: How influencers can earn money with 500 subscribers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/youtube-launches-shopping-programme-in-uae-how-influencers-can-earn-16597015",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:59:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2026/10/26/youtube-launches-shopping-programme-in-uae-how-influencers-can-earn-money-with-500-subscribers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "YouTube has launched its Shopping affiliate programme in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, allowing smaller content creators to earn money from products they recommend to their audiences. The programme, announced Monday, allows eligible creators with as few as 500 subscribers to tag products in their videos, Shorts and livestreams and receive commissions when viewers make qualifying purchases.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}