A Side Hustle or A Side Quest? Become an Isle of Wight Follies Affiliate

You can. Join the Isle of Wight Follies Affiliate Programme and earn a side hustle income by helping local businesses grow and bringing imagination to life. 🐉📍

🧭 A Different Kind of Adventure: Isle of Wight Follies Affiliate

Over 18 months of coffee-fuelled frustration, story weaving, book writing, spell-casting (web design), and clue testing, and here we are, time hasn't flown, it's felt like seven lifetimes in the heart of Mordor!

💻 The website nearly broke me (Wix, eh!).

📚 The book nearly broke my brain more, oh, pineapple...

💡 But the overall concept? It's always been worth it.

The Isle of Wight Follies was built without funding, grants, or investors, just creativity, caffeine, and the will not to throw the laptop out of the window, set it on fire, and then bury it with a warning to the gods of computer chips and operating systems! Ahhhh, that was cathartic.

We don't have much money. As of the 13th June 2025, our operating balance is £9.50, but we owe nothing, so we'll call that a win!

In short, we're currently lurching like an excited Zombie, but soon, we'll be soaring like a Pegasus. Initially, we're looking for affiliates, but there will come a time when the offering will far exceed that.

So, let's cut to the chase like Medusa surrounded by overexcited sailors who haven't had shore leave for several months. A good time to set this in stone!

💼 Why We Need Affiliates

If you’ve done retail, directory, or tourism sales before, you'll instantly see the edge here: this service gets people through doors, and that means businesses listen.. But I can't reach every corner of the island by myself.

That’s why we’re building a team of Follies Affiliates, passionate locals who can:

✔️ Talk to business owners

✔️ Share the vision and the magic

✔️ Earn money doing it

🛣️ Your Path, Your Way, Your Side Hustle!

There are no targets. No micromanagement. No dragons breathing down your neck.

Sell however suits you best:

📲 Post online with your referral code.

📞 Reach out to people you know

📮 Put flyers in approved locations

👋 Visit shops and chat

☕ Or work over coffee on a Saturday morning

If you bring in business, you get rewarded.

💰 Earnings

A business you spoke with signs up using your referral code:

🎉 You just earned 20% commission. (plus bonuses)

A tourist spots your flyer and buys a game pass using your code:

🎁 You just earned 20% commission. (plus bonuses) 📊Viability - year one.

• We aim to attract 600+ businesses.

• We’re aiming for 130,000 game pass sales (just 0.5% of the Isle of Wight’s 2.8 million visitors).
  

These are goals, not guarantees, but they show what’s possible.

Payment

💷 Monthly payments, including bonuses. We pay directly to your bank account/PayPal as you prefer.

Ensure you’re registered with HMRC as self-employed, and report your earnings. - That's your personal business.

👤 Is this for you?

This is designed to be a stress-free way of turning your conversations into cash. That cafe you go to for lunch, tell them about us, give them your referral code. You just made money in the most natural way possible.

🧒 Students wanting pocket money

👨‍👩‍👧 Parents needing flexible work

🎨 Creatives who love community

🏪 Prolific networkers

🌱 Islanders who want to see the Island flourish

🗺️ How to Join

🚪 Step 1: Visit https://www.isleofwightfollies.com/affiliates

📝 Step 2: Submit the form

💬 Step 3: Quick intro chat

📦 Step 4: Receive your code, flyers, and tips

Then you're off! Adventure awaits, your way, your pace, your profit.

✨ Final Word

This isn’t just a creature hunt. It’s a marketing engine in disguise, powered by stories, powered by people.

If you want to earn money while helping the Isle of Wight grow...If you want to work flexibly, ethically, and imaginatively...

🚀 Then you’re already one of us. Let’s get started.

I'll be looking for a printer on the island to produce flyers, posters and cards, so... any suggestions? If you were able to answer that, you've already got the skills to earn as a Follies Affiliate: Recommending us, pays!

GET STARTED

You can earn from supporting businesses.

You can earn from game passes.