• Launching in UK as well as Klarna’s 44 further regions, the Creator Platform helps retailers find creators best suited to their brand and enables seamless collaboration through instant messaging, gifting and commission setting.
• Using real time data insights on traffic, sales, average order value and more, retailers can maximise their ROI and creators can monetize their reach
• Through an intuitive user interface creators can choose from thousands of products to recommend directly to their social media followers, with all earned commissions paid out in one monthly invoice automatically

London, 29 November, 2022 – Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announced the expansion of its Creator Platform. In one single place, the platform seamlessly matches retailers with the right influencers and tracks performance metrics in real time, enabling retailers to better engage their target audiences and achieve higher returns on influencer partnerships. Simultaneously, it empowers creators to maximize their earning potential and provide more relevant product recommendations to their followers. 

With the launch of the Creator Platform, Klarna joins the $16 billion influencer marketing economy and opens up a crucial new channel for its 450,000 retail partners worldwide. The launch also further expands the company’s strong affiliate marketing business, which already generates 600 million leads a year for Klarna’s retail partners globally. Built on the back of the acquisition of APPRL in 2021, the Creator Platform launched in the United States in October 2022 and is now available in all of Klarna’s 45 regions, cementing Klarna’s position as the growth engine for retailers at the center of the shopping ecosystem. 

Creators are now at the heart of online shopping, helping consumers discover brands and products in more engaging and authentic ways than ever before. In fact, 41% of British shoppers who buy from social media already shop directly from influencer pages. Among Gen Z shoppers this is even higher at 55%. However, creators still struggle to balance running a scalable business with creating unique content that stands out in a crowded market. Retailers meanwhile report difficulties in sourcing the right creators and measuring engagement with their target audience. Klarna’s new Creator Platform solves this by connecting retailers and creators and streamlining every step of the process from initial outreach to analysing performance, tracking sales and managing billing.

Instead of signing individual contracts for each new partnership, with Klarna, creators gain direct access to the world’s leading brands and can choose from thousands of products to recommend to their social media followers instantly. Retailers meanwhile can search a pool of over 500,000 creators globally and when collaborating track their performance in real time - including traffic, sales, conversion rates and more, all segmented by creator, channel and product. This allows them to ramp up their activities and use the data insights to reinvest in high-performing creators for maximal return. In fact, on average, brands using the platform see their sales from influencer collaborations increase threefold and report a 80% decrease in time spent on managing creator partnerships.  

Martin Landen, Founder of APPRL and Head of Social Shopping at Klarna: “Every minute creators spend on cumbersome admin is valuable time lost that could have been spent on creating engaging content. By providing access to affiliate partnerships, brand campaigns and gifting activations with the world’s leading brands, Klarna empowers creators to monetize their influence at scale and turn their attention to producing quality content. At the same time, Klarna helps retailers take the guesswork out of influencer collaborations by identifying which talents fit their brand and which channels drive the best results.” 

Amelia Liana, travel, fashion, beauty and lifestyle influencer: “Klarna Creator Platform is my go-to for a slick, clean and easy to use platform. It provides easy contact with brands for potential collaborations with a great range of insights to improve earning and discover what my audience are enjoying. Not only are all the brands I love on the platform but I've also enjoyed discovering new brands via the platform. My favourite feature is the up to date news and current promotions, I also love the recommendations page which suggests fashion pieces my audience might like too.”

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Notes to editors 

How the creator platform works: 

• Upon connecting their e-commerce page with Klarna, the retailer chooses the products they wish to promote and sets the preferred commission level at which they want to reward creators.
• With just a few taps, vetted creators can then generate affiliate links to add to their social media content and immediately start earning. 
• To work with specific creators, the retailer can also filter through Klarna’s global database of creators or simply select from Klarna’s AI-generated recommendations for an ideal brand fit
• Retailers can browse different creators’ profiles for relevant data such as reach, conversion rates, audience location and their best performing products. 
• To make collaboration even easier, the platform includes a direct messaging function where creators and retailers can chat and manage gifting requests
• Klarna’s dashboards instantly display the content driving traffic to the retailer’s page and allows them to follow the clicks and the sales generated by individual creators in real time 
• By comparing performance between individual creators, retailers can shift budget to high-performing creators to maximize their ROI
• In turn, the creators’ dashboard shows which products and brands are performing best, helping them understand what resonates most with their audience
• Finally, the billing is handled by the Creator Platform automatically: Creators receive all their payments in one simple monthly invoice, and Klarna handles all the admin/tax etc.

Sign-up for the creator platform: here

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Video demo: here

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About Klarna

Since 2005 Klarna has been on a mission to revolutionize the retail banking industry. With over 150 million global active users and 2 million transactions per day, Klarna is meeting the changing demands of consumers by saving them time and money while helping them be informed and in control. Over 450,000 global retail partners, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macys, IKEA, Expedia Group, and Nike have integrated Klarna's innovative technology to deliver a seamless shopping experience online and in-store. Klarna has over 6,000 employees and is active in 45 markets. For more information, visit Klarna.com