Finding Affiliate Products

Define 'scarce' - how many pages of content do you have on your site? How quickly are you adding new content to the site?

If you are being declined due to a 'thin' site - isn't that the advice you are getting from those programs? It is a step by step process (which is something you've asked about before) - but you have to DO the steps properly to get to where you want to be.

If you have a site with little focus or content or interest....and you slap up some affiliate links....what happens?

Nothing - because no one is there to click on a link.... If there are no visitors - there are no buyers. If the site is not interesting, visitors will leave rather than click your affiliate links.

Once again, you are putting the cart before the horse.

Why would you contact affiliate networks/managers when
your site isn't finished yet?

Do you understand that some of them may have dozens
to hundreds of applicants every single day, most with no
experience and spammy half-fast websites just like yours.

It doesn't matter about your long-tail keywords if you have
not developed any/quality content.

Read a book about affiliate marketing, how to set up a
website, how to develop content, and any other topic
that you are lacking and prepare for the slog of trying
to get approved and generating affiliate income.

Hey M, the short answer is yes.

Any affiliate program that's worth a long-term commitment is going to be in a network that has guidelines about who they accept.

Traffic and how you intend to promote that product is a top focus.

What I've found is building an audience is best. That's if you're trying to make this a long-term multi-six-figure or more shift from the 9-5.



Sign up for an affiliate program in your niche that's a lower ticket item, something easy to get approved for. Then build a squeeze page, create a kick-ass lead magnet, and build your list while promoting that one product to them.

After you build your list, add more content to your site, and start getting traffic you can come back and apply.

And that's a good thing. Because once you build a list that knows, likes, and trusts you. You can promote your new affiliate program to them and crush it right out of the gate.

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Either way, hope this helps.

To your success.

You are right - everything seems to have multiple steps - which is why no one can say do 1,2,3...you're done. I'm not one to advise 'take courses, etc' - what I did was to keep going till I couldn't...then stopped long enough to learn WHAT I NEEDED to know to get past that 'bump' and then keep going. There are so many more tools and helpful sites now than there were then. If you just keep going - keep using google search and learning the little things you don't understand or know how to do...in six months you will be shocked at how much your site has grown and how much more YOU know.

As you look up how to do this and that, keep in mind it's not rocket science. It took me a while to realize I was making the process much harder than it really was. Don't look for problems - look for solutions and learn to recognize a solution when you find it.

Don't think small when it comes to your website. 15 yrs ago I would not launch a new site (i.e., put it online) without 30 pgs of new content...plus the disclaimers and privacy blah blah necessary. Today I'd want 100 pages of unique content when I STARTED.

To avoid procrastination and second guessing, have a plan for adding site content. A plan means you identify the BEST 10-15 (or 20) keywords and keyword phrases and topics in your particular niche....each MONTH.

Make a list of those 'content topics' and each day you go down the list and write an article or post on the next two 'keywords' on your list. You don't pick and choose - you research and write and stick with the list. If you do that for a month it will become faster and easier - and your site will grow in a logical, planned way.

The above sounds more complex than it is. Without a plan for adding content you'll waste time daily trying to think up what to write about....if you have some extra time, think up some catchy titles for the articles you'll write next week. That will save even more time when you sit down to write content.

One last piece of advice - when you are researching online or looking up an answer....do not BUY anything or join anything. Do not read sales pages on other sites. If something does appeal to you - write own the name/site and do not visit that site again for 24-48 hrs. Why? Because everything you join or purchase takes time away from building your site and creating your business. Sales copy is written to convince you to purchase....by walking away for at least one full day you take the time to think clearly. Most of the time, if you DO bother to go back a day or two later....the product or signup will no longer appeal to you.

If you have a tendency to add your email to lists - start a new gmail acct and dedicate it to 'signups'....so your regular email doesn't fill up with time wasting emails.


What you are doing above is taking control of your new business - and managing your time. You can do this.

Sidebar: Why wouldn't a company want anybody and everybody promoting there product?

You're wrong about that....but more critically - you are taking a side path that will not serve your business goals at all. You are arguing a subject you have no experience in. Ecommerce is huge and people buy from sites that appear to be knowledgeable and trustworthy.

Because people are not fish. You can do that if you have plenty of time to waste...but why bother?

Yes - because their customers are more likely to be at Motel 6. TARGETED marketing.

Of course businesses CARE about the quality of affiliates and affiliate sites. They do not want their product sold on porn sites or thin sites or by people who don't understand the need for quality. They also want to work with affiliates who know and adhere to legal issues and terms of service. If you truly don't understand that - maybe affiliate marketing is not the right direction for you.

....and it gives you an excuse to discuss/argue 'what ifs' rather than work on your site. Procrastination is sneaky.

Might be a good sticky post for the AI section... I'm not nearly as fluent in "AI" as you are because I don't have a need/use for it myself at this time. I know MikeF's sticky in that section has been popular and helpful.



I think many IMers who are either new or unsuccessful view AI as 'the answer'....without bothering to learn the best ways to utilize it.

Apply a you go. Always add juicy content to your website l

First affiliate site I did had 57 pages within a short period. At that point, sellers started to contact me, asking me if I would be interested in promoting their products.


It was the large number of pages and the quality contact I had that moved them to ask. I started the site in January. At the end of March of that year, the first contact / request came. In other words, I was new at being an affiliate... I chose a niche I knew stuff about and produced quality content.


The 2nd one, I only had 4 pages... A year into it, Google ended kicking me out of AdSense due to thin content. But I made money, not a lot, but consistently...Back then, the craze was mini and disposable sites.


I tried a couple, then decided, nah, not for me.


I suggest, based on my experience, have a handful of good quality content before you approach them... Also know, in some fields, they never accept you unless you have made sales... as an affiliate for some other product.


Are you in such a field? Then, promote something people interested in it would be interested and make a few sales before approaching sellers.


If it's an affiliate program that's rejecting you, it might be because you do not have enough good content or you do not have the right pages (about us, contact us, terms and conditions) or because you do not have the affiliate disclaimers.

If you are building a website, then you might as well build an AUTHORITY website that will deem you as an expert in your chosen niche.

And the best part of building an AUTHORITY website with lots of valuable content that your readers enjoy is that companies and affiliate networks will contact you and offer you incredible deals and discounts for your readers instead of you having to contact them. Businesses need websites to spread awareness about their products and services. They are actively looking for high-quality websites. They don't have time to approve websites with little to no content because it doesn't help their bottom line.

So before you think about monetizing, think about filling your site with content. It is easier said than done but if you take CONSISTENT action, the results will be remarkable.