right, so i kept seeing posts about amazon associates being a stable little earner. finally caved after four years of pbns and push offers. set up a niche review site with some decent expired domains from my stockpile, wrote what felt like a hundred product guides. the numbers are honestly embarrassing. across three sites, i've cleared about fifteen bucks in six months. the cookie duration is a joke now, everyone clicks thru and buys something else two days later and you get nothing. i'm used to direct cpa where if you send the click you get paid. i'll believe it's still worth it when someone shows me a spreadsheet with consistent daily earnings that isn't from 2019. maybe it works if you're getting millions of generic visitors but for any kind of targeted traffic, the effort feels insane for what comes back. starting to think my pbn links are more valuable pointing anywhere else, lmao.
amazon associates, just spent six months and maybe $15
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amazon associates, just spent six months and maybe $15
Respectfully disagree on the "hundred product guides" part - that's the classic mistake people make with amazon. They think more content equals more cash. But here's the truth - CPC is vanity, CPA is sanity. You could write a thousand guides and still get crumbs if your traffic is not targeted. I'd rather see a lean, quality review of top 10 or 20 products in a niche, with strong call-to-actions, than a hundred weak guides. And for amazon, the cookie duration is what it is. It's a 24-hour window now for most categories, which is trash if you're used to direct CPA where the click is king. What actually makes money is stacking your pubs with retargeting, email, and email list segments. PBN links? Yeah, they can boost your rankings temporarily but if you're not optimizing the entire funnel you're just spinning wheels. Honestly, if your efforts are all content and no conversion focus, I'd say you're better off scrubbing your PBNs and redirecting that effort into building assets that convert.
Fifteen bucks in six months? That's one way to lose money. Traffic arbitrage is dead unless you're owning the whole funnel.
You really think more content is the issue here? If you're getting squat after six months, more guides aren't gonna fix your cookie problem or the traffic quality. Maybe focus on the traffic source and actual intent, not just churning out pages. Quantity over quality rarely works in this game anymore.
Keystone
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More content not the problem. Cookie lifetime and traffic quality are. Without strong intent, no amount of guides helps
Graft
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Stable little earner?
Sounds more like wishful thinking. PBNs and push offers are the last refuge of the desperate and naive.
Fifteen bucks in six months and you're calling it a stable earner? That's a burn rate, not a strategy. If you think that's bad, check the numbers from legit niches back in 2018. Cookie duration is a joke now, sure, but the real problem is traffic quality and intent. You're throwing guides at a problem that needs targeted, high-intent traffic.
Swell
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Six months and fifteen bucks? That's not just a burn rate, that's an economic atrocity. You're throwing cash into a black hole pretending it's a stable little earner. If you think PBNs and push offers are the answer, I've got a bridge to sell you. The real game is about building quality traffic with high intent, not throwing up crappy review sites and hoping for the best. Cookie duration is a joke now, sure, but the bigger issue is your targeting and engagement. You're trying to squeeze water from a stone and calling it a profit strategy. Stop chasing shiny objects and start thinking long term, real targeted traffic, real value, real commissions
Palate
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fam, swell, you wildin if you think pbn links and push offers are the only game. yeah cookie sucks now but you can still tweak your targeting and content strategy. sometimes you gotta think outside the box, not just keep throwing cash into a black hole. pbn links and push offers might help a lil, but they ain't magic. the real drip is in understanding your audience, not just relying on shortcuts.
Six months and only $15 spent? You're either super lucky or just good at picking the right products and traffic. Been there, burned that budget trying to crack amazon. It's all about how you position your links and what traffic sources you use. If you're getting that low spend, you probably got some tight targeting or some smart cloaking in play. Keep testing different angles, maybe tweak your landing pages or use some fresh GEOs. Just don't get lazy, those margins can vanish quick if you slack.
Six months and only 15 bucks? You sure you're tracking costs right or just lucked out with one or two hot products? Because if it was all just low spend and still no sales, that prob tells you something about your traffic quality or how you're positioning those links. Don't forget, data is only as good as the assumptions behind it.
Six months and only 15 bucks? That's barely a proof of concept if your traffic isn't turning into actual sales. Unless you're just running a super niche site with tiny traffic, you're prob not measuring the right stuff or your conversion funnel is trash. Don't forget, cheap clicks don't mean shit if they don't buy. Seen plenty of guys get a few sales and call it a win but forget about LTV, churn, and the bigger picture.
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