New here? Read these four articles in order. Together they’re the whole system: how I choose what to build, how I choose what to promote, where I send the traffic, and how I decide what’s working.
1. Why I Validate Demand Before Building Anything
Building is the easy part — selling is where projects die. The CA$35.51 ad test that taught me to check for real demand before writing a single page. Start with this one if you’ve ever built something nobody wanted.
2. Commission Math: Why a $59 Tool at 50% Beats a $500 Product at 3%
Price is not payout. Run the one-line multiplication most beginners skip, and the “small” offer wins almost every time. Read this before you join your next affiliate program.
3. The Bridge Page: Why I Never Send Traffic Straight to Amazon
A direct link throws away the email address, the data, and the asset. Every click I generate lands on a page I own first — here’s why, and how I structure those pages. Read this if your links point straight at a marketplace.
4. The 30-Day Rule: Judge Every Channel by Outbound Clicks, Not Likes
Likes don’t pay. Judge every channel at 30 days, on outbound clicks to pages you own, with the threshold written down before you start. Read this last — it’s the rule that keeps the other three honest.
When you’ve read the four, grab the free Demand-First Checklist — it’s the one-page version of this whole path, the checks in the order I run them.