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How to Get Into Affiliate Marketing
Step-by-step guide to breaking into affiliate marketing: from beginner to team lead.
10 min read
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing (also called traffic arbitrage) is a business model where you earn commissions by promoting products/services. You buy traffic and direct it to offers, earning the difference between ad costs and payouts.
Popular Verticals
• Gambling & Betting (iGaming) - High payouts, strict regulations
• Nutra (health/beauty) - Easy to start, high competition
• Dating - Stable demand, various payout models
• Finance (loans, crypto) - High payouts, complex compliance
• E-commerce - Lower margins, easier approval
How to Start
1. Choose a vertical to specialize in
2. Join CPA networks and get approved
3. Learn one traffic source deeply (FB, Google, TikTok, Push)
4. Start with small test budgets ($100-500)
5. Track everything with proper attribution
6. Scale what works, cut what doesn't
7. Consider joining a team for faster learning