Is Making Money With Affiliate Marketing A Lost Cause Nowadays?

Posted by Boryana Stefanova on January 25th, 2021

It looks like everyone and their grandma have something to say about making money with affiliate marketing nowadays.

Such countless individuals are persuaded that there is consistently a spot for one more marketer in the field.

Others, however, are not entirely certain:

The most common song that gets played online over and over again is that affiliate marketing is somewhat of a "dead man walking".

Therefore, starting an affiliate marketing business in 2021 will not be your brightest idea.

But what if you consider yourself the sharpest tool from the box?  And you believe that you'll manage to succeed in a market that is already over-saturated?

Well, then you should go for it and everybody and their half-glass empty opinion should stay aside and watch you work.

Before you do that, though, let's have a detailed look at what you'll have to deal with:

Half a million websites are being launched on the web every 24 hours.

Yes, not all of them will try to teach you how to make money online.

But it goes without saying that each of them will use the affiliate marketing business model to monetize their content at some point.

What else are they supposed to do?

After all, there is a reason why affiliate marketing is such a popular way to make money from a blog.

You don't have to come up with an idea for a digital product and then sweat for months until you see that idea turning into a marketable service.

None of your readers will ever see any extra charge to their credit cards once they make a purchase through any of your affiliate links.  They'll be just grateful that you introduced them to the helpful product they've just bought.

It's a win-win situation for everyone, mostly for you.

But how do you get there considering the affiliate marketing picture is rather looking dark?

Since everyone and their grandma is talking about making affiliate commissions, chances are they're trying hard to earn them as we speak.

And that makes them your competition.

That's a lot of people to do against in the name of earning the almighty dollar from affiliate sales.

Should you even bother?  Maybe you're better off without building an affiliate business that is destined to fail?

Hold on for a second and  try to see the same picture from a different angle:
While there is no doubt that your competition is growing, so is the affiliate marketing field itself.

Simple research will show you a steady growth of 10% every year.  That's not bad, is it?

Wait, it's getting even better if you take a second to do the math:

10% increase in a billion-dollar industry...

This is a lot by all counts.

Is it getting easier to stomach the previously mentioned picture?

It should be because affiliate marketing is not going anywhere.

It's just as profitable as it has always been and it will get more and more profitable in the future.

What does all this mean for you?

Well, it means that you should do the following as fast as possible:
Get decent affiliate marketing training that will show you the right way to build an affiliate marketing business.

Read as much as you can on the topic.

Never stop improving your marketing skills.

Work as hard as you can - and then even a bit harder.

Most importantly, learn to be patient.

Just like any other type of business, the online one won't develop in a month or two.

But if you're willing to put everything you've got into it, you'll see those affiliate commissions coming!