The trade
What this job actually involves
Not the highlight reel. Which niches pay, how the money really arrives, what a working day looks like, and how long it takes before any of it matters.
Niches
Where the money is and what it costs to enter
Bigger than make money online, less crowded, and the one most beginners skip.
Highest commissions in affiliate marketing, hardest place to start. Both are true and they are connected.
Payout per sale and difficulty pull in opposite directions. Here is the trade, with numbers.
The selection criterion nobody uses, and the only one that predicts who is still posting in month four.
The money
How commissions work and what the numbers really are
Cookies, attribution windows, refund clawbacks and the numbers nobody explains before you start.
Every business's profit is four numbers multiplied together. Most people only ever work on one of them.
How many sales it takes to clear what you spent, and why the answer varies by seventeen times.
The case for each, and the honest reason most people start on the wrong one.
How long it actually takes, said plainly, because the alternative is quitting at exactly the wrong moment.
The work
What the daily job actually involves
Not the highlight reel. The actual hours.
Not laziness. A predictable structural problem with an unglamorous fix.
A real number, so you can decide up front instead of guessing in week three.
Getting started
What you need, what to measure, and the first 90 days
Shorter than you think, and most of the shopping list is optional.
Four numbers. Not sales, not yet.
A plan you can hold yourself to, with the quit-point marked on it.
Why this site does not sell you much
Most pages here recommend nothing. The two that do — the timeline and why people stop — arrive at the same conclusion for the same reason: production friction is what ends most attempts, so anything that removes it is worth real money.
Checked 09 September 2026.