The Downsides and Major Risks of Affiliate Marketing and What to Do About It (Episode 180)

Published: July 29, 2020, 11 a.m.

Affiliate marketing can be a lucrative business.

In fact, it\u2019s how I was able to\xa0quit my job\xa0over 9 years ago and I\u2019ve been building sites, products, and running various online businesses ever since.

However, when it comes to building a site like\xa0OwnTheYard.com\xa0(my\xa0Niche Site Project 4\xa0site), it can be extremely risky.

An affiliate site that is reliant on Amazon for its earnings and Google for its traffic really is at the mercy of businesses that are out of your control.\xa0\xa0

Today I want to take a look at both the upsides and downsides of\xa0affiliate marketing\xa0and then what I think you can do to eliminate some of that risk.