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[0:00] These are examples of some of my
favorite affiliate marketing sites.
[0:03] They all get tons of traffic and I'm guessing
they all generate millions of dollars in revenue.
[0:09] Let's take a deeper look at these affiliate sites
and some key things they do well starting with
[0:13] the first site which is CamelCamelCamel.
[0:16] CamelCamelCamel isn't your
typical content affiliate site.
[0:20] They're a data company that provides
free tools and information on Amazon
[0:25] product prices.
[0:26] Here's how their site works.
[0:27] Just search for any product
as you would in Amazon.
[0:30] Click on a product you want to research,
and you'll see historical pricing data.
[0:35] Now, if you're not in a rush to buy, you
can set price alerts to get notified when
[0:39] a product drops to a certain price point.
[0:42] Now, according to Ahrefs Site Explorer the website 
gets an estimated 1.4 million monthly organic visits,
[0:48] with peak season consistently being in
November – probably due to Black Friday.
[0:53] Now, despite the fact that they have kind of
an outdated design with arguably a disruptive
[0:58] number of ads, I think their affiliate site
is pretty awesome for 4 main reasons.
[1:03] #1. Their content is data and data
collection is most likely automated
[1:09] through their own crawler or API access.
[1:12] #2. People who use their site are probably close to
making a purchase because they're price shopping.
[1:19] And this should lead to
higher conversion rates.
[1:21] #3. They don't really have that
many real competitors.
[1:25] And I think a big reason for this is because
there's no easy way to get historical Amazon
[1:30] pricing for all of Amazon's products.
[1:33] And seeing as CamelCamelCamel was
one of the if not the first to market, they
[1:39] probably have the most and best data
when it comes to Amazon price tracking.
[1:43] And #4, which I believe is the main thing that
separates them from 99% of other affiliate sites
[1:50] is that they provide a very valuable and free
service to a huge addressable and wealthy
[1:56] market – Amazon shoppers from the US, UK, Spain,
Italy, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, and Japan.
[2:05] Alright the next affiliate site is Hey Grill, Hey.
[2:09] This is a niche content affiliate
site about BBQ and grilling.
[2:13] They have tons of product reviews, recipes
and they even have their own line of products
[2:18] that they sell in their ecommerce store.
[2:20] And according to Ahrefs' Site Explorer,
this website gets around 1.3 milion
[2:24] monthly organic visits.
[2:26] Now, despite the fact that they have over
3,000 affiliate links throughout their site
[2:30] and only around 900 indexed pages,
I absolutely love that their site doesn't
[2:36] really feel like an affiliate site.
[2:38] And there's two reasons for that.
[2:40] The first reason is because they've
beautifully diversified their revenue sources.
[2:45] And I want to expand on the importance of
this a bit, especially for affiliate site owners,
[2:50] so stay with me here.
[2:51] When you become an affiliate, the fine print will
almost always say that the company reserves
[2:57] the right to terminate the program
or change rates at their discretion.
[3:00] And it does happen.
[3:02] In fact, Amazon, the world's largest affiliate
program, slashed their affiliate commission
[3:07] rates quite substantially back in 2020.
[3:11] So rather than leaving the fate of your business
in the hands of one or many companies so-called
[3:16] "discretion", it's worth diversifying into other
monetization methods like ads and products
[3:22] you own whether they're digital or physical.
[3:25] And that's what HeyGrillHey has done.
[3:27] For example, in this recipe post, they have
affiliate links sprinkled throughout their post
[3:32] when it makes sense – like one
to this instant read thermometer.
[3:36] They have ads from Mediavine
and Adsense on the same page.
[3:39] They recommend joining their private 
membership program called "The Grill Squad",
[3:43] which costs $50 to $150/year.
[3:46] And at the bottom of their recipes, they
have links to BBQ must haves which are
[3:51] products in their ecommerce store.
[3:54] Now, despite the fact that they've monetized
a recipes post in 4 different ways, you might
[3:59] think it'd feel like they're overselling.
[4:01] But the quality of their content and the very
organic mentions of their products were actually
[4:07] more helpful than harmful
in my opinion at least.
[4:10] And I think that's because the quality
of their content is so good that trust
[4:15] is built with their readers.
[4:16] I mean, they have really well produced
videos for a ton of their recipes.
[4:21] They've done hands-on reviews for tons
of different grills – and these aren't cheap.
[4:25] They take high-quality photos for
just about every post they create.
[4:29] And they talk about things that
BBQ enthusiasts would care about.
[4:33] Hey Grill Hey, in my opinion, is a solid example
of the 5-step monetization model I recommend
[4:40] in our tutorial on how to make money blogging.
[4:42] I highly recommend watching that video
if you want to increase your blog revenue
[4:46] while hedging against over exposure.
[4:49] Alright, the next affiliate site example
is perhaps one of my favorite websites
[4:53] and that's Slickdeals.
[4:55] Slickdeals is a forum where people share 
about hot deals they've found on pretty
[4:59] much any product.
[5:00] Now, the super unique thing about this
site compared to the first two affiliate sites
[5:05] is that all content and affiliate
links are user generated.
[5:09] For example, someone noticed that
the Amazon Echo 4th gen is 50% off
[5:14] so they shared it in the hot deals forum.
[5:16] Now, if I hover over the "see deal" link, you'll
see that it points to an internal redirect.
[5:21] And if we follow those redirects, you'll
see that it includes Slickdeal's affiliate tag.
[5:26] Now, according to Ahrefs' Site Explorer,
Slickdeals gets an estimated 3.8 million
[5:31] monthly organic visits.
[5:33] And if we head on over to the Site Structure
report, you'll see that the traffic is split between
[5:38] their  coupons subdomain and their main
site, which is mostly the forum threads.
[5:43] Now, the reason why I love this non-traditional
affiliate site is because they've streamlined
[5:48] the hardest parts of running an affiliate site –
creating content and getting traffic to it.
[5:54] As I mentioned before, their content creation
is user-generated which pretty much makes
[5:59] their content automated.
[6:01] Cool beans.
[6:02] Now, the other part of their content
comes from staff contributions.
[6:06] For example, these board shorts were
marked down 77% and the staff writer
[6:11] includes a nice summary of the deal
and of course, the affiliate link is
[6:15] automatically generated.
[6:17] Now, in my opinion, the main reason
for Slickdeal's success isn't just because
[6:22] of the deals.
[6:23] It's the fact that they've created a community
of shoppers that come together to share
[6:27] a common interest - saving money.
[6:30] And some of the conversations are really
telling about how much this community
[6:35] loves getting a good deal.
[6:36] For example, this chest freezer
goes on sale for $500.
[6:40] The forum thread gets over 150 comments
including this one from someone who says:
[6:46] "Bought on impulse - is this a good deal?"
[6:49] I mean, who buys a massive 112-pound 
freezer for $500 on impulse?
[6:55] To which another community member provides
a helpful comment with no judgment passed.
[7:01] In my opinion, it's pretty cool how these kinds of
conversations happen completely organically.
[7:07] And this is probably why around a million
or so people search for the slickdeals brand
[7:12] name or variations of the brand
name every month in the US alone.
[7:17] A strong community leads to consistent
traffic and in Slickdeal's case, consistent
[7:22] affiliate commissions.
[7:24] Alright, the next affiliate site example is
a content site called Garage Gym Reviews.
[7:29] Now, on the surface, this site doesn't
have a particularly fancy design, no fancy
[7:34] copywriting, and no fancy affiliate boxes.
[7:37] But this affiliate site gets around 750,000 monthly
organic visits according to Ahrefs Site Explorer.
[7:45] Now, I love that this site actually does
hands-on reviews of various fitness products.
[7:50] And the most impressive part to me is that
they do them for some really tough products
[7:54] like squat racks.
[7:56] They're not exactly cheap and you need
a lot of space to test and review them.
[8:00] Now, there are plenty of affiliate sites that
actually do hands-on-reviews of products.
[8:05] But what drew me to this site the most was how
quickly they scaled traffic, links, and content
[8:11] considering the amount of time it would take
to actually build out their content assets.
[8:16] This led me to a rabbit hole
in Ahrefs Site Explorer.
[8:19] And long story short, I noticed that
they have around 2,600 pages in their
[8:22] equipment subfolder which accounts
for over 10% of their total search traffic.
[8:27] So I visited one of their equipment category
pages and assumed they have had a decent
[8:32] sized ecommerce store because
it looks like one, right?
[8:35] Well, it's not.
[8:36] If we click on one of the product pages,
you'll see they've mimicked the styles and
[8:40] content of an ecommerce product page.
[8:43] But if you click on this button which would
typically be an "Add to cart" button, it'll send
[8:49] you over to the affiliate merchant's site.
[8:51] Now, the reason why I think this works is
because their fake product pages match
[8:56] searcher intent for some transactional
and navigational queries.
[9:00] For example, if you search for "stall mats
tractor supply," you'll see that the top results
[9:06] are category and product
pages from Tractor Supply.
[9:10] This page for example shows details,
specs, and reviews about the product.
[9:15] Now, if we go back to the SERP, you'll see that
GarageGymReviews' page is ranking high too.
[9:21] Click the page and you'll see product
highlights, a hands-on video demo,
[9:26] product details, specs, and reviews.
[9:29] Now, the cool thing about this is that a typical
content affiliate site would have a hard time
[9:34] ranking for so many transactional
and navigational queries.
[9:39] But they've kind of slipped their way into a lot
of these SERPs which I'm sure contributes to
[9:44] their revenue.
[9:45] So as you can see, there are tons of creative
ways to differentiate your affiliate site so you
[9:50] can stand out from the rest of the crowd.
[9:52] And I'm gonna leave you with three tips:
[9:54] #1. As cliche as it may sound, always
focus on providing a ton of value.
[10:00] That can be in the form of data like CamleCamelCamel, community like
[10:04] Slick Deals, or hands-on-reviews 
like our content site examples.
[10:09] #2. Building a community helps
to build your brand.
[10:13] And by increasing brand searches, you're going
to continue to drive consistent traffic to your site.
[10:18] And #3. Get creative and consider going
after queries that other affiliate competitors
[10:24] may not be competing for.
[10:26] In the case of MyGarageGymReviews,
that was transactional and navigational
[10:30] ecommerce queries.
[10:32] So please please please… 
stop making sh***y affiliate sites.

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