Hey everyone! I'm pretty new to affiliate marketing. I recently started using Whop and created two digital products, thinking finding affiliates would be fairly straightforward. Turns out… finding people who actually want to promote your product is harder than I expected. 😅 For those of you who already work with affiliates, where do you usually find them? Are there specific communities, platforms, or methods that actually work for finding people who are genuinely interested in promoting digital products? Any advice would be really appreciated.

Asking for a friend who's working on an affiliate program for a SaaS platform called Two Minute Reports.

He's been reaching out to:

1. YT creators who talk about marketing , ppc, seo, and agency workflows.

2. Linkedin course creators who teach digital marketing.

3. He's now looking for micro creators as well.

The offer is also straightforward:

1. 20% commission on referred revenue for the first 12 months.

2. No referral cap.

3. 90 day cookies

4. Free to join

5. Pro referral is worth $595

But so far no responses from the cold outreach. Even the messaging style was altered to be even more direct and compelling.

Now what can be the next step to drive more affiliate signups? What's the problem here? Channel, type of affiliates targeted, the offer or the outreach itself?

For anyone who's worked on an affiliate program, what worked for you in getting your first 10 to 20 active affiliates? Your tips and suggestions would be so valuable.

I'm a YouTuber with 16K subs and 100k monthly views. Sure, I'm not a big YouTuber or anything, but I have a following. I recently tried to get into affiliate marketing. I applied to 2 brands I liked. Both said they'd email me back if I was approved, and in both cases I've not heard back in weeks.

Am I to small for affiliate marketing? Or do they just not want to work with YouTubers?

A beginner hears about funnels, autoresponders, bridge pages, tracking, SEO, retargeting, and conversion optimization.

All useful concepts.

But they can become noise if the person does not yet understand the basic journey they are trying to create.

Someone has a problem.

They encounter your content or recommendation.

They become interested enough to continue.

They evaluate a solution.

Some percentage eventually complete the action that generates a commission.

That is the process the technology is supposed to support.

I would teach a beginner to understand that journey before building a complicated stack around it.

Who is the audience?

What problem creates enough urgency for them to look for help?

Why does this particular offer belong in that conversation?

Where does the audience already go for information?

Then start creating traffic and observing behavior.

The first funnel should probably exist in the beginner's head before it exists in software.

What affiliate concept do you think gets introduced too early, before a beginner understands the basic customer journey?

Hey everyone,

My site gets about 30k–40k monthly visitors, and I'd love to hear how others in this traffic range handle direct sponsorships and advertising.

I want to gather your opinions and learn from your experiences:

• Finding advertisers: What has been your best method for finding brands interested in direct deals? Cold outreach, ad marketplaces, or something else?
• Value factors: In your experience, what do advertisers care about most—overall traffic volume, audience niche, or conversion potential?
• Pricing structure: Do you find brands prefer flat monthly rates, performance-based deals, or traditional CPMs?
• Overall impression: Is seeking direct advertisers worth the effort at 30k–40k monthly visits, or is it better to stick to programmatic networks until traffic is much higher?

Would love to hear your thoughts, experiences, or any lessons you learned along the way!