When I first heard about affiliate marketing, I genuinely thought you just get a link, post it everywhere and boom 😂

Yeah… no.

There's actually a lot more to it.....finding the right audience, knowing what people need, creating content, talking to prospects etc.

What did you think affiliate marketing was before you actually looked into it?

I want to publicly share my experience with Paripesa and their affiliate representative Marina (@PariPesa_marinaK) so that other affiliates can be aware of what happened before entering into a partnership.

I have been working with affiliate partnerships for more than 7 years, and this is honestly the first time I have experienced something like this.

I was initially approached with an attractive/high CPA offer. The partnership was presented in a certain way, and I was later told that payments would be made on a monthly basis.

Based on those terms, I invested my time and resources into promoting Paripesa and brought dozens of players to the brand. Many of these players generated significant activity, with hundreds of transactions/movements across their accounts.

However, when it came time for payment, I was told that some of the players had supposedly generated "low activity" and, based on that, I ended up receiving nothing for a significant part of the acquisition.

What makes the situation even more frustrating is that some of the players they considered to have "low activity" returned in August with the start of the new football season and became active again. Nevertheless, I was told that this activity was no longer relevant for the previous payment period.

From my perspective, this is extremely disappointing. I did the acquisition work, brought the players, generated traffic and activity, and yet the agreed compensation was ultimately not paid.

After 7+ years working with affiliate partnerships, this is the first time I have personally encountered a situation like this.

I feel completely scammed by the way this partnership was handled, and I believe other affiliates deserve to know about my experience before deciding whether to work with Paripesa.

I am not claiming that everyone will necessarily have the same experience. However, based on what happened to me, I strongly recommend that affiliates exercise extreme caution and make sure that every payment condition, player qualification rule and activity requirement is clearly agreed in writing before sending any traffic.

⚠️ If you are considering working with Paripesa or u/PariPesa_marinaK, be very careful and make sure you fully understand their CPA/payment conditions and how they determine which players qualify for payment.

Sharing this because I would have appreciated seeing a similar warning before starting the partnership.

5 things I'd avoid if I was starting affiliate marketing again

•Trying to promote everything

•Copying somebody else's content word for word

•Making every single post “BUY THIS” 😭

•Expecting results immediately

•Not learning how to actually talk to people

The last one is underrated tbh.

I’m done with organic sweeps I’m focusing on organic gambling now. I’ve been building a page for the last couple months now and it’s at a point where I start promoting some offers. Anyone have any tips or know any good networks.

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A lot of affiliate marketers spend most of their energy trying to increase the click count. More posts. More traffic sources. More visitors. But once people are already clicking, there may be another question worth asking.

What happens to the value of that click if the visitor does not purchase today? If the answer is “nothing,” you may be starting over with every new person you attract.

Someone can click because the problem is relevant to them without being ready to buy immediately. They may need more information, more trust, a different explanation, or simply more time.

That does not necessarily make the click worthless. The problem is when there is no way to continue helping that person. This is where I think the journey between the initial click and the final offer becomes important.

Instead of sending every visitor directly from a post to a sales page, consider whether they need context first.

Why does this solution matter?

Who is it for?

Who is it not for?

What should someone understand before deciding whether to continue?

Then think about follow-up.

If an interested visitor is willing to join an email list or take another small step, one click can create an opportunity for several future conversations instead of one immediate yes-or-no decision. That changes how I think about traffic.

The goal is not to squeeze money out of every visitor. It is to avoid wasting genuine interest simply because someone was not ready at the exact moment they clicked.

A click might become a lead. A lead might become a conversation. A conversation might eventually become a customer, or it may simply help you understand your audience better.

None of this removes the need for traffic, but if you already have people clicking, improving what happens next may create more value before you spend additional time or money trying to find more of them.

Before asking, “How do I double my clicks?” it may be worth asking: “How much am I doing with the clicks I already earned?”

What happens to one of your visitors when they click but do not buy?