Hey everyone,

Just reactivated my membership here and thought I would share a little case study with you that may help you in your path to profitability.

The bottom line: Many affiliates are lazy (including myself). A lot of the time when you find an angle that’s working in the US, that angle could be replicated over to INTL waters with ease and be profitable with less competition/minimal saturation of that angle.

Instead, most affiliates rip that exact lander and try to compete on the exact same placement they saw it on with the exact same offer (at a lower payout). Most likely you’re late to the game at this point and your margins aren’t as good so you’re likely doomed from the start. In the end you’ll probably be wondering how this other guy is still running when you’re losing money.

One of the most common niches that this happens in is adult. It’s extremely simple to spy on competition, (I’m sure most of you have done extensive research ;)) and the barrier of entry is easy as anyone can toss up a campaign on Exoclick or TJ for $50. We’ve all seen the same exact “rules/steps” lander copied a million times. I’m guilty of it too.

During 2014, here’s a pic of a lander that I saw was making a resurgence ...

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