From 0 to $10M Exit

Hey all,

The time feels right to start another follow along, this time around owned and operated e-commerce.

A little background:

I’m a long-time solo affiliate who got into Ecom a few years ago, and have primarily focused on native ads. I spoke at Affiliate World Barcelona in 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub1TINsbx7A which is hard to believe was already 4 years ago :eek:. Will be attending again here in a few days and looking forward to it!

Crazy also to think it’s been 10 years since I joined this forum and got into the world of online marketing. When I started I had no clue what I was doing and was in disbelief of people posting 2k/day profits here from Facebook, and now it feels like everybody knows somebody who’s doing 6 figures/day lol. On the flipside I also hear how tough FB is, and don’t hear much chatter from affiliates these days as the number of successful ones seems to have dwindled. Then again it’s all about who you hang around with, and I mostly talk to others doing e-commerce.

What I’ve been up to:

In 2020 I got into owned and operated Ecom after feeling the squeeze on profit margins with affiliate offers on native. Things took off fast and within 90 days was hitting $1M revenue per month during peak Covid and did around 7M in sales for the year. Unfortunately things ended with me filing suit against the partner and massive debt. It finally settled re ...