What forms of Affiliate Marketing Work Best?

I am your same age and I have been affiliate
marketing for 20+ years, so you can take my
advice or leave it.

You can hire freelancers to develop a WP site,
I have paid less than $100, or just develop an
HTML site, it's not that difficult, you can use
Ai systems for that.

Everybody wants to market high-ticket offers,
good luck starting with those, because most
affiliate programs won't deal with you if you
lack experience and a large social following.

And the Rolex merchants do not want their
products listed on a Wix.

I suggest you forego SEO tactics and develop
another strategy. You're going to need to think
outside the box to compete with the millions of
other affiliate marketers and all the other things
going on these days because everybody and
their brother is trying to make money online.

There are other ways to promote affiliate offers
besides a website, if you plan on using videos
then learn how to use YouTube, you can place
your links in the description.

I hate to discourage you but it's tough out here
especially if you have no developer, marketing,
funnel building, lead gen, advertising, and other
relevant experience/skills.

You don't need those skills, but as with anything,
it's better to have it and not need it, than the
other way around.

Assess your skills and figure out what you can
learn quickly, you might get lucky, but again, it's
rough out here.

The good news is that there are other ways to
make money online.

If you haven't already done so, get some books
on passive retirement income, work from home,
anything along those lines, pick something and
get real busy fast.

If you have any questions, post them here.

Using videos for affiliate marketing is a great idea. Focus on creating engaging content, use relevant keywords and tags, and keep your titles and descriptions clear. Consistency and good SEO practices will help you grow even without a website.

The easiest and most profitable type of affiliate marketing is promoting digital products such as ebooks, courses, and software.

Welcome to WF.

What's wrong with Wordpress? It's fairly easy to use and there are a ton of plugins and themes you can use. If you have hosting with cpanel, it's very easy to install. With that being said it's certainly not required.

Anyways, what products are you looking to promote?

Best Affiliate Marketing Forms (No Website)

YouTube Reviews: 5-10 min videos on high-ticket products (e.g., "Top AI Tools"). Add affiliate links in descriptions. Post 1-2x/week. Evergreen, high trust.
TikTok/Reels: 15-60 sec clips sharing product stories (e.g., "How this course boosted my income"). Links in bio/Linktree. Viral potential, 2x engagement.
Email + Video: Build a list via YouTube/social. Send weekly video emails with affiliate links. Converts 3-5x better than social.

You can succeed without a website. Focus on YouTube or short videos about high-commission products you know well.
Create helpful clips, add your affiliate links in the description, and use Google Trends for tags.
Clear titles and consistent effort work better than fancy SEO tools.

The best way to affiliate marketing right now is through short videos and simple email funnels,specially if you're promoting expensive products with big commissions.Since you don't want to deal with WordPress or websites,stick to platforms like YouTube,TT or Instagram reels - short clips tend to build trust fast and usually convert a lot better than blog posts,then,connect those videos to an easy email funnel using tools like Systeme.io so your audience gets follow-up emails automatically,for seo and tags, you can use tools like TubeBuddy or Jasper AI - they help you find the right keywords, titles,and hashtags without needing a full website

Well going with high ticket items its the way to go but

Affiliate marketing in general with low to midle offers its competitive and not easy and if you choose to go with high ticket products its way more dificult

Its becaause you need to make people trust you ,build a relationship with them to be able to make them purchase

Also i think seo its not a good idea as it take ages to rank or at least not depend only on seo
Maybe conbine seo with youtube

Wow that sounds really cool. I think using videos is a smart idea if websites are hard. Maybe you can try some AI tools that help with SEO too. I hope you find one that works great.

It might help to come back to the forum after 10 days to see the replies.


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Last Activity: 6th October 2025 06:49 PM

Content-based affiliate marketing usually works best, like blog posts, reviews, or tutorials that genuinely recommend products to your audience.

Marketing through video is good, and choosing higher-priced products may reduce competition, but it will be more difficult to promote. This is because you need to gain people's trust and build connections to drive purchases. Furthermore, I suggest you don't rely entirely on SEO; combining SEO with YouTube will be more effective.

Great post! At 65, diving into affiliate marketing with AI tools is impressive.
If you're focusing on video-based marketing without a website, you can still grow fast with the right SEO tools.