Affiliate Disaster Plan --> What Could Go Wrong?

[Honeybadger]

Im doing a risk analysis
for my affiliate marketing business
please share anything that went wrong
with your affiliate business or you can think of
so I can prepare a contingency plan for each one
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Examples

• website hacked
• ransomware attack
• lost passwords
• lost access to email
• lost access to phone
• broken computer
• broken phone
• affiliate network hacked
• affiliate program closed
• product line out of stock
• manual action by Google
• lost search rankings
• not paid by affiliate network
• software no longer updated
• website critical error
• staff got hospitalized
• staff got killed
• staff got kidnapped
• internet goes offline
• power outage

 

[Graybeard]

Go mow the lawn.

• lost access to phone

I got a new mobile number 2 mos ago and had to update only 6 accounts with the new number --was a short hassle
My credit cards change sometimes and certain accounts have reoccurring billing or stored cards (PCI Trusted sites)

• staff got killed
• staff got kidnapped

Really?

• internet goes offline

Shit happens. Last time the ISP had loose wires in a downstream box --was a 9 hr outage.
The internet as an entity can withstand a nuclear attack. However, the ISPs are emperors without any clothes. Star Link is expensive but with a solar array batteries and inverters you probably could withstand local internet interruptions by political action or force majeure

• power outage

Solar of other off grid would work if you can afford it.
A decent sized natural gas generator is another possibility.
Standby battery(s). I have a car (auto) battery lithium jump starter that has a plug for 2 mobile devices' power cables rated:60A 60K m/amp hr

A lot of those other concerns are really out of your immediate control <stress
In time of trouble: cash (or very liquid assets) is your best friend.