Affiliate Marketing 2025: What’s Working and What’s Not? Share Your Experience!

[shivamkumar0x]

Hey fellow marketers!
We’ve all seen how fast affiliate marketing has evolved — from classic blog + SEO combos to TikTok, Smartlinks, native ads, AI-powered funnels, and beyond.

I'm starting this thread to discuss what’s ACTUALLY working for you in 2025, and what hasn’t delivered results.

Let’s help each other level up by sharing:

1. Your niche(s): (E.g., finance, dating, health, Nutra, sweepstakes, etc.)
2. Traffic sources: (SEO, PPC, YouTube, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter/X, etc.)
3. Monetization models you're using: (CPL, CPS, CPA, COD, etc.)
4. Top 1-2 affiliate platforms you trust
5. One mistake to avoid in affiliate marketing
6. Your biggest affiliate win so far!

Here’s mine to get the convo started:

• Niche: Finance & sweepstakes
• Traffic: Reddit organic + Instagram reels
• Model: CPL + CPA
• Platform: Using MyLead right now — great support and tools like Offerwalls & Content Lockers
• Mistake: Not tracking properly early on. Lost a lot of conversions.
• Biggest win: Made $550 in a single day from one viral reel linked to a sweepstake landing page.

So what about you? Let’s make this the ultimate affiliate marketing thread of 2025!