[I can't make money] Affiliates are too difficult [Owakon?] Seriously, from now on? 】

Hello, this is Fujii. This timeCan affiliates still earn money in 2021?I will talk about the theme of making money that I don't usually do.

From now on, beginners and inexperienced people who will earn tens or millions of yen per month as an affiliate and yearn for a free and carefree life are recommended to read it.

Because I myself am a full-time affiliate. Content marketing is still a part of the business, so I am proud to be able to talk about the essentials.

Life as a full-time affiliate

I was originally a full-time affiliate. In my second year of high school, I launched an affiliate blog for adults, and in my first year of college, I dabbled in the royal genre of affiliates, such as curated media for women, hair growth systems, water servers, and green juice.

I have experience dabbling in trends, miscellaneous blogs, information products, adult products, and slightly suspicious genres.

After graduating from university, I worked as a full-time affiliate. However, as of 2021, affiliates are no longer our main business.

I am an affiliate of things that seem interesting, and I introduce them on this blog, but the basic thing is to "make change". I will never make affiliates a full-time job again.

Why I retired as a full-time affiliate

In conclusion, it became difficult for me to do it.

I had hope in 2013 and 14 when I was an affiliate at the time. At that time, if I started a trendy blog and wrote 100 articles, I could earn 50,000 yen a month even if I was not good at it.

"This hurdle has been rising more and more" I felt more and more every year, and eventually I decided to retire.

The hurdles to writing an article are high and I don't have the energy

Writing an article has also raised the hurdles. In the past× there was a time when you could earn money by writing 1000 characters or 100 articles. Nowadays× some people say that 3,000 characters and 300 articles are the starting line.

I lost the energy to write articles, and I tried to make money through semi-automation by scraping hundreds of thousands of overseas hotel information, but I quit after being scolded by Google and the rental server. I don't want to.

Even if you work for a black company, it is not cost-effective.

There was a time when I woke up at 5 a.m. and worked on my computer until 10 p.m. I continued to write articles all day long. There was a time when I was working beyond the overwork death line.

When my autonomic nervous system went crazy and my mind began to distort, I thought, "Okay, let's quit being an affiliate."

I had illusions about affiliates. On the Internet, there is a trend of "living freely as an affiliate" or "making money easily".

In fact, there was a reality that they worked as slaves to black companies. Even if you look at the affiliates around you, there was a reality that disappeared year by year.

When a 40-year-old full-time affiliate with a monthly income of 500,000 yen started working part-time at a gas station because he couldn't eat, I also fell in love with him, saying, "Oh, that's the kind of industry it is."

I gradually lost hope, this is my honest feeling.

The environmental change is too drastic to respond to

I think there are pros and cons, but this is the true intention of a person who was a full-time affiliate in the past.

It's the environment. It's not that you can't make money. As I explained above, when I started affiliates, there were few companies. YouTube was not as strong as it is now. Google's search engine also worked very differently.

To put it roughly, it was still an era when it was easy to win individually.

However, a few years later, no matter what keyword you look up, companies are taking it. Curated media.

I felt hopeless with a health update

December 2018. Goggle search results for medical and health have changed a lot.

With this update, affiliate sites in the medical, health, and beauty genres, as well as the YMYL (money, health, safety, and law) genre, have seen a sharp drop in access.

Now, affiliate articles have been wiped out and pages of medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies have appeared in their place.

In other words, some affiliates who competed in these genres had their remuneration so low that they couldn't eat.

A full-time affirmer fell from 500,000 yen ⇒ 30,000 yen, and he couldn't make a living, so he started working part-time at a gas station and lost contact.

I was withdrawing from these genres, so it didn't affect me at all, but I honestly felt hopeless when I saw these people up close.

Why are affiliates said to make money?

And even so, there are many voices saying that affiliates can make money even in 2021.

Even on YouTube, there are people who say, "Affiliates are not Owakon even in 2021." There are several categories for this.

1. Really earning
2. Rotating in cycles
3. Earning money from information products and consulting

One of these. First of all, the first one. Affiliates can earn money in 2021 where they can earn. It's scary to live on this one, but it's not that you can't earn a single yen. After all, those who earn money are earning.

However, some people fall under the second one. People who used to earn money disappeared, and new people came out. Such a case.

People who earn money through affiliates are being replaced. That's why affiliates who used to earn money full-time disappear in a few years because they can't make money, and at the same time, there are new affiliates who come in.

People who are earning money will come out and will not be able to earn money in the middle. And then leave. At the same time, new people enter the market. earn. I am leaving. This cycle. It is market-oriented.

From the sidelines, it seems that there are many people living freely in this industry, but in fact, many people are disappearing from that industry.

After that, some people start investing with the money they earn or start a new business. Not only despair, but also many people shift to other industries.

And the third. There are also people who sell information products or consulting. People who send out information that "affiliates can earn" and gather inexperienced people to sell information products that "earn money with affiliates".

They don't earn money as affiliates. I earn money by disseminating information. Sell cram schools or sell consulting.

Please see if the person who posts a YouTube video saying, "You can earn affiliates even in 2021," sells information products or original teaching materials. That's the answer.

By the way, that doesn't mean I have any intention of complaining to them who sell information products. I guess that's also a business.

I'm not in a position to deny that I sell my paid training or consulting services.

However, please also know that this is a reality.

There are few people who say "I earn money exclusively as an affiliate". People who can make money in this industry are dying more and more. And the number of new affiliates increases. This cycle is uninterrupted.

I understand the desire to live freely as an affiliate

The reason I became a full-time affiliate was because I was moved by the words "live as an affiliate" and "live freely".

That's why I understand the feelings of people who want to make a living with just one thing, whether it's an affiliate or a blog.

However, the blind spot was that when I thought about whether I could continue this way of earning until I died, I realized that it was quite tough.

The environment of the affiliate community changes, the hurdles are rising, and the people next to you are gradually disappearing.

Considering this, I decided to retire from affiliates.

If you start to despair eventually, it may be time to retire

All I want to say is that "I have become tighter" and that's all.

If you are making a living as an affiliate now, you can continue as it is. On the other hand, if you are feeling desperate, it is a good idea to think about another business once.

When I realized that I was the only affiliate who was active at the time, I thought, "That's tough."

You can tell when to retire.

Conclusion: Is an affiliate an Owakon?

Conclusion, "Each person is different"

Whether or not you are an affiliate depends on when you compare it to what time you are an affiliate. Whether it is the earliest days, the era of mobile phones, or before the rise of SNS, where do you compare it to?

I met affiliates almost 10 years ago. Compared to that time, I am surprised by the difference in the environment.

But from the perspective of those who started affiliates a year or two ago, they should think that "affiliates can make money".

At least, I will never go back to being a full-time affiliate. My current job (web marketing-related) also depends on the environment. This is my honest impression.

Of course, I don't mean to make a polemic that you can't earn even a single yen as an affiliate. However, please be wary of those who shout "You can get a free life with affiliates".

Not only in this industry, but there are a lot of people who only produce "beautiful parts". On the other hand, there are people who disappear without anyone knowing.

Please remember. This is the message I wanted to convey. Thank you very much.