Most people who try affiliate promotion in this space quit in the first month, and almost always for the same reason: they posted a link before they had anywhere to post it.
Build the audience before the link
A referral link converts a fraction of the people who see it. If ten people see it, you earn nothing regardless of how good the offer is. The first month is about having somewhere to put the link, not about the link.
Pick one platform. YouTube, TikTok and Discord all work, and splitting attention across all three in month one guarantees you are mediocre at each. YouTube compounds hardest because old videos keep earning; TikTok spikes fastest and decays fastest.
Post consistently at a cadence you can actually keep. Two videos a week for six months beats daily for three weeks and then nothing, and the algorithms on every platform reward the former.
What converts and what doesn't
Gameplay with the product visibly working converts. People buy after seeing the thing do what it claims, not after hearing it described.
Comparisons convert unusually well. 'Which of these three is actually worth it' is a question people search before buying, and answering it honestly — including saying when the answer is none of them — builds the trust that makes the recommendation worth acting on.
Setup and troubleshooting content converts slowly but steadily. Someone searching how to fix a loader problem already owns something similar and is close to buying again.
Pure link-drops convert at approximately zero. A link with no context in a Discord server is spam, and most servers will ban you for it.
Setup worth doing first
Create the account you will promote from and get your referral code before you make content, so you are not retrofitting links into videos that already exist.
Decide what you will not promote. Having a category you refuse to touch is what makes the rest of your recommendations mean anything.
Set up somewhere for people to ask questions — a Discord, or just open comments. Most of your conversions come from the second interaction, not the first.
Learn the product properly. The single fastest way to lose an audience in this niche is to recommend something that gets them banned because you did not check its status before recording.
Being straight about the numbers
Our tiers run from 1% to 3% of referred order value depending on lifetime referred revenue. That is a modest rate by affiliate standards, and it is deliberately stated up front rather than buried.
At those rates this works as a supplement to an audience you are building anyway, not as a primary income. Anyone telling you affiliate percentages in this niche will replace a job is selling you something.
The rate improves as referred revenue grows, so the people it pays best are the ones who were going to make content regardless.
Frequently asked questions
How long before I earn anything?
Realistically a couple of months, and only if you post consistently. Anyone promising faster is describing an outlier or lying.
Do I need a big audience?
No, but you need an engaged one. A thousand people who trust you convert better than fifty thousand who scrolled past.
Can I promote on Discord servers I don't own?
Only where the server rules allow it. Posting referral links into servers that prohibit them gets you banned and reflects badly on the product.
Can I refer myself?
No. Self-referrals and referrals to your own alternate accounts are not eligible.
Join the program
Commission tiers and how attribution works are on the affiliate program page at /affiliates.
Your referral code is on your account's referrals page once you have signed up.
