Who else does affiliate marketing and doesn't spend money?

[happygal]

So I am starting to wonder if I am in the minority. Other than my annual fee for my web domain, I don't spend any money at all on my affiliate marketing. Are there others out there like me?

I don't know, I guess I could experiment with doing some paid marketing, but I just haven't needed to. Am I missing the boat? Or for those of you who didn't use to spend money, but now do, what kind of an increase did you see?

[lewgard]

Like you, other than my annual domain and hosting account, I don't spend a dime with on affiliate marketing sites. I don't feel the need to as my SEO practices work quite well.

[Yelena]

I'm with you I only pay for domain, hosting and autoresponder. The traffic is free, abundant and growing

[tigerconceptsmarketing]

I don't spend any money on my affiliate marketing efforts either. That is the beauty of using SEO to gain traffic.

[Laura B]

I pay for a reseller hosting account, my domains, an autoresponder, one keyword tool, and I have bought a couple of WordPress plugins. Other than that, I prefer free, too!

[Yuliya Mironova]

Originally Posted by happygal

Other than my annual fee for my web domain, I don't spend any money at all on my affiliate marketing. Are there others out there like me?

Very, very few, I would imagine.

Both my friends who do affiliate marketing for a living also pay for hosting and an autoresponder (which costs a lot more than the domain-names, of course). I think they have no other outgoings, though, apart from their internet connection which they had anyway - and certainly no paid marketing at all. They're not "Adwords" users.

[michelleknudsonwriter]

Originally Posted by happygal

So I am starting to wonder if I am in the minority. Other than my annual fee for my web domain, I don't spend any money at all on my affiliate marketing. Are there others out there like me?

I don't know, I guess I could experiment with doing some paid marketing, but I just haven't needed to. Am I missing the boat? Or for those of you who didn't use to spend money, but now do, what kind of an increase did you see?

I know many places don't charge money.
Netflix is one of them. It has a great affiliate program.

Blockbuster is another one.

You get a large amount per sign up on aboved mention affiliate programs.

[RevenueGal]

I pay mainly for hosting & autoresponders

I do invest in some paid content to use, and sometimes outsource some of my marketing such as submitting to directories, etc. for backlinks to my site.

[marley20]

I used to rely on Adwords for traffic, but I've stopped advertising with them since i decided to stop cold turkey. I was getting hooked and needed to wean off the adwords dependency. It was the best thing I ever did.

[happygal]

Hilarious on the Adwords dependency.

Thanks for the laugh.