Affiliate Links versus Brand Merchandise

Having my own “brand” gear is new territory for me…

One thing I never thought I would have is a sort of brand that would lead me to sell stuff.

You may have seen some slight changes on the site here with me displaying the new storefront I created that has some fun tee-shirts, coffee mugs, hoodies, stickers and more.

I have read across the internet and heard from vloggers, is that unless you have crazy volume, affiliate links are not the best way to make money. Don’t get me wrong…I bet they’re nice as passive income…but if you guys have seen my most popular post, it’s about how I keep failing at converting Amazon Affiliate links despite my slowly increasing traffic here.

On the other hand, if I sell 1 teeshirt over at Teespring, I make more than I probably would with 40 qualifying amazon link clicks that lead to a purchase. (I still don’t know what qualifies as a qualifying purchase at Amazon)

Asking for Your Help

My Wednesday and Saturday posts tend to be my more popular posts, so I am hoping that you might be willing to throw a comment my way with what you think about the current designs I have (don’t hesitate to be honest!) or even what you might be interested in as this evolves.

As always, thanks for reading and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Author: Scott

The mountains are calling, let me grab a jacket and my kids.

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