Earning 40000 Monthly from Cashback Websites

An affiliate marketing content site. (That is, it recommends products for you to buy, and when you place an order, the author earns a commission—a model similar to China's Taobao affiliate programs).

The key takeaway: experience is the most valuable asset.

The blogger worked in SEO early on, and a former boss thoroughly trained him on how rebate sites work, even showing off how much passive income he was making every day. When the pandemic hit in 2020 and normal work became impossible, he decided to build his own rebate site. He focused on the health niche, creating review and promotional content around health products, and partnered with numerous brands. Within two years, he hit over 80,000 monthly visitors and pushed monthly revenue past $40,000 (based on his average over the prior six months).

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Setting up a site is straightforward: WordPress, a server, and a domain name. There are plenty of tutorials online. I covered this before.

The hard part is driving traffic. International SEO has plenty of room because sites don't block each other, and Google doesn't rig the search results. In China it's much tougher—especially with apps creating walled ecosystems—so it's basically unplayable there.

What really sets the author apart is his discipline:

He became a genuine expert for his brands, building out content brand by brand instead of giving up after a few days like most people do. He also set himself up with a strict work calendar—essentially treating his home office during the pandemic like a real job, which is how he turned this project into something real.