In today’s post I touch on the current state of affiliate marketing and why it is difficult for people to make a sizeable income. When you look at this from a profitability standpoint, the cost of acquiring a customer versus how much you are making in commissions. It doesn’t take you long to figure out that you are losing money. One of the first things coming to mind is the rising costs of running ads. For this reason alone you need to be able to have some high ticket sales. In many cases, as an affiliate, you are only making money on the front end. The company, in some cases, doesn’t pay you past the initial sale. Something to think about.