Spending your first 30 seconds on intros is why your affiliate links never get reached.

Spending your first 30 seconds on intros is why your affiliate links never get reached.

Logo animation, "smash subscribe," channel backstory — meanwhile the viewer who came to buy is already gone. They never made it to the demo, never saw the value, never clicked.

Fix: deliver the payoff in the first 10 seconds. Show the result, then say "I'll show you exactly how and the tool's linked below." Earn the watch time that earns the click.

Still opening with a 20-second branded intro? It's costing you sales. Come argue.