<b>Hot reminder: the affiliate showing you his MRR survived the churn you didn't see</b>

<b>Hot reminder: the affiliate showing you his MRR survived the churn you didn't see</b>

Every "here's my recurring SaaS income" post is a survivor talking. The math is rigged by who's left to post.

The affiliates whose cohorts churned out, whose programs cut rates, whose offers got delisted — they don't make screenshots, they quietly move on. You only ever hear from the cohort that, by luck or timing, hasn't bled out yet.

This is why recurring SaaS feels more reliable than it is. The failures are silent and the successes are loud, so the average you perceive is wildly above the average that exists.

Apply it to yourself too: your one referral that's been paying 18 months is survivorship in miniature. Don't extrapolate the whole portfolio from your luckiest line item.

Verdict: you're hearing from the lottery winners, not the ticket buyers.