<b>One-time affiliate payouts are a trap. Chase the recurring cut.</b>

<b>One-time affiliate payouts are a trap. Chase the recurring cut.</b>

Unpopular opinion: a $80 one-time bounty feels great and then it's gone. A 20% lifetime recurring commission on a $30/mo tool is worth more by month four — and it compounds with every video you publish.

Yet creators keep picking the bigger upfront number because the dashboard dopamine hits faster. That's short-term thinking dressed up as a win.

Would you take $80 once or $6/month forever per customer? Most people answer wrong. Fight me.