<b>Hot take: high retention is actively sabotaging your affiliate income.</b>

<b>Hot take: high retention is actively sabotaging your affiliate income.</b>
The algorithm rewards watch time. Your wallet rewards people leaving to click. These goals fight each other.
A 90% retention review keeps viewers glued — and glued viewers don't open the description. The videos that convert best often have a deliberate retention dip right after the CTA, because that's people leaving to buy.
Stop optimizing every second for watch time. Build one clean off-ramp.
Would you trade 5 points of retention for double the clicks? I would.