Yes, you can make your future with affiliate marketing, BUT, it takes years of consistent efforts to achieve.
40% of online marketers consider affiliate marketing a crucial skill (@nisalink/Twitter).
Therefore, start as a side business, put in 2-3 years of serious work, then decide whether to make a future out of it based on the outcomes or scale efforts to pursue it on a full-time basis.
According to several case studies I have read and seen, the success rate is higher for people who work on it for more than 5 years.
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