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Affiliate marketing, Polar.sh integrations, indie SaaS growth, and what we're building.
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Our First Affiliate Fraud Attempt Was Adorably Bad
Someone tried to defraud a Sled affiliate program with the sophistication of a kid reusing an arcade token. What happened, and the real lessons inside.
storytimeaffiliate fraudfunoperationsThe 7 Affiliate Types You'll Actually Recruit
The seven species of affiliate you'll actually recruit (the Ghost, the Whale, the One True Believer) and which ones really feed your program.
funaffiliate marketingrecruitingfield guideConfessions of an Affiliate Link
A day in the life of a single ?ref= parameter, the click, the cookie, the 41-day wait. A (mostly) true story about how attribution actually works.
storytimeaffiliate marketingattributionfun6 Sneaky Pricing Tricks of Affiliate Software
How $49/mo quietly becomes $300/mo: the % skim, revenue tiers, surprise fees, and why Sled stays stubbornly flat at $19.
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