Learning & Experimenting in Public.
Real Affiliate Marketing Experiments by Mr. Feng

Why I Started This Blog

Hi, I’m Mr. Feng from Chengdu, China.

I’m an ordinary 9-to-5 worker, doing a full-time job that has nothing to do with the internet — NDT inspection.

A few years ago, I came across digital marketing. I believed it could be a way for me to build a side hustle, earn passive income, and eventually step away from full-time employment.

However, platforms like YouTube and X are full of so-called “experts” promoting their success tutorials. They show neatly packaged takeaways, screenshots of high traffic, and revenue figures. They talk confidently about their strategies and theories, but when it comes to certain core details, they simply don’t explain them. Beginners are misled into buying their courses and using the tools they recommend.

I’m not a full-time marketer, and I don’t run an agency or sell courses.

Based on my own understanding, I use my own money to thoroughly test which marketing methods are effective and which ones are not. I document the entire process with transparent data, and summarize and share everything I learn.

I created this blog to test in public and learn in public. That visibility creates a sense of accountability and pushes me to keep testing. Through this process, I hope to eventually find methods that truly work.

For me, Google Ads is one of the best ways to cold start an affiliate project with high quality traffic. Lately, I’ve been going deep into testing how to run affiliate campaigns through Google Ads and whether it’s still profitable to run long term campaigns in 2026.

If you’re interested in this topic, feel free to follow along.

What I’m Currently Working On

Aug, 2025

I made a decision…

After work each day, I study digital marketing on my own. Sometimes exhaustion turns into laziness. No one sets KPIs for me, and no one pushes me. It’s easy for me to just give up, go home, and do nothing after work.

So I decided to build a blog and test in public: sharing my process and results with transparent data.

The goal is to create accountability and push myself to keep going.

Dec 10, 2025

⏸️ (Pause) Experiment #002: Amazon Niche Blog Tested via SEO for Affiliate Commissions

After my first Google Ads test failed, I realized that if I want to properly test affiliate marketing, I need to have my own website first.
So I decided to build the site and start by running some initial SEO tests. I’m using an Amazon niche site as the starting point to promote affiliate offers.
The website is already set up, but I haven’t started publishing any articles yet.

Mar 28, 2026

Finding Recurring SaaS Affiliate Programs

I’m currently researching how to find as many recurring SaaS affiliate programs as possible and applying to them so I can test.

I’ve found that Product Hunt is a useful way to discover early stage SaaS affiliate programs. I’m also testing which affiliate networks are more beginner friendly for people without traffic, and how to use affiliate software to find SaaS affiliate programs.