Can email marketing replace paid traffic for affiliate sales?

[Daniel]

Email marketing can bring steady results in affiliate marketing, but it usually works best when combined with other traffic methods. Unlike paid ads, email marketing helps build a relationship with your audience. Once people join your list, you can send them helpful content, product offers, and updates without paying each time. Over time, this can lead to more clicks and sales. However, growing your list often depends on using other traffic sources like paid ads, social media, or SEO. So while email marketing can help reduce your need for constant ad spending, it usually doesn’t replace it fully, especially at the start. A strong email list becomes more powerful over time, as you get to know what your audience responds to. Do you think email marketing alone can give you consistent results without using any form of paid traffic at all?