The Payout Mafia: How The Top Affiliates Are Still Robbing The Bank In A Post-AI World: The Playbooks, Principles, and Profit Models Behind Affiliate Success

The Payout Mafia: How The Top Affiliates Are Still Robbing The Bank In A Post-AI World The old affiliate playbook is dead. The new one prints money. After the Google Helpful Content Update and wave of AI content spam, most affiliates threw in the towel. Traffic collapsed. Profits dried up. Forums turned into graveyards. But while the masses complained, a small crew of sharp operators quietly adapted, evolved, and kept cashing in. The Payout Mafia reveals how. Co-authored by digital entrepreneurs Niels Zee and James Dooley, this book is a raw, practical breakdown of what’s actually working in affiliate marketing in 2025. No fluff. No recycled advice. Just real strategies from 13 elite affiliates still pulling six and seven figures in a post-AI world. You’ll learn: Which traffic channels still print cash (and which are dead ends) How to pick red-hot niches with high margins and low competition Systems to scale from $100/day to $1,000/day without burning out Why 90% of affiliates fail — and what the 10% do differently How to survive algorithm updates, bans, and platform shifts Hidden goldmines in B2B SaaS, iGaming, health, and finance Conversion techniques that make every click worth more The step-by-step plan to hit your first £10K in commissions This isn’t theory. It’s the proven, up-to-date blueprint being used by the few who kept winning when everyone else quit. If you’re tired of SEO sob stories, outdated YouTube advice, or AI-generated garbage... this book is your wake-up call. Affiliate marketing didn’t die. Most affiliates just stopped evolving.