Does affiliate marketing require paid ads to succeed?

I started with Facebook Ads for affiliate offers. Yes, I lost money at first, but after learning audience targeting, I began to profit. Paid ads work, but only when you already know which product converts. Don’t test random products with ads – you’ll burn cash.

Not at all. Many affiliates succeed using organic traffic from blogs, YouTube, or social media. Paid ads can speed things up, but they are risky for beginners. You need good copywriting, landing pages, and budgets to test. If you start with SEO + content, you can later reinvest profits into ads for scaling.