Guides

Affiliate Marketing vs Dropshipping

Both rely on acquisition, but the customer and fulfillment responsibilities differ.

Affiliate

Merchant handles the transaction and fulfillment.

Dropshipping

Store owner controls checkout and customer relationship.

Trade-off

More control usually means more operational responsibility.

Choose by daily work

Pick the model whose operations you actually want to run.

Practical rule: Build one clear audience → offer → traffic → conversion path before adding complexity. For a commercial example, see our Jonathan Montoya review.