>That is; pivoting to selling and marketing products others have created, and away from product creation myself. One major flaw of affiliate marketing is that,

>That is; pivoting to selling and marketing products others have created, and away from product creation myself. One major flaw of affiliate marketing is that, by and large, it's hard to maintain a marketing relationship with someone else's customer. That is, once you've made the sale, that's it, and you never hear directly from the customer again. Sure, depending on what you're promoting and how, there may be angles - look at what TheWirecutter.com has achieved! - and yet the fundamental flaw remains. (The other angle is that you're leaving money on the table by promoting other peoples' products; why not investigate using your sales and marketing talents to take on the other side of the business as well?)