A New Affiliate Strategy: Leveraging Dropshipping and Content Blogs with AI Tools

Traditional approaches to affiliate marketing are constantly being redefined. With the rise of AI tools, marketers and creators are exploring new, hybrid strategies that go beyond simple content blogs or dropshipping sites. This article introduces an innovative affiliate marketing model that combines the strengths of dropshipping with content-rich, SEO-focused blogging.

Leveraging AI tools, this approach allows you to streamline product imports, automate SEO content creation, and drive organic traffic—all while capitalizing on affiliate commissions. This guide offers practical insights for building a successful affiliate product + content blog model, from selecting platforms to optimizing content and backlinks. Whether you’re an experienced affiliate marketer or just starting, this strategy aims to provide you with an effective framework to grow your online presence and revenue.

Dive in to learn how to harness AI-driven affiliate marketing in a way that’s tailored for the modern digital landscape.

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Is dropshipping still a profitable business nowadays?

I know many people say dropshipping is outdated. Most consumers have become familiar with the typical dropshipping model and can easily tell if your product comes from platforms like AliExpress or other dropshipping sites, or if it’s simply a “hot item” from an e-commerce product hunter website. They realize that when they place an order on your site, you turn around and place the order on one of these sites, with someone else handling the shipping. As a result, consumers don’t enjoy the full quality assurance or genuine after-sales support. For this reason, some say that using standalone websites (such as Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, etc.) for dropshipping has become an outdated business model in today’s e-commerce landscape.

For marketers and creators, is relying heavily on blogs for content websites becoming outdated?

As widely known, the rise of AI tools like Kua.ai has led to an exponential increase in the content Google must process. Many Kua.ai clients (primarily marketers and creators who own numerous content websites) have reported that their content sites have been negatively impacted by the latest Google algorithm update. These potential impacts include: 1. Slower article indexing; 2. A significant drop in clicks for articles of the same quality; 3. A decrease in the number of natural backlinks. This has led to a consensus among our clients: purely content-focused websites may no longer be Google’s preferred type. Currently, Google — or rather, users — favors websites that offer both functionality and content. Functionality refers to the site’s ability to meet other needs of visitors beyond just providing information, such as enabling shopping or offering online tools.

So, is the answer clear? For marketers and creators in the e-commerce field, an affiliate product + content blog model is now the type of website that is more appealing to users and better positioned to attract traffic.  Why we call this type of site a new hybrid website? Because its traffic comes from a large volume of SEO articles, while its revenue is generated through product affiliate commissions.

How to Quickly Set Up This Type of Website? (an affiliate product + content blog model)

First, quickly establish the website. For experienced site builders, this step is straightforward and not the focus of this article. There are numerous SaaS solutions available for building websites, including Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, and Webflow. It’s worth noting that if you prioritize SEO simplicity and effectiveness, WooCommerce is the better choice. If you prefer ease of use and a complete set of e-commerce plugins, Shopify is ideal. Most Kua.ai clients use WooCommerce and Shopify, although some with stronger IT skills opt for Sanity.io.

Second, import products. In this model, you need to quickly import a large volume of products using the dropshipping approach. Sources can include major sites like Amazon, AliExpress, DHgate, CJdropshipping, Alibaba/1688, Shein, Etsy, and others. All the website-building platforms mentioned offer plugins to streamline the bulk import of e-commerce products. For instance, a common approach is importing products from Amazon to WooCommerce, where we recommend using the Chrome extension “Dropship & Affiliate for Amazon & WooCommerce.” These plugins allow you to rapidly deploy numerous product affiliate links on your site. When users click on an item, they’re directed to the original product link for purchase, allowing you to earn affiliate commissions.

How to Drive Traffic to This New Hybrid Website

The first step is to deeply optimize product pages for SEO. Dropshipping is a long-standing business model, so simply importing products from various marketplaces into your own website isn’t an issue. The key point, however, is that importing products alone is far from sufficient. If you want Google to recognize your site’s quality, you need to optimize imported products with a focus on SEO. Take Amazon, for example. Typical Amazon products often have very long titles, five highly detailed bullet points, and, if the products are from Chinese sellers, you’ll notice heavy keyword stuffing to align with Amazon’s algorithm.

This results in low readability for the product text. While this isn’t an issue on Amazon — where users are there to find products, compare prices, and purchase — it becomes a problem when the same product is imported into a unique, niche content website. Such lengthy, unappealing descriptions are unlikely to resonate with users, and consequently, they also won’t appeal to Google. So, how can these lengthy, unattractive Amazon product descriptions be transformed into optimized Shopify or WooCommerce product pages? This can be easily achieved with Kua.ai’s app, which automates the process. Simply enter the ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number), add relevant keywords, and with one click, you can optimize the product. See the app details.

Secondly, it is even more essential to write high-quality blogs for each product to attract SEO traffic. Based on our experience and client feedback, to gain sufficient long-tail traffic, you need a large number of products, a wide range of keywords, and a significant volume of blog content. Since our site is no longer a simple content site but a content site with affiliate products and shopping functionality, we need to write SEO articles for each product.

These SEO articles must focus on the product’s core keywords and center around its key features, including affiliate links within the content. This allows users to navigate directly from the SEO article to the affiliate product and complete a purchase, generating a commission. Articles meeting these requirements can easily be created with Kua.ai Super Blog. Here, I’ll share one type of review super blog. Kua.ai offers various blog types that allow users to produce a high volume of SEO-friendly articles.

If you want to produce a large number of articles (usually over 1,000) in a short time, feel free to contact Kua.ai. We offer a dedicated bulk service to help you quickly generate massive amounts of SEO content for a wide range of products.

Thirdly, acquire backlinks for the website. Backlinking is a specialized technique that requires a dedicated article to explain thoroughly. We recommend visiting the blogs on semrush.com and ahrefs.com to learn more about backlink building. They are extremely helpful resources.

Introducing Some Highly Recommended Affiliate Programs

Based on feedback from Kua.ai users, we recommend several affiliate programs that are worth trying. They offer a wide product range, high conversion rates, extended cookie duration, and competitive commission rates. More importantly, they are less saturated with competition, so by registering for these programs, you won’t be facing a large number of experienced affiliates.

Amazon Affiliate Program: Amazon Associates Program

Walmart Affiliate Program: Walmart Affiliate Program

Lululemon Affiliate Program: Lululemon Affiliates and Creators

Adidas Affiliate Program: Adidas Affiliate Program

LEGO Affiliate Program:  LEGO Affiliate Program

Louis Vuitton Affiliate Program: Louis Vuitton does not have a direct affiliate program.

However, you can promote Louis Vuitton products through the Farfetch affiliate program.

Twitch Affiliate Program: Twitch Affiliate Program

Farfetch Affiliate Program: Farfetch Affiliate Programme

DHgate Affiliate Program: DHgate Affiliate Program

Samsung Affiliate Program: Samsung Affiliate Program

PUMA Affiliate Program: PUMA Affiliate Program

Wayfair Affiliate Program: Wayfair Affiliate Program

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