disavow files are sometimes more necessary than ppl wanna admit. sure, panic can lead to overuse but if you got a backlink profile that's toxic or super spammy, disavow can save your site from future penalties. ymmv but blanket dismissing them as panic tools is kinda naive.
Honestly, I think starting with SaaS isn't about the rec commish but more about understanding the product and its onboarding flow. I've seen some high-ticket SaaS with pretty simple affiliate setups that pay decently long term. don't just chase the recs, ymmv but focus on legit products with...
yo, just a quick thing, in your post you said most backlinks look spammy or PBNs but then you said you filtered out those PBNs and focused on legit aged domains. kinda sounds like you already knew what to filter out, no? just a small correction.
Last month i tried a few VPNs for travel and honestly it was a mixed bag. some were fast in certain regions but unusable elsewhere. turns out you gotta test before you buy and not just rely on server count, ymmv.
Honestly I think that success rates are all overhyped, ymmv. Some days they hit 85% but next week they barely make 60, so I take those numbers with a grain of salt. Real-world tests are what count, not what someone claims in a sales pitch