SES for Email Affiliate Marketing Still Profitable?

[dmrco]

Is churn and burn Amazon SES for affiliate marketing still profitable?

We have the lists, have monetized them for many years.

Big ESPs are not inboxing anymore. We are thinking about going back to churning through Amazon SES like we did at the beginning.

 

[NeedMyLink]

Still profitable if your list’s solid. Warm slow, rotate hard, and prep backups. SES nukes faster now but still worth it if done right.

 

[dmrco]

Still profitable if your list’s solid. Warm slow, rotate hard, and prep backups. SES nukes faster now but still worth it if done right.

Yeah data is solid. Back even 2 years ago we would just crank 50,000 sends out of the gate in fear of SES killing the account ASAP. You think warming slow you'd still get enough time out of it?

 

[HODIMART]

Some people still doing it with affiliate marketing.

 

[dmrco]

Some people still doing it with affiliate marketing.

We were incredibly successful with it 5-6 years ago through aff marketing. Thinking about getting back into it.

 

[GlobalProxy4g]

Is churn and burn Amazon SES for affiliate marketing still profitable?

We have the lists, have monetized them for many years.

Big ESPs are not inboxing anymore. We are thinking about going back to churning through Amazon SES like we did at the beginning.

Yes, some still manage to profit with SES, but the game has changed. Amazon is much stricter now with warmups, and traditional inboxing tactics alone aren’t enough. Many setups now simulate behavioral signals (opens, clicks, replies) early on to boost sender reputation.
If you're going back to churn & burn, rotating mobile IPs can help,especially since they still carry decent trust scores in some regions. This gives you more flexibility when spinning new domains or SES IDs, and makes the ramp-up look more organic.

 

[dmrco]

Yes, some still manage to profit with SES, but the game has changed. Amazon is much stricter now with warmups, and traditional inboxing tactics alone aren’t enough. Many setups now simulate behavioral signals (opens, clicks, replies) early on to boost sender reputation.
If you're going back to churn & burn, rotating mobile IPs can help,especially since they still carry decent trust scores in some regions. This gives you more flexibility when spinning new domains or SES IDs, and makes the ramp-up look more organic.

Previously had always just got the account, and sent MAX right out of the gate until the account was terminated because otherwise risked losing investment. So you think its now important to warm up slowly, even if the risk of account being banned before revenue generation is there. Interesting.

 

[John CH]

Yes, SES can still be profitable for email affiliate marketing — it’s cheap and great for sending at scale. But success depends on your content and strategy, not just the tool.
Just make sure to warm up your domain, avoid spammy tactics, and follow email rules. If done right, it still works really well!

 

[GlobalProxy4g]

Previously had always just got the account, and sent MAX right out of the gate until the account was terminated because otherwise risked losing investment. So you think its now important to warm up slowly, even if the risk of account being banned before revenue generation is there. Interesting.

Yeah, slow warm-ups are almost mandatory now on SES if you want the account to survive more than a few days. Going full blast still works sometimes, but it’s a gamble.
Some setups mitigate the risk by mixing clean mobile IPs, simulated behavioral signals from day one (opens, clicks), and slightly aged or pre-warmed domains.
It takes longer to see ROI, but you lose fewer accounts and extract more value per run in the long haul.

 

[dmrco]

Yeah, slow warm-ups are almost mandatory now on SES if you want the account to survive more than a few days. Going full blast still works sometimes, but it’s a gamble.
Some setups mitigate the risk by mixing clean mobile IPs, simulated behavioral signals from day one (opens, clicks), and slightly aged or pre-warmed domains.
It takes longer to see ROI, but you lose fewer accounts and extract more value per run in the long haul.

I really appreciate the insight, thank you.

 

[Robert T Morris]

It can still work short-term, use with caution and backup plans.