Are there better methods to get affiliates than cold DM for USA peptide company?

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Have been using claude cowork to just run twitter,tiktok and instagram to find accounts and cold DM. I have been running this with success and it gives good results but was wondering if there is anything else I can be doing. Is getting in affiliate programs even possible for peptide brands?
 
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I misunderstood this, are you the owner of the peptide company or looking to promote another peptide company?
 
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If i'm understanding it correctly, you are currently DMing people to promote your peptides through an affiliate network you own. I would say that's a good starting point. If you have enough funds you could directly promote fitness influencers (which I see a lot of online). They are everywhere which means it has to work.
Or just test random ideas you get, gotta be creative.
 
Hey bro, good question, the truth is, for a peptide company in the US, cold dms are one of the least effective strategies these days, people are already fed up with spam, and conversion rates are incredibly low, there are much smarter ways to connect with real affiliates.

The most effective method I've seen is to set up a well-structured affiliate program and promote it in the right places, there are brands in the sector that have programs with 10% commissions and 60-day cookies, the key is to make the program attractive with competitive commissions, ready-made promotional materials, and a reliable tracking system, then you promote that program in specialized affiliate directories, not on generic social media, that's where serious affiliates go to look for opportunities.

Another strategy that's yielding amazing results is product seeding with micro-influencers in the health and wellness niche, tou send free samples to content creators who already talk about health, fitness, or biohacking, if the product is good, they'll talk about it on their own, and their followers will become interested, many of these interested followers end up becoming affiliates because they already know and trust the product.
 
Amazing thank you for the great response!

I'm giving out 30% commissions with an affiliate tracking dashboard to be competitive but yeah most people see it as spam in their DMs. Gonna look into the affiliate directories and how those work for peptides.

I've seen those type of unboxing videos from influencers where they unbox a peptide package but I just thought they were paid ads. Will try to do some cold DMs to send out a bit of free product and see how that goes. Thanks for the help!
 
There are many marketers and "cloaking experts" here on this platform that would love to do this, but would not work in a strictly affiliate-setup as they don't want to fund the budget.

I recommend getting an Amex Plum card and funding the traffic yourself, using their labor and accounts to offload bandwidth. The reason for the plum card is that you have 60 days to pay. Also the higher you scale the more credit they will give you. Pay it off as soon as possible.

Another trick (if you're able), is that you PREPAY your credit card. For example, say you're only approved for a $20k charge, no more. Then you can WIRE Amex directly $100k, charge that amount, then you're back to square one, EXCEPT you are now approved for $100k.

I've done this with a $300k wire and for a few months Amex basically let me borrow $300k interest free for 60 days.
 
scalemetaads1 said:
There are many marketers and "cloaking experts" here on this platform that would love to do this, but would not work in a strictly affiliate-setup as they don't want to fund the budget.

I recommend getting an Amex Plum card and funding the traffic yourself, using their labor and accounts to offload bandwidth. The reason for the plum card is that you have 60 days to pay. Also the higher you scale the more credit they will give you. Pay it off as soon as possible.

Another trick (if you're able), is that you PREPAY your credit card. For example, say you're only approved for a $20k charge, no more. Then you can WIRE Amex directly $100k, charge that amount, then you're back to square one, EXCEPT you are now approved for $100k.

I've done this with a $300k wire and for a few months Amex basically let me borrow $300k interest free for 60 days.
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Not my thread but this is very very good advice. Will using this personally!
 
It's awesome your cold dms are working out, but you could totally level up by hitting up health and fitness influencers for sponsored content or just genuine collaborations, instead of solely direct affiliate sign-ups. Also, getting into typical affiliate networks with peptide brands might be a super uphill battle, so direct partnerships are probably your best bet
 
chaloindia said:
It's awesome your cold dms are working out, but you could totally level up by hitting up health and fitness influencers for sponsored content or just genuine collaborations, instead of solely direct affiliate sign-ups. Also, getting into typical affiliate networks with peptide brands might be a super uphill battle, so direct partnerships are probably your best bet
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do you have experience with this?
 
Exactly this: diversify beyond cold DMs. Create a legit affiliate program, clear commissions, a solid cookie window, ready-made banners, and easy signup. Get listed in affiliate directories and seed a few micro-influencers with free product. If the product converts, signups will come.
 
Hi op, so claude cowork is a software tool which y used to do dm on social platform?
 
Cold DMs work, but you're leaving money on the table. For peptide brands, open affiliate programs are rare because of compliance headaches. You need to build actual authority and pre-sell through content. Then you can direct that warmed-up traffic to specific offers or capture leads for a referral fee. That's the play.
 
Hey! Super keen to hear how claude cowork controlling instagram is going for you! Is it opening up a window and doing this all in there? How many DMs are you sending a day, do these seem to be landing in inboxes? thanks!
 
biggest upgrade is targeting not volume. find creators already talking peptides/fitness and approach warm. also content marketing helps pull affiliates instead of chasing all of them
 
DojaCat said:
biggest upgrade is targeting not volume. find creators already talking peptides/fitness and approach warm. also content marketing helps pull affiliates instead of chasing all of them
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Yes have been doing content looking for affiliates and that has been amazing so far
 
Yeah cold DM still works but honestly its getting saturated now, especially in peptides and fitness niche. A lot of creators get spammed daily by brands offering affiliate deals so response rates arent what they used to be.


What worked better for us was focusing more on inbound instead of chasing everybody manually. We had better luck running TikTok ads specifically aimed at fitness creators/coaches saying we were looking for affiliates. Also surprisingly, some of the best affiliates came from existing customers because they already trusted the product and didnt sound fake when promoting it.


Another thing that helped was giving affiliates their own discount codes and landing pages so they feel more like actual partners instead of random promo accounts. We also noticed micro influencers responded way better when there was at least some upfront payment involved, even if its small, instead of commission only.


Discord and Telegram fitness groups worked better for us than Instagram DMs too. IG is overcrowded now. And if you can make some kind of monthly leaderboard or contest, affiliates suddenly become way more active lol.


Cold DM still works though. Just cant look mass copied anymore because people notice that instantly.
 
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