Edit : Was gonna say that 1% is 600 not 6k but I see you've already corrected that.
Keep in mind thought that 90% of people have a FICO score in the lower 700 or below and wouldn't even qualify for all the credit cards being pushed out there, so I doubt the numbers are that high.
Originally Posted by
mrpickles
I know of one blogger who has over 60k unique visits per month to the blog website. Chase was offering up to $450 per credit card referral. If only 1% applied for a Chase BA card then you would net 600 applications X $450 referral fee = $270,000 just for that month alone. I do think your numbers are rather conservative.
Usually the credit card companies offer between $100-$450 per referral.
I have earned money from all of the BigCrumbs referrals, DUH. In full disclosure my lifetime earnings are less than $2,100.
Yes, full-time bloggers can deduct all travel expenses, they do get paid in their real names from the affiliate sites and get 1099's at the end of the year. They only have to show a profit in the first 7 years of blogging to prove that it is a business and not a hobby.
For the record, my blog does not have any advertisements and I have a full time job, so I have not been blogging lately. But I do say a lot on twitter.