Thank you, Varrybarry21 and Evan, for your input. I surely hope to have the chance to discuss the topics we are writing about on our blog.
Evan, regarding the kind of info you are after, I don't think that people who have successful niche blogs would ever disclose their earnings publicly. There are many people whose intentions are bad, so the less you disclose, the better. Yet, if you follow the information found in places that can be trusted, you can succeed. Only think of what are you doing when you want to buy something. Do you use a search engine? You probably do. And if in your search you'd come across my blog which is offering you exactly that product you're after, would you order it from me?
If I'm trustful enough for you, you would. This is why Amazon has such a successful affiliate program, despite the very low commissions they give: because they've build a high level of trust with a lot of people.
Therefore, if you manage to build a trustful resource for potential buyers and if you let yourself be found by them, then you've got a deal. But both things are very hard to do: building trust requires time. Getting on top of search engines for good keywords takes time. Finding those keywords takes time.
If you think it would be useful, we could start a project on EzMoneyOn.Net, from researching topics, to picking up a niche, to building the website, and finally to getting some income out of it.
In fact, we've already started a section where we define a challenge, then suggest two solutions, and after the challenge ends see which solution was better - everything with proofs. This is the first challenge, which has started but is not finished yet:
Make Money Online With Jake And Jill: Keywords Make Big Difference | EzMoneyOn.Net and the second solution:
Getting Search Engine Traffic To A Blog, Jake’s Style | EzMoneyOn.Net
We will see at the end of the trial which one was better.