How I Earned $30K with Stay22 – Affiliate Product Earnings Breakdown
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on May 11, 2026.
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Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on May 11, 2026.
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Since joining Stay22 approximately 2 1/2 years ago, they have quickly become my top affiliate partner and helped me earn over $30,000 in paid commissions and $37,000 in gross bookings overall.
This is impressive enough on its own, averaging out to just about $1,000/month in lifetime earnings. But one of my favorite things about Stay22 as an affiliate company is that they are constantly creating new and novel products to help travel bloggers earn money- like automatic link insertion, trigger offers, and so much more.
With the rollout of new products in recent months, my income has increased significantly. In May 2025, for example, I hit just over $1,750 in gross commission on about 120,000 page views on three sites (or about $14.50 RPM on a pageview basis).
Not bad at all!
So in this one, I thought I'd break down my earnings by product and share more about what you can expect from each when using Stay22!
Note: Data presented in this analysis will be shared in two ways. First, I'll share my overall earnings since joining Stay22 in November 2022 to June 2025 to show lifetime bookings. I will also break out the data on an average monthly figure starting from when the product first became available.
What Blogging Income Streams Are Thriving in 2025?
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on May 11, 2026.
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One thing I've focused on in my nearly 17-year blogging career is tracking data. All data. Traffic, clicks, conversion rates, and income- I track it all.
Over the years, this has let me get a great snapshot of how my blogs are doing at any given moment, but also track larger trends on the order of years (now moving into decades).
Tracking every income stream category individually over this time has given me a sense of what is working in blogging (for me at least) as time goes on. Some income avenues, like display advertising, are on their way down, while others, like affiliate marketing and sponsored content, are on their way up.
So in this one, I wanted to share what I'm seeing and try to draw some conclusions on why some income streams are rising and others are falling.
Note: This article is skewed a bit to my own business, but the trends are likely applicable to many, as some of these are larger market shifts we're seeing across all sites. Likewise, 2025 figures in each chart are estimates for the entire year based on where we stand in July 2025.
How to Use ChatGPT as a Search Engine – Fight AI With AI
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on June 23, 2025.
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If you're a content creator like us, odds are good that you don't like the idea of AI and LLMs training off of your content.
Join the club.
One subset of all this AI nonsense that has enraged website operators is how search engines are pushing AI-generated overviews, which take publishers' intellectual property, reword it, and deliver it to queries at the top of SERPs- often cutting the original creator out of clicks, views, and ultimately, revenue.
Well, I'm here to tell you, there is a way you can fight back, and it involves using your preferred AI to bypass their AI.
Yes, dear reader, you can seemingly use AI to crawl search engines, organize results in clickable top 10 format (often even better than they do!), and not trigger a single ad or stupid AI Overview in the process.
Turnabout, as they say, is fair play.
A New Way to Monetize – Join Stay22's Retail Early Access
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on October 10, 2025.
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Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on October 10, 2025.
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This article is sponsored by Stay22. As always, all opinions are our own.
Stay22 has been a leading company in travel affiliate marketing for many years now, with its vast number of partnerships and unique technology to help website owners earn more money.
In 2025, Stay22 is expanding beyond the travel sphere and adding a new retail partner within the Nova product line. After a robust beta test, Stay22 will be rolling out the Retail program for all bloggers in the very near future- and they are accepting applicants for the waitlist before they launch!
So, what is the Retail affiliate program and how can you get in on it? We have all the details in this one!
The Hidden Costs of Free Products as a Content Creator
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on June 16, 2025.
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“Hey Jeremy, we love your Insta. We're having an influencer night tomorrow and would love for you to come. We're giving attendees and a plus-one a free cocktail in exchange for a posted Reel and media we can use in our marketing. Will see you there?”
Absolutely not.
Oh, terrible brand comps. If I had $10 for every bad pitch I have received in my nearly 20 years of blogging, I would've retired a decade ago.
The truth of the matter is that a large arm of influencer marketing has become a race to see who can produce the most content in exchange for a nominal product and experience. While we certainly see instances where this model works, one point of discussion that is often overlooked is how that free product you're about to receive really isn't free. You have a great deal of costs that you'll incur no matter what that you may not be thinking about.
So let's talk about the hidden costs of taking a comp as a content creator!