>-Before your product is listed on an affiliate network, you need to put down a significant investment- mid to high $XX,XXX as a prepayment to the network
There is an entire pecking order of affiliate networks. You might convince the smallest ones to take you on without any prepayment. Next step up require around a $5000 prepayment, but might waive that if you can show proof of sizable traffic or revenue. Mid to high $XX,XXX is only to play with the big boys (and even there, my impression was that it's possible to get that waived if you already have enough sales from other sources - but I might be wrong on this).
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>-Before your product is listed on an affiliate network, you need to put down a significant investment- mid to high $XX,XXX as a prepayment to the network
There is an entire pecking order of affiliate networks. You might convince the smallest ones to take you on without any prepayment. Next step up require around a $5000 prepayment, but might waive that if you can show proof of sizable traffic or revenue. Mid to high $XX,XXX is only to play with the big boys (and even there, my impression was that it's possible to get that waived if you already have enough sales from other sources - but I might be wrong on this).
I agree with your other two points.