I don't teach marketing. I run it — at scale.
15 years in SEO, affiliate, and media buying — the last two building AI automation into everything. Founder of AFFiNCO, a 29-domain portfolio, with a team of 30 specialists plus AI agents running growth at scale for brands worldwide.
No courses. No dream-selling. Just _
Media partner · SiGMA · Affiliate World · MAC · AI Expo Europe · Reuters
I run it — I don't just advise.
I'm Aliakbar Fakhri — founder & CEO of AFFiNCO. It started in 2014 as a dorm-room blog in India: AdSense bans, Google penalties, rookie SEO mistakes. By 2015 one of those blogs hit 10,000+ daily visitors — and the hobby became the work.
That blog became AffMaven in 2018, and AFFINCO today — a 29-domain portfolio across SaaS, crypto, finance, nutra and AI. A team of 30 specialists works alongside AI agents, I publish to 69K+ readers, and I'm a media partner and speaker at the biggest affiliate and AI events in the world. My north star hasn't changed: evidence beats hype, every time.
From a dorm-room blog to 29 domains.
01
2014
First hobby blog
A BTech student in India experimenting with AdSense — and learning SEO the hard way through penalties and bans.
02
2015
10K daily visitors
A niche SEO blog crosses 10,000+ daily uniques and earns its first meaningful affiliate revenue. The hobby becomes an obsession.
03
2018
AffMaven is born
The blog is rebuilt as AffMaven — a dedicated, evidence-first resource for affiliate marketers. No course upsells, no fake income screenshots.
04
2019
AFFINCO established
The parent company is registered and the portfolio expands. Becomes an official media partner at Affiliate World Europe — the first Tier-1 global event covered.
05
2022
AFFNinja launches
A sister site for media buyers and paid-traffic operators. Different audience, shared editorial DNA.
06
2024
Global conference year
Five Tier-1 events in six months — SiGMA Europe, AW Dubai, MAC, AFFHUB Warsaw, Blockchain Life — reaching 5,500+ attendees.
2026
AI + SEO leadership
29 active domains, 69K+ readers, and a World AdTech Day Awards nomination — with AI automation now wired into everything we run.
The systems clients hire me to run.
01
SEO & programmatic SEO
Topical authority and programmatic builds that turn search into a compounding revenue channel.
02
Affiliate & CPA
Offers, networks, and media buying run as a portfolio — diversified across verticals and geos.
03
AI automation
AI agents + workflows that run the repetitive 80% — content, reporting, ops — alongside the team.
04
Lead generation
Full-funnel pipelines from search and paid — engineered around intent, verified at every stage.
Pick the engagement that fits.
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Done-for-you
We build and run the full growth system end to end. Best for brands that want results, not headcount.
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Embedded team
Our specialists and AI agents plug straight into your team. Best for in-house teams that need firepower fast.
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03
Advisory & audits
Deep audits, strategy and a roadmap your team can run. Best for teams that mostly need direction.
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Audit → build → scale → verify.
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Audit & map
We tear into your data and map exactly where revenue leaks.
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Build the engine
Programmatic pages, AI pipelines and automation, wired into one system.
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Scale what works
Double down on the clusters that index and convert — repeatable.
04
Verify everything
Every status verified — real numbers, tracked and reported, not vibes.
Systems, with receipts.
eSIM comparison build
300K+ users and 5–6K daily clicks in 4 months, built with AI tooling for ~$4K.
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Our owned network
8 products run as one content-and-automation machine — millions of clicks a year.
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Enterprise engagement
Performance marketing and SEO under enterprise requirements — anonymized on request.
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The Affiliate Hustle
We build curves that compound.
I build the products too.
Owned media, tools and SaaS — proven on my own traffic first.
Data · Intel
AffIntel.io
Affiliate intelligence and data.
Eight verticals. One standard.
Where we operate across the portfolio and for clients — weighted by where we spend the most time.
Numerous industries. One operating standard.
We run growth for brands, networks and enterprises across dozens of verticals — every status verified, every number tracked.
iGaming
Finance
SaaS
Travel
eCommerce
Crypto
Health
Telecom
30 people. Plus a fleet of AI agents.
Humans where judgement matters — strategy, relationships, creative. AI agents where scale matters — research, drafting, QA, reporting. Together they let us run mass-scale operations without the mass-scale mess.
When I'm not running it, I'm teaching teams to.
Hands-on SEO, affiliate and AI-automation training — online and in person — for teams that want to level up fast.
Online
In person
Receipts, not reputation.
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World AdTech Day Awards
Nominated · Best Affiliate Publisher, 2026
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Helium 10 Partner
Top-tier affiliate · 3rd consecutive year
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SiGMA Europe
Official media partner · 3rd year
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Reuters Momentum AI
Bespoke campaign partner
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Affiliate World
Media partner · Europe & Dubai
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Award-winning blog
Across multiple industry publications
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AI Expo Europe
Official media partner
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Blockchain Life
Media partner · Dubai
Gurus sell the dream. We ship the system.
No courses, no funnels, no stage theatrics. You hire the team that already runs this at scale — and we run it for you.
Typical guru / course
Working with our team
What clients say.
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A trusted Helium 10 affiliate for over 3 years — consistently creating valuable content and helping Amazon sellers succeed.
Kashka Burrowes
Affiliate Manager · Helium 10
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Huge thanks to Ali for their support during the GGC conference. Their professionalism and efficiency made collaboration a pleasure.
Anastasiia R.
Sales Manager · G GATE
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Collaborating with Ali for years has been rewarding. Their professionalism, speed, and quality stand out. They truly support the arbitrage community.
Elena H
Media Partners Manager
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Working with Ali on the AI Expo Europe partnership was fantastic. Their support and expertise boosted brand awareness, engagement, and traffic — a strong industry presence.
Ioana Oblu
Marketing Manager · AIExpoEurope
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Ali provided a valuable platform to showcase our Forex affiliate program, boosting reach and targeted traffic. Their professionalism in content creation has greatly supported our growth.
Simon Doyle
EightCap
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Ali was super supportive throughout our partnership on Reuters Events: Momentum AI. We created a bespoke campaign that raised awareness across a variety of deliverables.
Fariha Kabir
Marketing Exec · Reuters Events
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A rough monthly value from your search & affiliate clicks — move the slider, pick your niche.
