Originally Posted by DamageX

I honestly don't think sponsors with lots of affiliates would drop them, that would be plain stupid. If you already have an infrastructure for a business model based on affiliates, not using it for further business would be an utterly stupid thing to do.

However, aside from that, say invest $50-100K once, then add some monthly paychecks to that, plus some hosting and feeder traffic, and you'll have enough base to make back that money in a couple of months, afterwards making an increasing monthly profit.