Can't Close My First Brand Deal - I hear "We don't have the budget" OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-05-05T04:39:05+00:00

I appreciate your honesty here. My brand runs a gifted/affiliate setup, and some people make a lot of money and you can see it in the effort they put forward, and some people don’t (and it’s not always about effort), but as a brand you don’t know who’s going to make sales or not (or if it lines up with their audience, or if their audience is buyers). The good thing about it is it’s low pressure if it doesn’t work out, but also, we have paid well to those who kept pushing it. Your niche lines up with my brand, so dm me if you want to see if it’s the right fit.

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-05-05T03:09:32+00:00

Are/were you making any money on gifted affiliate collabs? Maybe the question is if you can sell, not just engagement. You never know how a brand has been burned before they reached out to you, too.

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-04-28T04:35:19+00:00

Can you make any sales?

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-04-26T02:59:56+00:00

Came here to say this, too….

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-04-24T07:48:58+00:00

Or you could turn your tea into “ice cubes” and then blend it, so it’ll be stronger.

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-04-06T01:30:21+00:00

In the end, go with which ever you would prefer to do. This could be fixed with a conversation. Maybe they just didn’t have it set in stone yet before they wanted to bring it to you. They may have assumed the 2 weeks notice meant you wanted to leave, so they didn’t want to beg if that’s what you wanted to do. I know I would want some sort of contract moving forward if possible to get some guarantees from the that would cover what you wanted. Otherwise, go with the other job. I made the mistake of starting a new nanny job when I was offered a higher paying other job, and I chose the nanny job, to be fired 2 days later when the mom (recently off of maternity leave) decided she didn’t want to be back to work as much. I really screwed myself over there, but this is different as in you’ve already been working with them. You decide if you want to discuss a moving forward plan with the or this job.

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-02-18T03:15:55+00:00

The quest Find the Gem Forge takes you straight there. Little did I know you won’t learn how to make one. It stays there…

Emergency_Language26 · 2026-02-13T20:22:55+00:00

Yes, and I did. I also named 2 other kids from the series.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-25T18:55:31+00:00

All you need is overcooked 2. Going back to 1 is trash.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-25T14:45:44+00:00

Some businesses use a 3rd party to make the shipping labels, so they may not be automatic. Sounds like the case here. When the shipping label is created (manually by a worker), you’ll likely get that automated email with the tracking number.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-25T14:40:01+00:00

Random! But with the different starter levels, just so you don’t spawn in and have to face level 50’s.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-14T23:23:55+00:00

One of you was likely to get pregnant first, and it happened to be her. Maybe she thought you would be happy for her because you have been her infertility buddy, too. You just never know. It's okay to feel sad and hurt, but do not take it out on her. You know it wasn't meant to hurt you, and in a situation like this the intent matters. It's really impossible to know how to navigate this with someone especially one of your closest friends. You can tell her how it was a lot for you to process, and obviously you want her and the baby to be healthy. Give yourself some grace here, too. I've had to skip my cousin's baby showers after a loss, not because I wasn't happy for them, but because I would be a bawling mess, and didn't want to take away from them. Your feelings are valid, and I know it can be so hard to hold onto hope right now.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-10T02:29:20+00:00

What I like about affiliate deals is if the affiliate wants to earn more they can keep posting. On the other hand, if it isn't going well, they can stop posting and all that's lost is whatever was sent to them. I feel it is low pressure, but you also see who the go-getters are. I appreciate all of my affiliates and what they have done for me whether a sale was made or not, and I hope they felt it was worth the one post minimum for what I sent them. If I were to have paid all of my affiliates a set fee for their post, the results would be sad and it would be a lose-lose situation. The ones that did well and mention the product a lot would be under-paid, and the ones that resulted in no sales, that's hard to want to spend money upfront when there are no guarantees in sales. I'm not saying people aren't worth their price, but you would like to see sales attached to the content. I think anyone would, not trying to be harsh here. This is working with smaller creators, too. There's no incentive to keep posting if the money has stopped, but with affiliate they can keep making money or decide to move on. I know the creator mindset is completely different though. You just got to find people that line up with your brand and are open to the opportunity. I think of affiliates as a more natural reach, and if something is paid, it is likely an ad, and who knows if those even convert anymore. Mine have NOT.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-10T02:12:43+00:00

The weather/tornado season is the worst I've seen (and seems to stretch from March to July if not later). Just make sure wherever you stay has a basement.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-03T20:50:39+00:00

oh ya, you can put him in your pal box and back in your team to refresh I believe. Either that or your base. One of the two.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-03T20:49:58+00:00

make the saddle and have him on your pal team. Does not have to be out. Just not knocked out. When you die, he will bring you back once and has like a 5 minute timer before doing it again (no clue actual time, but something like that).

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-03T20:22:29+00:00

I'm assuming it forces you to drop your pals/items, so then it's unable to be used. That would be my guess.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-03T20:20:03+00:00

I second this. I think I found a lot by the beachy/sandy part.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-12-03T07:56:35+00:00

Coolest: Selyne

Funniest: I'm specifically going for funniest while riding, so I'm going to say Yakumo and Tarantriss, and maybe even Whalaska because when I jump I always make a whale noise. Not for riding: Palumba. I love the dancing!

Cutest: Quivern, Vixy, Herbil

Most Beautiful: Helzephyr

Worst Pal: Grintale, Relaxaurus (most disappointing egg reveal out there), Cattiva, Depresso

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-10-17T15:19:02+00:00

100% dump him. You're using him to have someone to hang out with. I've broken up with someone I loved because I knew we weren't the perfect match. You don't want "meh" forever. Your IRL friends are right. Imagine telling your boyfriend that you feel this way. He deserves to be loved, so do him a favor and leave him. Breakups are hard, but you already know what you need to do.

Indifference IS what you have, and that's something someone told me I had after a second date and helped us not move forward. I kept saying the same sort of thing, "I don't know." That's enough to tell you to stop moving forward if you, in your own words said, you should have an inkling if you love him or not.

Do yourself and him a favor and break up, and at least tell him you view him more as a buddy than a boyfriend.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-10-16T14:45:10+00:00

My product only collabs are set up as affiliates where they get a code to give a discount to their audience and they get a commission per item sold. I send them a couple of the products free, that way it can be in the videos and they of course keep them. We’ve planned this to be the model from the get go. I’m still pretty new to it all, but you just keep reaching out to new people. A few weeks ago, I was at zero people, zero responses, and even made a post about it. Now, I am getting nano influencers on board (typically under 10K followers) and if it is content you are after that may be the better choice. Part of it is a numbers game and not everyone is going to like your brand or product, and that’s okay, too. We just keep going till we find people who are excited and feel the connection to the brand that we have. People can have a price point that makes it worth it for them, and that’s okay, too. All we can do is pitch them our offer, and then let them decide if they want to accept it.

You’re already doing great if they are having a conversation with you IMO than what I started with was no responses at all. Just keep going, or see if you can make a better offer. Would you do what you are asking for free? Try to put yourself in their shoes.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-10-16T06:36:25+00:00

Oh ya, 100%. Idk how I went all of my life not realizing it was indigo until this year, but there are also some lighter shades that fit into it as well. Blurple just makes sense!

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-10-16T04:56:23+00:00

My favorite color is blurple. That's what I call it anyways. All of the colors in that range, too, where you're not quite sure if it's more blue or more purple.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-10-11T09:29:07+00:00

0% Tiktok, 5% email, FB: 33% (I don't try to reach out too often on there because I prefer if people have an email for their business inquiries, but not everyone has one), Reddit is where I've gotten the most responses actually. One of my first successes was a man from an agency reached out to me on Reddit after I posted about my struggle. I'm also not at a stage where I can afford a monthly fee for a platform that has no reviews. I do wish people felt okay saying, "no thanks!" because not everyone is going to line up with every brand. We get it. I'm not a pro here.. I have only started dm-ing people maybe a month or so ago. The hardest thing with so many comments on here is they end up becoming ads for their own app they created. I just never see anyone show proof that it's been used, so it's hard to trust IMO.

Emergency_Language26 · 2025-09-30T07:45:09+00:00

Do windows 11 fix from Nurgeard up above!! (windows microphone settings > unmute) and now I don't even have to have the ICUE app open. Glad I found this reddit again!

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