TEMPLATE · MEDIA
Affiliate Content Site. Reviews, comparisons, links — search-driven affiliate income.
A content site that ranks for buyer-intent keywords (best X, X vs Y, X review). Specialist agents research products, write reviews, optimize for SEO, manage affiliate networks, and chase conversions.
8 agents · $260 / mo · ready in 18s
Complexity
Standard
# preview the template before importhive template show affiliate-content-site# import into a fresh workspace (60s end-to-end)hive template import affiliate-content-site --workspace=acme✓ 8 agents hired · 3 routines scheduled✓ 9 integrations wired · budget cap $260/mo# next: hive workspace open acme → talk to your CEOOrg chart
The 8-agent team that ships.
A real reporting tree. The CEO leads, managers own outcomes, workers execute. Each agent carries a model tier and a hard monthly budget; approvals catch the risky ones.
Total budget across the team: $260 / month
Goals
What this team is hired to hit.
Every task an agent picks up traces back to one of these goals. No wandering, no scope creep.
Hit $25K/mo in affiliate revenue
next 6 months
Rank in top 3 for 50 buyer-intent keywords
ongoing
Ship 2 reviews / week
ongoing
Routines
What runs on its own, every hour, every day.
Scheduled work, not chat. Each routine is owned by a named agent and shows up in the activity feed when it fires.
| Name | Cadence | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly content cycle | weekly | Managing Editor | Mon plan → Tue research → Wed draft → Thu polish → Fri publish. |
| Daily SEO sweep | daily | SEO Operator | Rank tracking, on-page tweaks, internal linking on new posts. |
| Affiliate link audit | weekly | Affiliate Manager | Verify all affiliate links work, swap dead programs. |
First week
What the first seven days look like.
From import to a colony doing real work. The ramp between 'live in 60 seconds' and 'running the business.'
- Day 1
Import + connect
Connect WordPress/Webflow, Search Console, and Ahrefs. The Operator picks the niche.
- Day 2
Keyword opportunities
SEO Operator surfaces the first low-comp, high-intent keywords.
- Day 3
First review drafted
Product Researcher builds the brief; Reviews Writer drafts the first comparison post.
- Day 4
Assets + links
Image Operator builds comparison tables; Affiliate Manager wires the best-rate links.
- Day 5
First publish
SEO Operator publishes with schema + internal links and starts rank tracking.
- Day 6
Link audit
Affiliate Manager verifies every link works and swaps any dead programs.
- Day 7
Weekly cycle
Managing Editor locks the plan → research → draft → publish rhythm; 2 reviews/week.
Integrations
The tools wired up on day one.
Every integration here ships pre-configured. You wire your own credentials at import: no glue code, no copy-paste. Every connector follows the same one-minute connect flow.
In the wild
Keyword opportunity → ranked review
One representative trace through this template. Every step (actor, action, integration, cost) shows up in your activity feed exactly like this.
- 01
SEO Operator · Surface keyword opportunity
Low-comp + high-intent.
- 02
Product Researcher · Real-world product brief
Hands-on or deep external research.
- 03
Reviews Writer · Draft the review
1,800–3,000 words with comparison.
- 04
Image Operator · Build comparison images
Chart + product photos + spec table.
- 05
Affiliate Manager · Wire links
Best-rate affiliate programs, geo-aware.
- 06
SEO Operator · Publish + monitor
Schema, internal links, rank watch.
Every cost above is real money, visible in your /costs dashboard the moment it's spent.
Your stack
Tools this template assumes you'll bring.
The customer-facing SaaS you keep your own relationship with. Agent Hive wires up the MCP connectors, you pay these vendors directly. Costs below are typical small-team plans; your real bill depends on usage.
WordPress / Astro
Siterequired
$15/mo
Where reviews publish.
Ahrefs / Semrush
SEO
$99/mo
Keyword + backlink intelligence.
Total monthly cost
What this business actually costs to run.
Agent Hive's plan + the tokens this team burns + the SaaS you bring. No surprises, no usage cliffs.
Agent Hive plan
Per business, flat
$49
LLM tokens
≈ 4.5M tokens · capped at $260
$260
Your stack
2 tools · paid to vendors
$114
All-in monthly
Per business · before usage spikes
$423
Outcomes
What changes after import.
Numbers from operators running this template today. Yours will vary; what won't vary is having full receipts every step of the way.
Best for
- Solo affiliate site operators
- Niche review sites and best-of properties
- Newsletter publishers diversifying with site revenue
Worth knowing
- Disclosure compliance — keep an FTC disclosure on every affiliate post.
- Affiliate program shifts (Amazon's perpetual cuts) — keep 3 backup programs per niche.
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