Lu Discover

Editor-in-chief at aliencpaApproves every text before publication

10+ years in affiliate media buying

Lu runs aliencpa and approves every piece before it goes live. Ten years of buying push, native and social traffic for nutra, dating and gambling offers.

Articles by Lu Discover

36 published

Top list

The Affiliate Rich List 2026: Who Owns the Networks, and What It's Worth

Lu Discover· 21 min

Illustrated desk on a green background seen from above: one hand holds a steel ruler on a $100 banknote marked into equal strips while the other cuts along it with scissors, among a pair of dice, a calculator showing $25, a stack of gold coins, a red octagon card, a notebook with a falling bar chart, sticky notes and a laptop with an aliencpa sticker.

Guide

How Much Budget Do You Need to Test an Offer? What $100 Can and Can't Tell You

Lu Discover· 9 min

Case fact-check

Adult Comics Test Diary: $99.79 on HilltopAds and TrafficJunky, 27 Sign-ups, 0 Sales

Lu Discover· 15 min

Guide

Is an Affiliate Network Legit? Check Before You Waste Money Driving Traffic

Lu Discover· 12 min

Comparison

Best Ad Networks for Website Monetization in 2026: Who Takes 1,000 Visits, Who Wants 250K, Who Pays Weekly

Lu Discover· 11 min

Illustrated desk on an orange background seen from above: one hand stacks a tower of gold coins next to a line chart that rises and then flattens under a strip of tape, the other holds an hourglass, among a padlocked wallet, a fan of ID cards with one crossed out in red, a funnel, a chess king facing a group of pawns, a calculator and a laptop with an aliencpa sticker.

Analysis

Why Most Affiliates Never Scale Past $10K a Month: The Ceiling Is Cash, Caps and Accounts, Not Talent

Lu Discover· 10 min

Photo collage on a flat violet background: a smiling young man in a white aliencpa T-shirt holds a tablet showing a web page with a small notification card in its top-right corner, surrounded by floating tiles with a muted bell, a cursor click, a phone notification, a growth chart, a globe, a dollar coin and a shield.

Guide

In-Page Push Ads: Push Traffic With No Subscribers, Clicks Under a Cent, and the Catch

Lu Discover· 9 min

Illustrated desk: an open quarterly report with a bar chart stepping down from tall bars to short ones, a hand highlighting only the last tiny bar that is slightly higher than the one before while the other holds a magnifying glass over the falling bars, with a football, stacks of coins, a calculator showing -17.6%, reading glasses and a fact-check badge showing 3 of 5 stars.

Case fact-check

Raketech's Q2 2026: Revenue -17.6% Under an 'EBITDA Improvement' Headline, Fact-Checked

Lu Discover· 10 min

Illustrated desk: a metal rack of 8 identical phones all showing the same puzzle grid and plugged into tangled cables, a hand pulling the plug of the power strip while the other holds a magnifying glass over 1 phone where the puzzle is actually being played, with a CA$220 receipt, a calculator showing 59%, a game controller and a fact-check badge showing 3 of 5 stars.

Case fact-check

59% of Installs Were Bots: An Indie Developer's Google App Campaign, Fact-Checked

Lu Discover· 10 min

Illustrated desk: a crystal ball on a brass stand with a chat bubble showing 4.90 euros inside it, a receipt spike holding a thick stack of invoices with empty checkboxes, a hand pinning another invoice while the other holds a magnifying glass over the stack, with a paper star chart, blank cards, a phone showing chat bubbles, a $300 receipt, a calculator showing 0 and a fact-check badge showing 3 of 5 stars.

Case fact-check

An AI Astrology Bot on Facebook Ads: $300, 77 Unpaid Invoices and 0 Sales, Fact-Checked

Lu Discover· 11 min

Case fact-check

$30K a Month From Amazon Influencer Videos? Fact-Checking John Muscarello's Numbers

Lu Discover· 11 min

Illustrated desk: one hand lifts a big slice of a berry pie cut like a pie chart while the other holds a magnifying glass over 3 thin slices, with an open notebook, a camera, a train ticket, an hourglass, a €1,331 receipt, a calculator showing 1,175.97, a sticky note with a chart that climbs and drops, and a fact-check badge showing 3 of 5 stars.

Case fact-check

Travel Blog Income Report, Fact-Checked: €1,176 Profit From 125K Pageviews

Lu Discover· 17 min