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I made a small free tool set for validating affiliate niche ideas before building

I am building Tom Digital Lab as a small collection of free tools for practical online business experiments.

The current tool set is for people thinking about affiliate/content sites:

  • an Affiliate Niche Validation Calculator
  • a SaaS Affiliate Commission Calculator
  • an Affiliate Offer Fit Checker
  • a short checklist for pressure-testing the idea before committing to a content plan

The goal is to make the pre-build decision less vague. The tools look at buyer intent, offer quality, competition gaps, traffic practicality, content advantage, rough commission assumptions, and whether the offer is something you could recommend honestly.

I am intentionally keeping it low-hype: no login, no email gate, no affiliate links, and no income claims.

If you have built affiliate/content sites before, what would you add to the scoring model or commission assumptions?

Tool suite:
https://tom-digital-lab-checklist.pages.dev/

on June 24, 2026
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