After months of debate over the existence of the infamous sandbox, sources from Google have finally acknowledged its existence. For those not familiar with this term, the Sandbox is an algorithm effect, which prevents new sites to be ranked in Google’s search results for the first few months—it usually lasts between 3 and 9 months.
What it means for you, as an affiliate, is that you won’t be getting organic traffic from Google during that time—at least not for competitive keywords—and without traffic, you won’t generate any sale.
The solution? If your goal is mostly to generate revenues, you might consider using AdWords PPC to advertise your site so that you can still catch a chunk of Google’s traffic until you’re out of the sandbox.