This is post seven of the niche site duel and I have…
Made Some Money!!!!!
But before I go and order that Bentley and the outdoor pool for my wild parties, I better clarify that it was $0.46
… and it wasn’t exactly for a sale that I expected.
When you sign up as an Amazon affiliate and you people click on the products you are promoting, you make a % of all the things they buy when they are there.
For some reason, when someone clicked on a guitar loop pedal on my site, they went to amazon and then purchased a kids book worth $11.55. I got a commission from this.
As I said, this isn’t going to set the world on fire, but it does prove the system works.
Other Ways to Make Income from this Site
As well as having products from Amazon on the site, I decided it would be good to sell an information based product too.
The reason for this is that although people are hopefully in buying mode when they search for ‘Guitar Loop Pedals’, they may also be browsing for ideas and information.
The best place to choose information products is Clickbank. Clickbank is a marketplace for online informational products.
I like promoting these products as you can earn up to (and sometimes over) 50% of the price of the product.
It’s also really easy to use, you simply choose the product in the marketplace you want and they give you the code and any graphics you need for your site.
As I type this, I have had 5 people click on the banner but no sales on the product. I shall keep you informed.
The first is always the hardest. How many clicks have you had on your Amazon links? Amazon just doesn’t seem to convert for me.
However, the one thing I love about Amazon is the fact that they sell so many different things that the people you send usually end up buying something completely different to what they entered from – like your commission!
Hi Thomas. I had about 44 clicks to get 4 sales.
Hi Chris, thanks for visiting my site and leaving a comment! Congrats on your first sale! My own niche site progress is going slower than I’d like. However, I’m trying to write more original articles first and then start the backlinking strategies discussed by Pat. Good luck! I’ll be checking on your progress.
You currently rank third! Congrats.
I think you should organize your homepage differently. Presently, I think you’re not converting that much because people come to your site and think it’s a spam.
Give value by adding more contents and featuring your blog on the homepage.
Hi Chris,
What’s the latest news on the dual and the earnings report?
To be fair, I know you have been busy
Cheers
Paul
HI, I just read all of your posts and I’m exited because affiliate marketing is something new to me and I starting thinking about getting into it. But I have no idea how to start. After reading your posts it’s getting clearer.
Have you got any further with the affiliate marketing David?
Looking good so far. How do you plan on getting more traffic to this site now?
Any updates on how this challenge is going? Will be particularly interested to see whether your site has survived Google’s latest algorithm changes.
Hi teatree, part8 has just gone live.
Chris
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