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Going to Start an Affiliate Site, Need Help
Old 11-29-2006, 05:30 PM Going to Start an Affiliate Site, Need Help
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Hi,

I am a complete newb at A/M...

I am going to start an affiliate site with the help of Commision Junction.
The niche I am choosing is pens. I aim to learn by "doing" (Always the best way of learning, I think ). I plan to create a site like it was my own and stick loads of pens on the site, have differenet sections for different makes etc and get some content etc etc.. Basically build it like it was my own.

Now I am just wondering is this the right way to be an Affiliate of a product? Or will I be wasting my time?

Thanks for your time guys...
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Old 11-29-2006, 06:34 PM
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Sounds like you have a good plan to learn.

How well you market the site will determine your income.

Getting started is the hardest part.

Good Luck!!!!!

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Old 11-30-2006, 10:24 AM
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Greetings BabyBoy808!

You write: "(...) Basically build it like it was my own (...)"

Bingo, good thinking! Many affiliate sites are nothing but boring facsimile's of the equally boring original, without anything to endear themselves to either the public or the search engines.

Build it like your own because it is your own! That's not only much more enjoyable for yourself (being creative is fun!), but also for the visitors. The recognizable, individual face of your site is an excellent tool to turn those visitors into bookmarkers, and many bookmarkers become buyers: mission accomplished.
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Old 11-30-2006, 01:10 PM
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Greetings BabyBoy808!

You write: "(...) Basically build it like it was my own (...)"

Bingo, good thinking! Many affiliate sites are nothing but boring facsimile's of the equally boring original, without anything to endear themselves to either the public or the search engines.

Build it like your own because it is your own! That's not only much more enjoyable for yourself (being creative is fun!), but also for the visitors. The recognizable, individual face of your site is an excellent tool to turn those visitors into bookmarkers, and many bookmarkers become buyers: mission accomplished.
Thanks Jaapverduijn, I appreciate your time to respond.

And yes I have seen those boring sites that you are talking about :thumbdown:

I think it makes me work harder to build something completely different,

Cheers
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Old 11-30-2006, 07:04 PM
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Thanks Jaapverduijn, I appreciate your time to respond.

And yes I have seen those boring sites that you are talking about :thumbdown:

I think it makes me work harder to build something completely different,

Cheers
babyboy08,

Sounds like a good plan, if it works for you. The only problem I have with this (and this is just my opinion).. I don't like to dedicate that much time into one niche unless I've tested the market..

A lot of times people will take a month setting up a site only to find out there is not a huge market for this niche and/or too much competition to be profitable. Kind of like a throwing all of your eggs into one basket scenario.

After a month of setup plus the time it takes you to market the site, you find you expended such energy on something that's not making you any money. Consequently, you've lost all this time. You could have been testing this particular market with a smaller production website and/or landing pages, review pages etc, WHILE expanding on a niche market that you've already established as profitable, and testing other niche markets.

As I am more of a market research multi-niche kind of guy.. I like the ability to cut my losses and jump into another niche if the product(s) are not performing well. IF and Only if after a couple weeks of testing the market, and there is considerable demand for the respective product then will I devote more time and energy to it.

Also having a nacht for kind of predicting how a product will perform as an equivalent to your marketing abilities and/or resources, comes with experience.

But when it comes down to it, action is better than no action, so I guess you'll never know if you don't do something (which exactly what you're doing).


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Old 12-01-2006, 01:09 AM
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I think it's a good idea. Best way to find out if something is profitable is to test it out for yourself. How are you going to promote it?
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