Making a living online

[Ryan]

What's the route most people seem to be taking to make a living on the internet?

* Is it an internet business?
* Affiliate websites
* Running several blogs all aiming to make around $10 + per day

Another viable option do you think would be to create several affiliate sites to make similar as the blogs. Keep that going over a year and you've got $33K if you're running 10 blogs @ $10 per day/

[RegDCP]

It is not as linear as that Ryan.

Murphy's Law enters into the equation early on. (What can go wrong will go wrong).

IF.. If you can make $10 a day with one blog does not mean you can make 100 with 10.
First you have to deal with content and audience then you can calculate time invested/income.
Depending on how fast you write / how much you write /how well you write, you might find you are working for less than minimum wage.
If you are going to become an affiliate, be prepared to build value added sites and constantly work at your catalogs. Here is a link to a friend that earns her living doing affiliate sales. http://www.zazzle.com/meowser

The sites I see making the best income are selling hard products.
My client selling end mills is building a returning clientele.
I've seen sites get up to $100 a day in sales in under 6 months.
This was for a client that was stringing and selling Swarovski crystals as "rainbow catchers".
Another client made over $1000 a day in online used cd sales.
OTOH I have clients that have done *everything right* in trying to sell info books and affiliate sales and have not succeeded.

From what I have seen it is:
Merchandise sales of tangible item you manufacture or have sole rights to sell. ->
Merchandise sales of unique software.
Sales of service. Can be for a company or personal like web design, accounting etc.
Sales agent using drop shipping.
Sales agent using affiliate sales.
MLM schemes.
HYIP
Outright Scams like 1on40.com
Spam.

[MichaelCorleone]

(Feb-14-2010 09:25 PM)Ryan Wrote:  What's the route most people seem to be taking to make a living on the internet?

* Is it an internet business?
* Affiliate websites
* Running several blogs all aiming to make around $10 + per day

Another viable option do you think would be to create several affiliate sites to make similar as the blogs. Keep that going over a year and you've got $33K if you're running 10 blogs @ $10 per day/

I have a number of affiliate websites running now mate, incorporating adsense.

Some work, some dont - but if I keep rinsing and repeating I will reach my income goal - whilst creating a passive income.

[RegDCP]

What affiliate products sell and what don't Michael?

[upthevale]

From past experience iv found mainstream items like Video Games, Top End Software, TOys and games, wont sell as well through affiliate programs unless there is a significant discount for customers who can eaily go to sites like amazon, ebay, or highstreet and get the same deal from someone they know they can trust.

What seems to make sales are things you dont find day to day, a good friend of mine owns an affiliate store selling "Anime Merchandise" and in a very short space of time he is getting a nice little sum of money

Im not saying the mainstream items wont sell but every bugger and his mother are trying to sell these. So move away from the big boys

[MichaelCorleone]

(Feb-15-2010 06:52 PM)RegDCP Wrote:  What affiliate products sell and what don't Michael?

I'm having a lot of success with items from a site called markethealth

They pay good commisions per sale. I've found that keyword reserch is the key: how many monthly searches? What is the competition like? etc.

I use a tool callled Micro Niche Finder which works really well for that.

[Ryan]

(Feb-15-2010 10:18 PM)MichaelCorleone Wrote:  

(Feb-15-2010 06:52 PM)RegDCP Wrote:  What affiliate products sell and what don't Michael?

I'm having a lot of success with items from a site called markethealth

They pay good commisions per sale. I've found that keyword reserch is the key: how many monthly searches? What is the competition like? etc.

I use a tool callled Micro Niche Finder which works really well for that.

Hi Karl mate - glad to see you're doing so well now and are on the up. I haven't done much on the affiliate scene recently, gearing up to work on (removed letters due to not wanting to be indexed) D£@LZOO which will be an affiliate "store", price comparison & vouchers.

What sites have to created? I'll look at that tool, but I'm looking at just keeping those big brand products. I'll also look at markethealth. Where are you getting this information from or have you just aquired* some sound knowledge over the past few months?

(For readers information, Karl is MichealCorleone and I he's a top bloke + mod from my other forum)

[RegDCP]

LOL Ryan, if your new domain has the extension .co.uk it is already indexed.

[MichaelCorleone]

(Feb-16-2010 12:20 AM)Ryan Wrote:  

(Feb-15-2010 10:18 PM)MichaelCorleone Wrote:  

(Feb-15-2010 06:52 PM)RegDCP Wrote:  What affiliate products sell and what don't Michael?

I'm having a lot of success with items from a site called markethealth

They pay good commisions per sale. I've found that keyword reserch is the key: how many monthly searches? What is the competition like? etc.

I use a tool callled Micro Niche Finder which works really well for that.

Hi Karl mate - glad to see you're doing so well now and are on the up. I haven't done much on the affiliate scene recently, gearing up to work on (removed letters due to not wanting to be indexed) D£@LZOO which will be an affiliate "store", price comparison & vouchers.

What sites have to created? I'll look at that tool, but I'm looking at just keeping those big brand products. I'll also look at markethealth. Where are you getting this information from or have you just aquired* some sound knowledge over the past few months?

(For readers information, Karl is MichealCorleone and I he's a top bloke + mod from my other forum)

Ive just been acquiring knowledge bit by bit over the last 6 months.

I've got some ebooks - which I'll send over to you which may well be helpful.

[Ryan]

Yeah mate that'd be appreciated. Send me a PM here on FE.