Thread: 100 websites that make a couple bucks a day or more?

The effort required to manage that amount of websites, for that type of return (or increasing the return) wouldn't be worth the effort at all.

I know people do\try to do that, but I really haven't heard many 'after' stories. Just the 'before' of starting to try it. No saying it's not possible, but I truly can't see how it'd be worth the amount of time invested.

Is having 100 girlfriends or wives acceptable? Or do you think that each of them would feel cheated? The Fastlane objective is to explode net income and asset value -- if you have 100 businesses, you probably will build weak assets because your efforts are scattered. (This is Chapter 43 -- polygamy vs monogamy).

Originally Posted by PhxMJ

Is having 100 girlfriends or wives acceptable? Or do you think that each of them would feel cheated? The Fastlane objective is to explode net income and asset value -- if you have 100 businesses, you probably will build weak assets because your efforts are scattered. (This is Chapter 43 -- polygamy vs monogamy).

I gotcha. Your book just arrived today so I havent made it that far yet!! I'll continue the reading tonight.

Unless you have a scalable system for throwing down websites quickly that are cash positive......of course, if you did have such a system, fastlane would be selling that system to the masses....and then books, videos, webinars, certifications, consulting, coaching, etc. ......Think Big!

Main point......if you think 100 websites is the way, take action. Get to doing something. Don't let others talk you out of getting started. They can talk you out of it and into something else AFTER you get started. Setting up 100 websites that make a few bucks would definitely then qualify you to guru status which you can leverage to all of the things listed above......Think Big!

One way it could work is if the sites were all related. For example all of them were highly targeted niche sites about investing.

That way you could build a list on all the sites and there would be synergies between the sites... fastlane may be that the sum is greater than the parts.

if you had to manage them all independently, I agree, that would be an awful time sink.

However, we run three separate webstores all built off the same backend. So the master database has all the products and the stores have their niches.

Of the three stores, none of them display ALL the products. There is some overlap from store to store, but not much.

We market them each differently, but they all have the same single point backend, all the orders go into the same single page, are processed by our single order processing staff and etc.

Sooo, in that sense, they all chip in incrementally to make the total take good. However, they DO require 3 separate promotion plans, so that takes some extra time.


It works well for us. Couldn't imagine running more than a handful like this, but if you found a way to do it, and it brought some value to a customer - would likely be more profitable to sell the system than the products on the sites....

A big thing i learned here, do one thing and do it best. As entrepreneurs we always have ideas and want to execute, it is so difficult to do only one thing but we must.

Do one thing and learn to do it really really well. Put all your energy and focus into it with a passion. Having 100 projects doing measly money is measly business. Just my 2 cents

Apparently you guys have never heard of micro niche adsense sites...this is the exact method and there are people making high 6 figures with this on auto pilot...once the site is researched and built...you either leave it and concentrate on ranking it or set it to automatically update itself from a source you determine...a few guys i know have 300+ sites and the goal is to make a buck or 2 a day with each site from adsense and then have either a cpa offer or amazon affiliate link which could be $10-50/per sale...these guys consistently make 300-1k/day...thats a nice piece of change on auto pilot...the key is to master keyword research and seo

i have heard of it and im sure he has as well but that is just chasing money. That is not a real business it is purely based off of seo? it does not seem like a stable business it can fall apart at any time, and who would ever buy a business like that, you can not expand on it and such. Basically it provides no value, solves no problem, and will only last so long. I can do alot of things today to make some money but thats not why we are all here.

The first thing that came to mind when I read this was "One trick pony". Find ONE thing (solve a problem, fill a need etc) and do it to the BEST of your ability! "Impact millions and you'll make millions" IMHO, you will be able to do that easier by focusing on one thing rather than 100.

Just my .02

Michael

I dunno guys, I agree with what everyone is saying, and it's spot on.

BUT, actually going through the motions and building 100 affiliate sites is like graduating from college almost... it's how I learned, and those sites make me money every single day no matter what I do.

Arguably, the sites probably do not make enough to justify my time investment, but to me, I was building something and it gave me wings for next hurdle so to speak.

Following along with the fastlane points, you're not going to get rich and retire off those first hundred sites, but if you didn't know how to ftp files like I didn't, it was good experience.

I'm sure the boss man will be cussing me for saying this, but that's ok cuz I like it and everyone learns more when that happens usually, myself included... AND I DO understand the points of, if you had focused the same amount of time on building one asset, you'd be further along. Or, the same amount of effort much more tightly focused in one area would yield greater results.

Maybe when I'm financially retired my viewpoint will have come full circle. (keep in mind, the boss man IS retired, and IS a multi millionaire, while I am not. I point this out specifically, because I think there is more to learn here, as many people will follow similar paths out of naivety)

I suppose I'm just torn because of the path I came down, and a lot of my mistakes turned out to be irreplaceable learning.

Well, I'm gonna have to stand up in front of the group and say, "My name is Bob, and I am a website addict."

I have nearly 130 sites now. All but a handful are auto content sites, and they do spit out a few dollars a day without me doing anything.

Apparently you guys have never heard of micro niche adsense sites...this is the exact method and there are people making high 6 figures with this on auto pilot...once the site is researched and built...you either leave it and concentrate on ranking it or set it to automatically update itself from a source you determine...a few guys i know have 300+ sites and the goal is to make a buck or 2 a day with each site from adsense and then have either a cpa offer or amazon affiliate link which could be $10-50/per sale...these guys consistently make 300-1k/day...thats a nice piece of change on auto pilot...the key is to master keyword research and seo

Oh...you mean a few bucks per site!?! I thought you meant altogether. Actually, this month has been really good, and I'll be lucky to hit the $250 mark for the month.

But that's without doing anything on the sites. No SEO. No blogging. Nothing. They just send me AdSense revenue and an occasional Amazon sale.

I have to agree with Mtnman though. I am REALLY learning a lot. Every day, I feel I know more and more about site building and SEO. My newer sites are totally different than my old sites. All original content. Clean look. Linking, etc. But not a dime in sales.

To be fair, my sites were doing pretty well before Google Mayday hit. Things are always changing.

So, if you feel building you those 100 sites will help you learn, build them. If you think they'll make you $1 million this year, forget it.

well i see everyone here has subscribed to the idea of picking one thing and trying to do it better than anyone else...but there is also a saying that goes "dont put all your eggs in one basket"...there can be an argument made for diversification because lets face it...how many of us will actually do 1 thing so extraordinarily well that it will catapult us to great wealth?...and then what happens when u put all ur time and money into this only to flop or fail...it can be devastating...Im 35 and it has happened to me twice...my whole life has been chasing the fast lane to wealth but those ventures have kinda petered out...what keeps me and my family fed and living good and driving good are my varied investments...rental properties, a barbershop, equity trading, and most importantly - my online income

There is something sort of 'romantic' about the idea, really. That you personally crafted so many things that constantly reward you, even should that reward be insignificant per result.

I don't really have a vote to cast in either direction of it being a good idea, many good points were already made in both directions of it. If it's something you really want to do, and you aren't expecting the world as a result for it, then I don't see any reason not to do it.

Originally Posted by Boo Blizzi

well i see everyone here has subscribed to the idea of picking one thing and trying to do it better than anyone else...but there is also a saying that goes "dont put all your eggs in one basket"...there can be an argument made for diversification because lets face it...how many of us will actually do 1 thing so extraordinarily well that it will catapult us to great wealth?...and then what happens when u put all ur time and money into this only to flop or fail...it can be devastating...Im 35 and it has happened to me twice...my whole life has been chasing the fast lane to wealth but those ventures have kinda petered out...what keeps me and my family fed and living good and driving good are my varied investments...rental properties, a barbershop, equity trading, and most importantly - my online income

Maybe it's just my age showing, but my answer to that is "Either retailor the one thing until I am the best at it, or move on to a different plan." I got a few backup ideas I really like... If my current plans peter out, I'll get right on them. If it fails, I'll get on them much slower.

So I guess I don't go with the one thing only sentiment, but more like one thing at a time sentiment.

Originally Posted by mtnman

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BUT, actually going through the motions and building 100 affiliate sites is like graduating from college almost... it's how I learned, and those sites make me money every single day no matter what I do.

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I suppose I'm just torn because of the path I came down, and a lot of my mistakes turned out to be irreplaceable learning.

Originally Posted by bflbob

I have to agree with Mtnman though. I am REALLY learning a lot. Every day, I feel I know more and more about site building and SEO. My newer sites are totally different than my old sites. All original content. Clean look. Linking, etc. But not a dime in sales.

I don't think anyone here was recommending not making websites. At the same time though, it's also worth pointing out it'd be a futile long term goal.

I'll be the first to tell people they should learn to make websites. I won't lie and say making 100 websites will be more learning than 10 websites though. I've been done the road of 'make a lot of something' and it really equates to get to the point I understand, call it good enough, and start the next one. Minimal learning in that.

This model also has a value - helping others to make more money through advertising. Also it can be a one business with 100 web sites.

The advantage of this model is that there are more baskets for eggs.

But, if you do only one business and kick ass at it - You will produce a few more baskets, like it or not. You can't make just one thing. Everything has a by-product. If that is just a waste - sell it. "The Millionaire Fastlane" is also byproduct.

If you have only one wife and she is happy and satisfied, she will listen to you when you offer her your byproducts. Even you will not have to look for her - she is ready and waiting to hear what you have to say.