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Question: Can you make real money with a website that doesn’t directly sell anything?
My Definition #1: “Real Money” - At least $1000 per month.
My Definition #2: “Directly Sell” - To sell a product or service of your own to someone who came to your website.
I’ve had an idea for a website for a little while now, but have hit a mental hurdle that I do not know how to overcome: how to make money from it. Driving hundreds or even thousands of people to my website wouldn’t be a problem, as I have already created a pre-existing demand for it with my YouTube account. The problem is that I’m not actually selling anything.
It would sort of be like a blog, but with videos, articles, and other related content. However, since I’m not selling anything, how can I make money from it?
I’ve heard of adsense and affiliate marketing. From what I’ve seen, they seem to pay extremely little amounts of money. I cannot fathom how anyone makes and real money off of that, but I’d love to find out how it can be done.
Without directly selling something, my research efforts have shown me that I would have to make my money with advertising. I’ve heard that depending on the company, I can get paid per lead or per sell. Given the amount of traffic I can generate and the little amount I have found to be able to get paid per lead, I don’t think that method alone would be enough. Thus, I would need my links to be able to sell things to people.
To be honest, I don’t know a single person who would consciously click on a banner on any website, let alone buy something from one. They are so common nowadays, we just tune them out. If that’s the case, then how would anyone buy something from them?
I’m quite passionate about this idea, but seem to have hit a roadblock. Please tell me that I’m wrong about this. I look forward to discussing this idea further.
Thanks for your help.
My Definition #1: “Real Money” - At least $1000 per month.
My Definition #2: “Directly Sell” - To sell a product or service of your own to someone who came to your website.
I’ve had an idea for a website for a little while now, but have hit a mental hurdle that I do not know how to overcome: how to make money from it. Driving hundreds or even thousands of people to my website wouldn’t be a problem, as I have already created a pre-existing demand for it with my YouTube account. The problem is that I’m not actually selling anything.
It would sort of be like a blog, but with videos, articles, and other related content. However, since I’m not selling anything, how can I make money from it?
I’ve heard of adsense and affiliate marketing. From what I’ve seen, they seem to pay extremely little amounts of money. I cannot fathom how anyone makes and real money off of that, but I’d love to find out how it can be done.
Without directly selling something, my research efforts have shown me that I would have to make my money with advertising. I’ve heard that depending on the company, I can get paid per lead or per sell. Given the amount of traffic I can generate and the little amount I have found to be able to get paid per lead, I don’t think that method alone would be enough. Thus, I would need my links to be able to sell things to people.
To be honest, I don’t know a single person who would consciously click on a banner on any website, let alone buy something from one. They are so common nowadays, we just tune them out. If that’s the case, then how would anyone buy something from them?
I’m quite passionate about this idea, but seem to have hit a roadblock. Please tell me that I’m wrong about this. I look forward to discussing this idea further.
Thanks for your help.
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