Whether to continue or not

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Whether to continue or not

new affiliate website- trial version

Rose_1171

11:24 pm on Jan 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

hey

i started a trial affiliate site ( and i say trial coz it was were badly done website, made in 8 hrs and so on).I launched it in december, and in december i made $100 off it in affliate commissions. However the conversions against the traffic i brought on it were shameful. I am not sure whether i should stick to it and keep working on it or just let go of this idea coz of low conversions and other stuff.

What would you do?

Rose

ergophobe

5:31 pm on Jan 8, 2008 (gmt 0)

You say you made $100 for eight hours work. I assume you mean profit, not revenue. So that's $12.50/hour which depending on where you live is somewhere between poor and excellent I would guess.

The questions are
- how much work would it take you to keep making $100/month? 8 hours? Maybe move on. 1 hour? Well, I think $100/hour is very good pay.

- how much work would it take you to make $400/month? 8 hours? That's $50/hour on a new site, which sounds pretty good to me too.

So I don't know why you care about conversions if the $100 is profit. Rework the site and increase conversions and traffic.

Rose_1171

2:18 pm on Jan 9, 2008 (gmt 0)

hey

agree with you on that one. i developed site on weekend- as i said not a good looking one..b ut just good enuf to be credible and stuff.

i think i should continue on that.. coz its the first experiment which has workedfor me in two years. Before thatI was going nowhere!

wrgvt

3:28 pm on Jan 9, 2008 (gmt 0)

If the products you link to as an affiliate are popular items during the holiday shopping season, don't expect December statistics to be similar to any other time of the year.

jimbeetle

4:12 pm on Jan 9, 2008 (gmt 0)

If that hundred bucks a month is sustainable, figure that you'll make $1,200 over a year for that 8 hours work. Put another 8 hours in this month to see if you can bump it up a few bucks, then again next month.

My simplistic approach to affiliate marketing is: What can I do today that will increase this site's income by $1 tomorrow -- and each day thereafter? It's a basic, realistic goal that after a while adds up to real bucks.