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aaronchua
Anyway, the point of this post is to show you guys that despite my amazon sites being penalised, I still manage to squeeze out nearly USD100 on them despite not touching them for several months. This strengthens my belief that the online model still works out and any investment you made is still going to make you money.
Let me share some of my stats with you:
For the Amazon challenge, I invested a total of USD804. Out of that, 50% goes into buying 40 domain names while the rest of the USD400 goes into buying content and backlinks. Currently, I have earned about USD582, leaving me with about USD220 to go before breaking even for my investments. After that, it is all pure profits.
The best thing is that out of the 40 domains I bought, only about 18 have been built, even though all will be paid for within 2-3 months. I have about 22 domains which I have not done any work which means they have not been penalised which means I can still build them out properly in the future.
So, even though it might not be big money, it still shows that investing in making money online still works, despite all the setbacks.
Below is a screenshot showing my amazon sites.
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My plan going forward is to purchase another set of domains that relates to the best sellers according to the table above. This time around, how I build these sites will be slightly different:
- Content: Mixed up the content. 70% will be news or list type of content that can potentially be shared while 30% will be product reviews
- Links: No more ordering of fiverr backlink services. Just maybe 2-3 links from my own network of sites. Only 1 will contain anchor text.
Posted in: How to make money with amazon
6 comments:
I am still here ;)
Still updating my blog.
Panda made have killed the crowd but not me. Just working more smarter and better.
The best thing I noticed with Panda, you don't necessary have to build links to rank, which I have seen for most of my new sites.
They make money with zero link building which makes me think of two factors that people should be working towards.
1. Volume
2. Quality Content
The more you write, the more possibility that you have and opportunity to make money.
Quality Content, I am not sure how will make you money. When I refer to quality content, don't think number of words, as there are somethings you just cant talk too much about.
Hope you peeps are doing well
Pop over my blog and say hi. Lol I probably with only a handful of readers.
Norm
Hey man,
I've been following you for a while and not commented - glad you're making money again - wanted to ask If you could share the way your spreadsheet works?
I can see KW number of searches but I would like to use the same idea in mine.
Appreciate it thanks :)
@Norm
Keep doing the work man. Somebody still has to rank and there is no reason it can't be you!
@Dave
I will be covering the spreadsheet in the next few articles. Thanks for reading!
Hey Aaron,
I’ve been following for you sometime too. Just thought I chime in and nod in agreement that one can still make money post attack of the B&W animals, and with little or no backlinks at all. However, Google sponsored listing ads displayed above the fold of the SERPs are really screwing the CTRs of organic searches.
I have an EMD site that ranks in position 2, sometimes 3, or 4, and it doesn’t get as many visits as it used to, and I reckon the sponsored listings are causing the significant drop in traffic. They’re pushing the organic searches way down, especially for buying keywords.
Damn shame…but you can still make some money for sure. By the way, how many pages of content do you write per niche site?
@Gaz
Thansk for dropping by. Somebody has to rank. Why not us? : )
In terms of articles, I start slow (about 5 articles now) and see what happens. If I chance upon a good niche that converts well even if 5 articles, I will start to add more.
Also depends on the kind of competition you faced in the SERPs. The more competitive the keywords, the more content you need.
Hey Ho Aaron,
Yes, I’m well aware that somebody has to rank. In fact, some of my sites are ranking well in the organic searches :D However, I was making a point that ranking organically in the top 3 of Google’s SERP is much less valuable these days due to Google’s paid inclusion ads which are dominating the top of the page, effectively pushing highly ranked organic searches i.e. our affiliate sites, below the fold, and therefore resulting in less than favorable CTRs for us.
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