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I have a website with ads on it. Or actually a few, but one that mostly pays for my life right now.
by herbst 10y ago
I have a website with ads on it. Or actually a few, but one that mostly pays for my life right now.
- metaprinter 10y agoI have one website with ads on it, been running it for like 6 years, generates a whopping $200 yr...
- herbst 10y agoMy main site makes between $1000 and $1500/month. Most of my other sites are more on $50 - $200/year too :/
- hellofunk 10y agoWhat kind of site is it?
- herbst 10y agoGaming related. Its just content actually, but also user generated content (what is what makes it passive)
- tinbucket 10y agoI'd be really interested in learning from you about what you did with this site and the less successful ones.
- herbst 10y agoWhat i did? Well when i have a idea that i think somebody else could like too i throw it into a website, then throw it out there and see what people think. Sometimes i get valuable feedback and can improve, sometimes it is good as it is. The only "secret" other than user generated content (what makes it actually passive) for me is to never stop trying. I have like 50 in use domains right now, many which i did not extend because they did not pay for themself after a year.
- tinbucket 10y agoThanks for the reply. It's something I'm researching but without much background knowledge or experience, it's hard to know where to start. How do you source your user generated content? Is the big earner a forum or the like? I'd kind of envisioned some kind of static sites with ads. Have you taken a noticeable hit like others in this thread from diminishing ad revenue and rates?
- herbst 10y agoMy site is only 1.5 years old. Revenue was stable that time. I think the biggest break was before that. But my site is also not "made for adsense" which was what google mostly penalized. Its more like a forum, but not one. Users can post their own content and others can vote and comment that. Plus it has a huge searchable database. The problem with static sites (i have those too) is that google loves site updates as often as possible. A site that is good ranked today can be killed by a more dynamic one next day.
- erikb 10y agoHow much does your life cost a year?