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I'm an amateur musician. I have a website where I review music gear, especially MIDI keyboards (have a bunch of them). It brings in a steady $1k+/month almost
by puranjay 8y ago
I'm an amateur musician. I have a website where I review music gear, especially MIDI keyboards (have a bunch of them).
It brings in a steady $1k+/month almost completely passively through Amazon affiliate commissions
- memset 8y agoAny interest in helping a fellow HN-er? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19712205 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19712205
- puranjay 8y agoI get around 90% of my traffic through Google, so I would recommend targeting some important keywords with long form content.
- youshy 8y agoSomething I've been looking to do myself! AFAIK the rate is around 6%? Willing to share the website - would be mega interested in reading!
- puranjay 8y agoDon't want to share the website publicly, but the reason Amazon affiliate works so well is that people don't just buy the product you're referring but a ton of additional products too. On a given day, a customer might buy 1 MIDI keyboard that I referred. But he will also buy books, CDs, home tools and anything else he needs, and I get 6% of all of that
- whatabackend 8y agoAm interested in a MIDI keyboard that can be used to come up with basic tunes. Any recommendations?
- adamparsons 8y agoNot op, but the alesis V ones have such a comfy key weighting and are quite cheap. Only thing I don’t like is the drumpad on the left feels cheaply made
- puranjay 8y agoStay away from M-Audio. The newer Akais aren't very good either. Try Nektar. It all depends on how well you already know the keyboard though. A cheap Akai LPK25 is good enough for absolute beginners. But if you have some piano playing experience, I would go for something like an Alesis VI49