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"I built a website that pays the bills, and now I have a lot of time on my hands." Okay.... I assume you're not going to talk about this because then you'll ha

by dpcan 6y ago

"I built a website that pays the bills, and now I have a lot of time on my hands." Okay.... I assume you're not going to talk about this because then you'll have so much competition you won't be able to pay the bills anymore, but do you have any generalized background information about this?

nicbou 6y ago
You can find it in my post history. I help people settle in my country, in plain English. It's just not the main point of this conversation.
- briefcomment 6y ago
  How do you monetize the site? It looks really useful, but I don't see any ads or payment options.
  - ChrisKnott 6y ago
    Some of the guides have affiliate links. > "This guide contains affiliate links. When you click those links and buy something, I make a little money. The income allows me to work on All About Berlin full time. All my recommendations are genuine. I want to keep this website useful and neutral." https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/moving-to-berlin https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/moving-to-berlin
SahAssar 6y ago
Usually this means dropshipping, but it could be something different.
- nicbou 6y ago
  Nope. https://allaboutberlin.com https://allaboutberlin.com Isn't dropshipping extremely overcrowded since The 4 Hour Work Week popularised it?
  - SahAssar 6y ago
    I heard dropshipping still "works" if you know both the marketing and the dev work for it, but I'd say it is getting more rare. Good to hear I was wrong :)
  - robryan 6y ago
    What you really need is some level of exclusivity, if you can drop ship someones stuff into a different market or bring a new customer base to it. If 50 other people are doing the same thing it probably won’t work. A decent portion of our business used to be dropshipping onto Amazon against others that were doing the exact same thing with the same terms. Margins obviously ended up tiny and the whole thing was at the whims of Amazon. Glad we don’t do that anymore.

by dpcan 6y ago

nicbou 6y ago

You can find it in my post history. I help people settle in my country, in plain English. It's just not the main point of this conversation.

briefcomment 6y ago
How do you monetize the site? It looks really useful, but I don't see any ads or payment options.
- ChrisKnott 6y ago
  Some of the guides have affiliate links. > "This guide contains affiliate links. When you click those links and buy something, I make a little money. The income allows me to work on All About Berlin full time. All my recommendations are genuine. I want to keep this website useful and neutral." https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/moving-to-berlin https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/moving-to-berlin

SahAssar 6y ago

Usually this means dropshipping, but it could be something different.

nicbou 6y ago
Nope. https://allaboutberlin.com https://allaboutberlin.com Isn't dropshipping extremely overcrowded since The 4 Hour Work Week popularised it?
- SahAssar 6y ago
  I heard dropshipping still "works" if you know both the marketing and the dev work for it, but I'd say it is getting more rare. Good to hear I was wrong :)
- robryan 6y ago
  What you really need is some level of exclusivity, if you can drop ship someones stuff into a different market or bring a new customer base to it. If 50 other people are doing the same thing it probably won’t work. A decent portion of our business used to be dropshipping onto Amazon against others that were doing the exact same thing with the same terms. Margins obviously ended up tiny and the whole thing was at the whims of Amazon. Glad we don’t do that anymore.