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how successful have your attempts to monetize the site been? (I notice with surprise that there are no space-related ads when I visit the site, just the usual a

how successful have your attempts to monetize the site been? (I notice with surprise that there are no space-related ads when I visit the site, just the usual adwords ads I'm shown elsewhere.) Maybe you need to reach out directly to space related advertisers? Is there anything you can sell through the site? This seems like something that could become a decent lifestyle business. Certainly not something that could make you rich, but maybe good enough to replace a day job or pay for some vacations. what exactly is the time you're spending? just researching to find articles? I don't know much about running Wordpress sites but it sounds like there shouldn't be much coding involved at this point. I'm trying to give you any suggestions to keep pursuing this. I was surprised when I visited the site, because I generally consider the space industry to be pretty dead and boring. But I found almost all the stories on your front page engaging. You seem to have good editorial taste. I think you've identified a niche that could continue to get more interesting in coming years. I also note the frequency of new stories is not that high. Are there enough stories to keep people coming back? Are you willing to generate content of your own? (eg. reach out to space industry peeps and interview them on video?)

astrowilliam 13y ago
To be honest with you, I haven't reached out to anyone in the industry to buy ad space, but I've had a few advertorials which have been nice and have paid the bills for a few months. Most of my time is spent researching articles and writing at this point. The code is almost feature complete and will only need small updates here and there. I believe in the next 5-10 years the site could really take off because from what I've seen while being in this industry for a short time we are headed, in my opinion, into a new space race. I'd love to do interviews, travel to launches, etc, but time and money doesn't allow that at this time. To be honest, seeing 300,000+visitors in 3 days and over 1 million uniques in the first year have realllllly made me consider dropping everything and doing this full time. But my day job pays very well and I'm very happy there. Thanks for the advice, it's greatly appreciated.

astrowilliam 13y ago

To be honest with you, I haven't reached out to anyone in the industry to buy ad space, but I've had a few advertorials which have been nice and have paid the bills for a few months. Most of my time is spent researching articles and writing at this point. The code is almost feature complete and will only need small updates here and there. I believe in the next 5-10 years the site could really take off because from what I've seen while being in this industry for a short time we are headed, in my opinion, into a new space race. I'd love to do interviews, travel to launches, etc, but time and money doesn't allow that at this time. To be honest, seeing 300,000+visitors in 3 days and over 1 million uniques in the first year have realllllly made me consider dropping everything and doing this full time. But my day job pays very well and I'm very happy there. Thanks for the advice, it's greatly appreciated.