Expand my website

Discussion in 'General Business' started by yh1988, May 1, 2009.

  1. #1
    I am having a soccer blog. It is generating 20K++ unique in March and it grow to 30K++ in April. It is a big growth, but there is no significant increase in revenue. Is there any idea to increase the revenue for my website. I was thinking to:


    - join some affiliate program
    - have a store which is selling soccer related product (drop shipping)

    Is there any thing else I can do to expand my website? I am clueless which affiliate program to join and which drop shipping company to join.

    I found lightinthebox.com for drop shipping. But, the product is quite cheap but the shipping cost is a little bit high. It required around $35(cost) for each jersey.

    Please give me some idea or comment.
     
    yh1988, May 1, 2009 IP
  2. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #2
    Yes you should try some selling some link or banner ads at your site for let say $1/CPM.
    Other than that,you can try some news to your visitor such as latest soccer news is sent to their handphone.
     
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  3. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #3
    My blog are more in soccer video. I have tried to sell banner, someone come for inquire but no reply after I give a price..
     
    yh1988, May 1, 2009 IP
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    #4
    sell soccer souvenier and jersey from ebay? sorry, cause that is what is see soccer blogs are doing
     
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  5. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I am not selling it in ebay.. I am selling it in my blog
     
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  6. gr8liverpoolfan

    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    #6
    Join affiliate programs that sell shirts and tickets.

    There are loads of merchants selling football shirts that are always on the lookout for affiliates.

    If you've got a fair bit of UK traffic, join either Affiliate Future or Affiliate Window.

    Are you pricing the banner ads correctly? If you price them right, you should be able to find some buyers.
     
    gr8liverpoolfan, May 1, 2009 IP
  7. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    According to my traffic? How much I suppose to charge??
    I am charging $15 per month... do you think it is reasonable??
     
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    i think $10 would be fine.
     
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  9. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Is there anything else other than selling a banner ads...
     
    yh1988, May 1, 2009 IP
  10. gr8liverpoolfan

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    Where does the majority of your traffic come from? SE's or direct referrals? Country? Position of the ads?
     
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  11. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #11
    This is my soccer site: http://www.soccergoalx.com
    last month i got around 10K of visitor from SE.
    the rest are coming from link posting in forum.
     
    yh1988, May 2, 2009 IP
  12. associate

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    Get more text in your website and try contextual ads. Look at your competitors' sites and see what they are doing.
     
    associate, May 3, 2009 IP
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    the writer Well-Known Member

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    You could try joining a site like Commission Junction or Google Affiliate Network, and sign up with affiliates whose products you can market that have something to do with soccer. There are plenty of them around.
     
    the writer, May 3, 2009 IP
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    #14
    It looks like you have a rather high bounce rate.(43%) Meaning people come and then leave without going further.
    It also looks like most of your visitors come from Hong Kong via discuss.com.hk and uwants.com

    Most advertisers know how to find this so if they are not marketing to Hong Kong then there is no need to purchase banner space.

    Perhaps negotiate advertisement with Hong Kong vendors?
     
    HomeComputerGames, May 3, 2009 IP
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    Attracting potential buyers and converting them to paying customers is the primary objective of a business website. Relevant keywords attract relevant traffic that wants to buy what you offer. By expanding your keyword lists you are broadening the potential market for the products you sell.
     
    Barkri12, May 4, 2009 IP
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    #16

    I agree try to capture emails threw feedburner or something like that
     
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  17. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #17
    I think I should try to independent from the Hong Kong forum for gaining traffic.
     
    yh1988, May 4, 2009 IP
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    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #18
    I got to start writing some soccer article instead the video. That would probably increase royal reader.
     
    yh1988, May 4, 2009 IP
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    How do you find out information such as bounce rate? And where visitors are coming from?

    Thanks
     
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  20. yh1988

    yh1988 Well-Known Member

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    #20
    You can find it from alexa
     
    yh1988, May 6, 2009 IP