How does this site make money?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by whiteshark, Aug 7, 2006.

  1. #1
    http://www.faster-results.com

    That's a site that advertises with google adwords, but when you visit the site, it seems like a search engine that has "sponsored results".

    I'm wondering how these guys are affording to do a PPC campaign and have only sponsored results. Do they have an affiliate program with every single one of their results, or just some of them?

    Even if they do have an affiliate program, I wonder how they have a positive ROI ...

    I see a lot of crap sites like this one, but always wonder how they are making money.
     
    whiteshark, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  2. advantage

    advantage Well-Known Member

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    This is the kind of site that are the engine behind PPC engines like goclick and overture.

    How they make money is simply pay less and sell for more.

    I think that some of the PPC engines pay 75% or more commission.
     
    advantage, Aug 7, 2006 IP
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    drugoon Guest

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    I think that the results are from a feed search partner, so only paid links in the results.
     
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    ahref Well-Known Member

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    Arbitrage sites work on very tight margins. However in the long run cpc dropped in adwords, and profit increases.
     
    ahref, Aug 7, 2006 IP
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    jameskon Well-Known Member

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    Their contact us says:-




    Thats how they make money... through sharing some % of click amount.
     
    jameskon, Aug 8, 2006 IP
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    Fahd Well-Known Member

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    ahref got it right, its just search arbitrage on huge volumes. There are tons of sites like these, one I've been seeing a lot of is www.purebusiness.com
     
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    whiteshark Peon

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    That's kind of what I thought. They're a search engine where they mix in "their own" affiliate links.

    But I'm still left wondering how their ROI is positive if they're doing PPC. It seems like a challenge, but I guess it depends on what kind of $$ they're collecting on leads.
     
    whiteshark, Aug 9, 2006 IP
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    if you are really making money, it's very nice but not making change with adsense or any other affiliate program instead of this search one..
     
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