so i have $27 just sitting in a verified paypal account. i have since closed the bank acct that i originally used to verify the acct so if i want the $ i have to request a check. waiting 2 weeks for $27 doesnt really excite me, so i was wondering how can i invest or use this $ to create any gains. i know this is pretty vague but i figured id see if there was anything useful i could do with it. thanks for your time. -robusto
I guess you could use it to purchase advertising for any of your sites or ventures, or a subscription to a magazine you like or to a website.
Do the $27 challenge. Buy hosting for a month ($5). Buy 27dollarchallenge.info ($2). Setup a blog and write about the amazing 27dollarchallenge and how people can do their own 27$c. Allocate advertising budget ($20). And there you go.
Interesting idea, but even though a .info domain is so much less expensive, it'd be better in the end for a .com domain - even though it'd take up a lot more of the original $27 budget.
Still, some valuable traffic would be lost to the .com domain, and in the long run if the site would ever be sold, a .info wouldn't go for nearly as much. Plus, .info is the type of domain that's used most often for spam sites. But, I agree, $27 doesn't leave you much to work with. And even if it's just for an experiment, $2 isn't much of a loss if the site wouldn't escalate into something big.
I agree that .com is better for most cases. If I was serious about a project, I would choose a name based on if a .com was available...but in this case it kinds of suits it - shows the site was made on a budget. Heck, they could 301 a .com to the .info later if it was a success.
I'd buy a few aged domains suitable for selling Niche products and then put up a sales page on each domain. $27 should be enough to get 1 or 2 sites setup if you buy wisely.
wow, thanks for all the great replies guys. my only problem is that i am clueless as to how i would effectively spend the advertising "budget" (lol), having said that, i have decided to invest the $27 into whadyapuck.com....NOT. on a serious note, if anyone is willing to mentor or school me a bit, i will give this a shot and split whatever gains are made or we share in the agony of failure
Generally link exchanges and getting backlinks on related sites. Head on over to the BST forum and see whats up on offer.
You can also article write (free of charge to you) and make nice money. I wrote 12 500 word articles for $185 the other day.