Short Url Sites ? Do They Make Money ?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Hugeforum, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. #1
    Well am thinking of opening a website which will shorten url like tinyurl and many other sites ..
    The question is do they make money ?
    The site is expected to get 40-80K Page Views from 20-40k Unique Visitors daily ..
    So will it make good money ? And what ad program should I use ?
     
    Hugeforum, Feb 23, 2008 IP
  2. usmanzali

    usmanzali Well-Known Member

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    hm how are you going to get the traffic?

    I have tried it for some reason they tend to pay high per click.

    So I would say at your traffic rate that would be good money. Program I used was adsenes. ;)

    Good luck.
     
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  3. Hugeforum

    Hugeforum Banned

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    #3
    Yes i can make that much ..
    The problem is while checking few sites .. I found a short url site for sale with 40K visits daily an making 1-2$ ?
    So is that true ?
     
    Hugeforum, Feb 24, 2008 IP
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    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    Well in my book any site that has money can make $$$
     
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  5. Hugeforum

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    Didn't get it .. you mean any site that has traffic ?
     
    Hugeforum, Feb 25, 2008 IP
  6. Sohan

    Sohan Peon

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    Probably did. It makes sense.
     
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    Well you can put a gateway page in between the actual url and put ads on there.
     
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  8. Hugeforum

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    #8
    Started one and will see if it will make a lot with adbrite :)
    Thanks for the support everybody :)
    Site is : http://shortnhidden.com
     
    Hugeforum, Apr 6, 2008 IP
  9. BTS

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    i advise u to use pop up with adbrite to generate more revenues because only Adbrite CPM Will Not give u Good $$
    Good Luck !
     
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    usmanzali Well-Known Member

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  11. Dollar

    Dollar Active Member

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    your domain is not short, in fact its 12 characters long.
    You should of got one that is like max 6 letters. (But its very hard to find 4 letter .com' becuase all the LLLL.com are gone) 5 letter .com are a little hard to find.
    I have this site btw, and it makes nothing
    http://spiturl.com
     
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    arale Guest

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    try mine www.xeoxeo.com I got nothing for this site, do you want to get it?
     
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    there are too many of these sites around, my suggestion would be to think of a way that no one has used in the short url industry and advertise your site based on this difference, for example, "Site Name, The only short url site that does X" etc.
     
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    in theory--less letters, easier to find
     
    cscott5288, Apr 6, 2008 IP