Hi Members, I am lurking around on this forum from last 2-3 years but after coming back from UK I am taking steps to do something with CJ and EBAY. I have bought BANS and have launched a store about cheap cell phone auctions..I just want to know if I launch 50 stores with different popular themes on ebay can I really achieve target of 2000 USD every month. I am really desperate to make my first sale...wish me luck... --Osmosis
yes it is possible but with really high profile niches like mobile phones your competition is very high and so decreasing your chances. Much better to find less competitive niches to start with where it will be easier (cheaper) to find traffic that will convert for you. Have you planned how to promote your sites?? Anyway best of luck with your goals.
I 100% agree with mcjp6. Pick a less competitive niche. The weirder the better. If you've got an obscure hobby or interest, then capitalize on your knowledge about it. If you don't have a 'interesting interest', then think of one. It's better to be #1 (or at least front page) for something unusual, than on page 32 for cell phones. --- Re target of $2000 USD per month. Yes it's possible, and I doubt you'll need 50 stores to do it - but you will need quality "ready to buy" traffic.
you have made the mistake i think 90% of bans users make come on .. cellphones? didnt cellphones.com just sell for like $5mill or something daft that shows what just direct traffic is worth in that niche! anyhow yes research on how to research keywords well and find niches that have decent searches and low competition, there is literally millions of them out there. Think outside the box. take your choosen niche, and imagine it is the top level of a pyramid, now try work your way down to the very bottom level. Once you dominate that work back up and maybe someday you will have the skills to challenge the really big niche keywords. As it is possible!
also yes $2k is very much possible remember no one is just going to give it to you you have to earn it p.s. one of my Bans stores made $2k last month alone, although it was Christmas month!
The best advice I can offer is to look for niches and micro niches. That and try to focus on higher price items. I've found in very short period of time that unique items are easy to get Google hit from, and things that are perceived as high in value. Build a network of site with different IP's and then link them together. Good luck
I tried asking a question related to this in an SEO thread but never got answered. If you are creating multiple bans site on a shared hosting with addon domians and using subdomains, is it not a good idea to link to each other because of the IP issue? I thought the IP issue had to do with duplicate content sites (like setting up a ring of hosting review sites on one ip and all linking to eachother) Or does that apply to doing this for a "bans ring" as well. Lets say i have a cell phone bans site with unique articles etc, is it a bad idea to set up a different bans site for digital cameras with unique content on the same shared hosting and link them to eachother (assuming these sites have different domain names with addon domains?) Don't mean to hijack. I think it is related to the topic though. Here is a quote from my other thread that was unanswered.
Thanks for your response..I am good Java/J2EE programmer and I can earn up 500-600 pounds daily in UK area and I am making cj as medium to survive incase I go out of any contract in unexpected way.. I can really do decent programming on Java/J2EE side even PHP or vbulletin I am okay with...I know finding the niche the key..but how can I find that I myself go on ebay... I thought if I setup cheapmobileauctionsonline dot info it will give me good number of hits so I might earn somethign ACRU ( $25) ...by promoting it on different forums and youtube video should give me something..basically I want to see that it works firstly then I can do some research on finding the niche as well.. Yeah one of the hobby I have making videos of throught my Nokia N95...was wondering if I run a website like youtube can it generate some traffic to my website...
Osmosis: No one can guarantee that you can make X amount of money with Y amount of sites. Granted, some people make $2k with single BANS site, others make that amount of money with 10 sites. It really depends on how you promote the sites. Testing and tracking is your only way to achieve your target of $2000 per month. Here's few suggestions from me: 1. Promote hot selling items. 2. Make your sites more unique, add more contents like review, youtube vid, how to guide. This is important if you plan to use SEO. heck, even if you use PPC, Adwords will reward you for this as you are providing good user experience. 3. Collect an opt in list that you can sell to again and again. Do update us your progress! To your success, CY