Is there a free way to test how much your website can make?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by m3romeo, Apr 7, 2008.

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    Besides paying for an AD to drive traffic to your site, what are some things I can do to see how much my site can make on certain amount of traffic. Basically what I want to see is what my site can make in AD revenue with traffic thats like 50+ times more then it currently is before I go and spend big marketing money.
     
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  2. MoneyMoose

    MoneyMoose Peon

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    There is no way of seeing how much money a site can make with ad revenues without directly monetizing the site.

    I suppose you would just take your current eCPM and apply it to 50x your normal traffic. Still, this really isn't an accurate way.
     
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    ninjashoes Well-Known Member

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    Best thing I can think of is maybe ask people within your niche but really that even won't tell you much.
     
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    It seems to me..youve put the cart before the horse....the first things Ild want to know..is ..WHO.....not what...who is my market...who are my competitors...who is going to spend money...who is going to visit......find the answers to those questions first
     
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    If you are doing click ads, like Google, you can roughly tell. In most cases, less than one half to around one percent click on ads, so, do the math from the number of daily visitors you get.

    That is, roughly, how much you will make.
     
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  6. m3romeo

    m3romeo Peon

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    Good pointers guys...I was wondering, you think I would be able to find someone that can drive like lets say 5,000+ uv's and I would post their AD code on the site just to get an idea...I know it will definetly pay, I just want to convience myself
     
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    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    #7
    there is no other way to find out but to test it yourself. if you have traffic currently and making some money, then just do a little math. multiply the current revenue with 50 to see how muck 50 times more traffic will bring. it might not give you exact figure, but you will get some idea
     
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  8. PlateFish

    PlateFish Banned

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    An entrepreneur is a person that takes risks. If you are confident in your product then go ahead with it and put your heart into it for the next year and try and take it off the ground.

    Don't worry about messin around with working out if you will get paid or not. Take a step and set your mind to it.

    Good luck.
     
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  9. m3romeo

    m3romeo Peon

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    Would you guys say this is decent money by the stats i just generated...

    Page Impressions: 74,126
    Clicks: 61
    Pay our: $ 7.18


    Last month....

    Page Impressions: 371,989
    Clicks: 543
    Pay out: $54

    This is based on 300-450 UV a day
     
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    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    That's bad revenue, only $0.10 eCPM.

     
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  11. m3romeo

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    Actually the Net eCPM was at 0.15...but after their cut thats what i get
     
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    That's good payout for starters!
     
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    No it isn't. And frankly, you can't magically make traffic appear. You can BUY shitty traffic, but you can't BUY good traffic. You have to build it with content, advertising, a whole mix of things. By changing how visitors find your site (from your current visitor level to a level boosted by bought traffic), your click rate and click values will drop, so you will make less.
     
    taylorwilsdon, Apr 7, 2008 IP