Ok I know I'm jumping into this with very little experience but I thought I would see what I could achieve with $100 and no experience. I've done a little research and decided to buy an arcade script. Yes I do know that the arcade site market to say the least is very busy but I've gone for a script that I believe is a little different from the others and it has a very good admin panel. The site has been running for a few days and today I loaded google adsense and I have also included a few affiliate banners which I hope may generate a little cash. I'm going to post updates every couple of days in this thread but I would be very interested in your comments and your predictions of how I will do in the first few months.
No I will not post my site url as I do not want people to think that this is some kind of marketing campaign. I will post the url in a month or two. What should I expect in the first month?
$100 for a website? Wow, I call that a big budget. I would recommended learning HTML & PHP, then using some free scripts to jazz things up a little. The only thing you should pay for on a website is the domain and the hosting, maybe a nice design...nothing more
I think some of you are missing the point here. I'm simply trying to see what I can achieve and measure it against what others predict. If I start posting the url then this devalues my aim in starting this thread. I promise that at the end of this experiment I will post my url and no matter how I have done. I suppose I'm after some tips from those that have developed decent sites thst generate a steady income.
This Forum is not used for guessing games, if you ask some of the pros here for advise don't beat around the bush, give url. please don't waste their time and yours. I am also new to all this and any free info is always greatly appretiated.
Bottom line: We need to see the site to determine anything. It's like askign someone how much their car is worth without showing them the car.
If I post my url then I will be accused of marketing my site. This is just a basic experiment to see what I can achieve in a couple of months. I will post proof of any adsense earnings and any affiliate earnings. My balance at the moment is $0 so I'm looking forward to my first 1c. Maybe this thread will be of interest to many like myself wiho do not have a clue about developing a site and the marketing involved etc. If some do not like the fact that I'm not giving the url at this stage then please feel free to ignore this thread.
It's just an arcade site with flash games and I'm not asking how much it is worth I'm trying to develop some decent marketing techniques to try and make my site generate sales. Does anyone understand what I'm doing?
Someone in another post said he got the 100$ after 9 months of hard work and i afraid you`re going to achieve the same after similar period.
Again you are missing the point! This thread is all about what can be achieved with a Turnkey Arcade script and a little marketing. Perhaps my sales after a couple of months will be $0 but I'm going to make regular posts about my progress or lack of it. I'm starting with the arcade script and 1000 flash games. I have google adsense loaded and a few affiliate banners.
If there is multiple people in this thread telling you go ahead post the URL so we can check it out, how would you be complained about for a "marketing campaign"
Ok, well if your site is LOADED with adsense, and is put in a crapy spot, then you will make next to nothing. Again, hard to tell without looking at the site. Cahcnes are, with a game site you will make less than the money you put into it right off the bat. Maybe after a year, you will be profitable.
Ok thanks for your comment and you may well be right but if I get a couple of signups from affiliates banners then perhaps I can do better. I simply do not know or have any targets but I guess the most I can lose is $100 which is my initial investment.
Well how do you expect to get traffic? There are millions of game sites out there. YOu will need to buy advertising to make it known. You will need to buy links.
Thanks for the post and yes I agree with you. I suppose I'm hoping for some sign ups from the affliate banners but it's not going to be easy. Does anyone have any tips on marketing an arcade a site?