Maybe it would be an idea to invest in BANS? I presume setting up BANS sites is a lot easier and quicker than what you're doing with joomla, well that's what Aaron's doing, and he's raking in the cash.
Hi Teapoint, well you have a good point about Bans - I think I will invest in it eventually, but I have chosen Joomla for a couple of reasons 1. I'm a tightwad and Joomla is free!! 2. It has no Bans footprint - well it could be argued that this makes no difference to big G but I've recently seen a lot of forum and blog posts to suggest otherwise - my .infos are doing just as well as my .coms just now, so go figure 3. It has a lot and I mean a lot of add-ons that i want to incorporate once the dust has settled on my initial build phase - these addons (forums, community stuff) for my better performing sites should hopefully make them stickier and get more traffic in the long run 4. Its actually quicker to set up a basic EBay site using Joomla than Bans - honest if i dont mess about with graphics and content I can have a site up using Fantastico in about 30-45 minutes all in. 5. Its about the niche - look at Aarons site and he openly admits that 2 sites out of 48 make him 75% of his income - I reckon he could have done that with Joomla as well - its the niche not the software thats the success here. In any case, I honestly believe that its all in the promotion of the site, not the software involved. Look at the number of 'copycats' that have all been successfull - phpBay and so on - its not what you've got its what you do with it (haha) In any case I'm aiming for my 30 sites and then I'll make a decision, in any case i like Joomla so thats a good enough reason for me
Yeah, that's what it's like with most who start out online, and I guess If you find it works for you, then why not? If you're determined, you'll achieve your goal, and I wish you good luck on the way. My goal is $50 per day online by the end of the summer holidays, have you set yourself a similar goal? Currentlly I'm at $0 per day so that can only improve , but I have been working hard on my new site which I'm hoping will rake in the ca$h. After my site venture I might get into BANS a bit, and when I'm raking it in on that, I'll thank you for inspiring me and pointing me to Aaron's highly motivating blog.
Yeah, my goal is $1 million dollars (in my best Doctor Evil voice) per day, but, like you I'm about $999,999 short, oh well! Anyway, heres todays site http://www.mensbreitlingwatches.com Hope you like it and I've updated my stats/story at the blog in my sig See Ya
Damn is it really 6 days since my last update! Well its nearly 7 as its just before midnite here so I'll keep it short. Basically I'm chuffed to bits as I've finally made it to Google #1 slot for a long-tail keyword with 52000 competitive matches. That alone has spurred me on, if you want to know what th term is and how I did it then check my blog in my sig Ta
Seems like I'm finally getting somewhere! Got a bit of a spike in my clicks the other day that is (slowly) filtering through into some sales, and another site live at http://uslandauctions.info Hope you like, and as always, comments and especially encouragement welcome. check the blog in my sig if you want further insight!
Drax, I'm late to the game but I'm in. I only just made my 1st ebay affiliate site with joomla last weekend - no sales yet but got a few clicks from adsense. I just bought some more domains and I'm ready to go. I think you're picking some great niches - congratz on your google rankings ;-) Thanks for sharing! Jan
Well, you all thought I'd given up didnt you..now be honest! Well, the problem with EPN at this stage is that its not generating enough income for the time being invested so i had to concentrate on some other, more lucrative stuff for a while. So, here we go again. I've stopped counting the days but am sticking to my 50 sites target - still a bit to go. You can see my August stats at the blog in my sig, and heres a couple of new sites for you to enjoy Land Auctions Guitar Mini Amps Back soon
Hey Teapoint, Just the usual stuff really, Bum Marketing, Clickbank etc etc, oh and a full time day job in the medical IT business of course - thats still my main business I'm afraid. Anyways, another site http://www.buymeawebkinz.com and another blog entry - cant believe its been almosta month since the last site.