Hello DigitalPoint , i need some advices where should i invest my ...20 dollars , i know is not much , i know you guys make this ammount of money in 2-3 hours passive but this is my situation... :/ Well ... i already have a website without host named "amaXXXXzon.com" (if you wanna help me i will tell you the xxxx's in private , maybe you will tell me if the domain name is good for a amazon store. Tomorrow i was thinking at buying a godaddy economy hosting for 12 months + 1 free domain name that will cost me about 17$ with a coupon code. So only the "amaXXXX zon.com" will be hosted because it doesn't allow me to host more sites on economy hosting. The other domain that comes free with the host will have an adult name like ... FreePornBlaBlaBla.com (it will have only 9 letters , easy to memorize) that will redirect people to an adult/dating CPA offer...because of no host , my only option is to redirect... i will advertise this domain name watermarking adult videos and uploading on different popular adult sites/torrents... WILL THIS BE A GOOD IDEEA? As for the "AmaXXXXzon.com" ... I will try to find a nice wordpress theme and post products from amazon , i really don't have any ideea what theme/template/plugins should i use to make my website easier to edit ... that's why i need some advices I will advertise this "AmaXXXzon.com" website on pinterest because it's free and i heard it has good results...other free techniques i don't know...maibe i will create a facebook fan page but where should advertise it? or maybe i will do some youtube videos... I wish to make at least 1$ first week... 2$ second week and maybe 3$ for the third week XD...dreams... I think that's all , sorry for my crappy english... Please comment your thoughts about my ideeas , even if they won't help .
I'd be extremely concerned about running an amazon store on an amazon domain name - do some research to find out how they handle domains that appear to trade off their name. Be prepared to put a lot of time into your site since you don't have money to invest in programmers etc. The porn thing sounds ok, if that's the way you want to live. Profiting off exploitation and all that.
So you're saying that amaXXXXzon . com is not a good domain name to target audience? I'm not looking for fast money , i know is hard to build a good amazon store and get profit from it ... if i make this step i won't use wp-bots or things like this . I wanna make it from scratch , the products that i will publish will have a different picture/description than amazon's if it's possibe , if not...i will write a product description or edit the original one a bit. The porn thing is only for some fast money...i hope (maybe buy a host for it later when i have the $ to upload videos and place some ads). Reading different stuff on internet i'm starting to change my mind with this porn site...
Maybe you can try starting with a better domain name, and also try to cover a specific niche, it would be easier and cheaper.Also, you could search for coupons and get cheap domains and hosting. Darius Vaduva
The point Sarah is trying to make is that you can get into trademark trouble running an Amazon store with a domain that plays off the Amazon name. This is something you should thoroughly check before going into that direction. As most hosts will offer you a free domain, why don't you just think of a cool store name and use this domain for your shop. The porn idea it seems for you is in very early stages so you can postpone it for some time, while focusing on one thing at a time.
You should read trademark guidelines of Amazon affiliate program if you want to do business with Amazon. You are not allowed to use any trademark of Amazon or its affiliates, or a variant or misspelling of a trademark of Amazon or its affiliates: a. in any domain name or subdomain name – for example, a domain name or subdomain name such as <amaozn.com>, <amazonsupplystore.com>, <amazonauctions.net>, <kindlemagazines.mydomain.info>, <kindlewirelessreader.co.uk>, <friendazon.com>, <amazon.blogspot.com>, <amazonmusicblog.wordpress.com>, <imdb-videos.info>, or <johnsamazon.org> is prohibited; Better idea is to get your own domain name which will be linked with the topic of your blog
I'm not even going to get into the amazon domain name, but I will say to stay far far away from godaddy hosting.
Change your domain name and proceed with your project. If it pans out and is profitable - awesome. If it bombs and you lose money - move on. No need to drive yourself nuts over this idea. Invest in your idea, and if it doesn't work, go to a different business model online. P.S. Don't be surprised if Amazon deletes and bans your account because you're making money too fast.
If you don't have enough money at the moment, dump the amazon project and go ahead with the porn site. It is so easy to spam the hell out of social media sites and get porn traffic. It will depend on how you monetize the traffic but $1 - $3 a week is really achievable even with 3x less effort. One tip though, do not use the word " free " in your marketing or domain name, because your visitor's mindset would be set on the word "free" and they wouldn't convert.
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I think you should invest in your idea, but take a closer look at the domain. You might consider changing it.