Week 1 - Niche Affiliate Websites
Welcome to the first week and in this week we're going to build a niche affiliate website.
So, what exactly is a niche affiliate website? This video has some examples:
Finding Proven Niche Ideas
This video shows how to find niches that have already proven to be profitable:
Finding A Product Niche First
This video shows how to find products that are selling and use those to pick your niche:
Checking Competition
This video shows how to check for the competition of the niche:
MozBar - The Chrome browser extension used in the video.
Choosing A Domain Name
This video shows how to pick the perfect domain name:
Wayback Machine - Check if a domain name has been used before.
The Niche Has Been Chosen!
This video reveals the niche and domain name I have chosen for this training:
Flippa Listing - This is one of the barbell sites sold on Flippa, that sparked the idea for this niche.
Installing WordPress
This video shows how to install WordPress:
Hosting - The things to look for when choosing a web host are cPanel, unlimited domains, high uptime (98%+), free SSL certificates and obviously a WordPress installer option.
Most hosts are quite similar but some I recommend are SiteGround and Bluehost.
Initial WordPress Settings
This video shows the settings to change in WordPress:
WordPress Plugins
This video shows the various WordPress plugins I'll be using:
Here are the plugins mentioned:
Easy Table of Contents
Pretty Links
Q2W3 Fixed Widget
Wordfence Security
WP Meta and Date Remover
Rank Math SEO
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WPLegalPages
WordPress Theme
This video shows the WordPress theme I'll be using:
The theme I'm using is called ColorMag
Keyword Research
This video shows how to choose keywords for your website:
Keyword Surfer - This is the Chrome extension to find related keywords and volumes.
Moz - Create a free account and use for keyword and backlink research.
Article Length
This video shows how to find out how long your articles need to be:
Keyword Surfer - This is the Chrome extension that shows the number of words on each ranking website in Google.
Article Creation
This video shows how to create the content for your website:
ineedarticles - Is a site you can use to order content. You can also use iWriter, Freelancer, Fiverr or any of the other outsourcing websites.
Here's the template I use for ordering review articles:
This article is for an Amazon product review website.
Please include the main features and benefits of each product.
Please create the article using the following structure:
--
Opening paragraph (100+ words)
Product Name 1 review (200+ words)
Product Name 2 review (200+ words)
Product Name 3 review (200+ words)
Product Name 4 review (200+ words)
Closing paragraph (100+ words)
--
And here are the links to the products on Amazon for your reference.
Product Name 1 URL
Product Name 2 URL
Product Name 3 URL
Product Name 4 URL
Backlinks - Social Media Sites
This video explains which links to get first to your website:
95+ Social Sites - This is the list of social sites you can use.
Fiverr Gig - This is the Fiverr gig shown but there are many others to choose from too.
Backlinks - Web 2.0 Sites
This video explains the next links to get to your website:
140+ Web 2.0 Sites - Here's the list of 140+ Web 2.0 sites you can use.
Backlinks - Ethically Stealing Links
This video shows how to get your competitors backlinks:
Moz - Create a free account and use the Inbound Links tool to find those backlinks.
Selling Your Website
When your website is getting traffic and sales, then you can sell it. Often sites that make just $100 a month are sold for $10,000+
The easiest way to sell a website is to list it on Flippa.com.
To add your site to Flippa for sale, you create a listing.
I usually structure my listings like this:
Site description
Release Date
Traffic Levels
Keywords Being Found For
Profits
Potential
Site Maintenance
What Is Included
Why Sell
Why Buy From Me
Here's an example of a listing:
Hi
This listing is for the sale of – http://www.DomainName.com
This is a totally hands-free site with consistent organic traffic that makes hundreds of dollars each month in passive income.
What is the Site?
The site is an Amazon product review site in the XXXXX niche. There are reviews of products about various products. The site runs on the WordPress platform.
When was it Launched?
The site was launched on XXXXX and has XXXXX unique posts on it.
How Many Visitors does it get?
The site currently gets XXXXX unique visitors per month. This is all organic and free traffic from the search engines. I have attached screenshots.
What Keywords is it being found for?
Here are just a few of the XXXXX keywords that the site was found for last month and all rank in the top 10 of Google:
ENTER KEYWORDS HERE
What Profits does it Make?
The site makes commissions from Amazon and here are the profits made.
Total profits are:
MONTH - $XXXXX
MONTH - $XXXXX
MONTH - $XXXXX
MONTH - $XXXXX
MONTH - $XXXXX
MONTH - $XXXXX
Can Traffic and Sales be Increased?
Easily! All you need to do is to add new review posts to the site and these should naturally rank as the site has good stability and authority in the niche. You could also add more monetization such as Adsense, CPA offers or a newsletter to build a list.
What is Involved in Running the Site?
There is literally ZERO work involved in running the site. You will only have to insert your Amazon associates ID into the posts to replace mine and you’re good to go.
What is Included in the Sale?
Domain Name – DomainName.com is registered at XXXXX and will be a free push to your own account.
Full Website – You receive the entire website, content, theme and everything as it stands now.
Transfer – I will transfer the site to your host as long as you have cPanel/MySQL. Most hosts like Hostgator have these.
Why are you Selling?
I have several other projects on the go that this sale will help to progress.
Why Should You Trust Me?
I have personally sold around 100 sites here on Flippa and have 100% feedback as my sites are genuine and my buyers are always very happy.
(If you haven’t sold any sites yet, just add a brief bio about yourself.)
To Sum up:
This is a great opportunity for you to own a website that requires ZERO work but still brings in hundreds of dollars every single month!
Any questions just ask here or via PM.
Thanks for reading!
XXXXX
Some Tips For Selling
Here are some vital tips to help you get the most out of your Flippa.com listings:
1. No need to list your auction for longer than 10 days. I find that 5 or 7 day listings always get enough interest for the product to sell for the desired price. Try to have your auction ending on a weekday except for Fridays. I normally do Tuesday-Tuesday or Thursday-Thursday. (A 30 day auction would only ever be needed if you were selling a site for more than $100,000.)
2. If you’re pretty sure that your auction will sell for more than $1,000 then you should accept escrow payment only.
3. Start your auction at $1.00 as this encourages more early bids. The more bids your auction gets, the more interest it will receive and ultimately it will sell for a higher price.
4. Set a reserve price at the minimum amount you would be happy to receive.
5. Try and explain in as much detail all you can about your site. Try and list all the benefits and features it has and why it will appeal to a new owner.
6. Be sure to provide as many screenshots as you can to prove traffic stats and earnings. This adds more credibility to your listing.
7. Answer all comments individually where possible. More comments should mean more people will take interest in your listing.
8. A standard listing is normally the only thing required. But if you think your site will sell for more than $1,000 then use the upgrades offered when listing.
9. Add a BIN (Buy It Now) price within the last 24-48 hours of your auction. As a guideline, I generally add a BIN price that is roughly 50% of the current highest bid. So if that bid is $10,000 then the BIN price would be $15,000 or even $20,000. This encourages one of the bidders to act fast to guarantee they win the auction.
10. Try and transfer the site in a timely manner. Once escrow has been made secure, then you should transfer everything over to them as quick as you can. This ensures that you receive your money fast and also keeps the buyer happy.
11. Keep a list of all your buyers. If they have a good experience in dealing with you, then you can contact them the next time you have a site for sale and may not have to list it for sale on Flippa. Set up a list for them to join, then you can email them BEFORE you list the site on Flippa.com. This can save you a lot of money in listing and success fees.
If your website is making $1,000+ then you might also want to look at selling it on Empire Flippers instead. They sell premium websites and do a great job of finding legitimate buyers.
Any problems/questions, just create a ticket on my helpdesk here.