$10k/month Website Journey.

[orb04]

Hey guys,

I wanted to share the stats of the website I am currently working on and provide monthly updates to help motivate people who are looking to start their own website.

The website is built on an expired domain and has seen some pretty good growth over recent months.

I started working on the website at the start of July (so around 5 months).

Sessions have climbed from 5,058 to 35,405 at the start of this month and continue to grow. Thankfully, the site was not impacted by the recent Google update that rolled out in November.

Since first starting on the website, I have added around 200,000 words.

My main method of hiring writers is through UpWork. It can take some time, but if you look hard enough you can find a decent amount of writers who will write for a good price.

I am currently trying to reach 50,000 sessions as fast as possible so I can jump on the MediaVine bandwagon and start earning some ad revenue.

The website contains mostly informational-based articles, but there are also a number of product reviews and best X for Y articles that bring in some affiliate commissions.

Currently, I have not applied to any other affiliate networks, but I do plan on moving away from Amazon within the next few months.

Tl;dr:

Month	Words Published	Sessions	Ad Earnings (USD)	Affiliate Earnings (USD)
November	38,070 words	35,405 sessions	$0	$201.53 USD

Hopefully I will be able to crack 50,000 sessions this month or next.

I would be happy to answer any questions if you have any.

 

[mathman321]

Hi , good luck with the project !
What is the average cost per 1000words from the writers on Upwork ?

 

[orb04]

Hi , good luck with the project !
What is the average cost per 1000words from the writers on Upwork ?

Thanks so much bro!

I pay between $25-$30 USD per 1000 words.

Anything lower and I feel like the quality decreases pretty substantially lol.

 

[blogmen]

Nice growth!

How much did the expired domain cost?

Do you have mostly tier 1 traffic?

How much do you expect to earn from mediavine when you reach 50k sessions?

Good luck!

 

[johnpham]

Congratulation.
Do you use any social networking method to create traffic?
How much percent of your access is about organic search and how much percent is redirecting?

 

[im.King]

Congratulations for so far and Following you OP !

I have an Question Which Tier Traffic you using ?

 

[GenesisOne]

You are nearly there op.
Will follow your success.

 

[getseoonline]

I see you are already profiting so keep doing and all the best...following

 

[Digitalcitizen]

I hope you achieve all your goals.
Are you doing any link building?

 

[BabyJoker]

Good stuff man! I'll be following your journey

I've for 2 questions for you (if you don't mind answering):

Have you done some kind of backlinking on the site'
How old is the content?

 

[AnotherShot]

$0

i would suggest getting on ezoic asap. 30k pageviews would be anywhere from $150 to $600 in revenue

 

[WindowsCleaning]

Hey guys,

I wanted to share the stats of the website I am currently working on and provide monthly updates to help motivate people who are looking to start their own website.

The website is built on an expired domain and has seen some pretty good growth over recent months.

I started working on the website at the start of July (so around 5 months).

Sessions have climbed from 5,058 to 35,405 at the start of this month and continue to grow. Thankfully, the site was not impacted by the recent Google update that rolled out in November.

Since first starting on the website, I have added around 200,000 words.

My main method of hiring writers is through UpWork. It can take some time, but if you look hard enough you can find a decent amount of writers who will write for a good price.

I am currently trying to reach 50,000 sessions as fast as possible so I can jump on the MediaVine bandwagon and start earning some ad revenue.

The website contains mostly informational-based articles, but there are also a number of product reviews and best X for Y articles that bring in some affiliate commissions.

Currently, I have not applied to any other affiliate networks, but I do plan on moving away from Amazon within the next few months.

Tl;dr:

Month	Words Published	Sessions	Ad Earnings (USD)	Affiliate Earnings (USD)
November	38,070 words	35,405 sessions	$0	$201.53 USD

Hopefully I will be able to crack 50,000 sessions this month or next.

I would be happy to answer any questions if you have any.

Good luck bro!

 

[sobolanu]

Following, GL.

5,058 to 35,405 organic sessions in a few months is quite impressive, would you mind sharing some GSC/GA screens ? Thanks !

 

[orb04]

Hey guys,

I haven't updated this case study in a while.

Here is the traffic/earnings report since my last update:

Month	Words Published	Sessions	Ad Earnings (USD)	Affiliate Earnings (USD)
November	38,070	35,405	$0	$201.53
December	22,908	45,629	$0	$193.89
January	66,668	61,212	$0	$255.09
February	39,043	66,574	$696.71	$144.05
March	73,798	86,583	$2,036.93	$147.43
TOTAL	240487 words	295,403	$2,733.64	$941.99

As you can see, I have recently joined Mediavine and have seen around a $24 RPM in March.

I will answer some of the questions I have received since my last update (sorry for getting back to you guys so late).

Nice growth!

How much did the expired domain cost?

Do you have mostly tier 1 traffic?

How much do you expect to earn from mediavine when you reach 50k sessions?

Good luck!

Hey man, thanks!

How much did the expired domain cost?

~$3k USD

Do you have mostly tier 1 traffic?

Yeah, it's around 75% split between US, UK, Canada, and Australia

How much do you expect to earn from mediavine when you reach 50k sessions?

Last month was my first full month with Mediavine and I made $2k USD with 86,000 sessions

Congratulation.
Do you use any social networking method to create traffic?
How much percent of your access is about organic search and how much percent is redirecting?

Thanks man.

Do you use any social networking method to create traffic?

I post some of my articles to relevant subreddits and use IFTTT to automate social posts for new articles on Facebook/Twitter

I hope you achieve all your goals.
Are you doing any link building?

Thanks for the kind works man.

Are you doing any link building?

I'm not doing any link building at the moment as I think it is more beneficial to push out content.

I will be looking to do it soon though.

Good stuff man! I'll be following your journey

I've for 2 questions for you (if you don't mind answering):

Have you done some kind of backlinking on the site'
How old is the content?

Great, I hope to see you here for future updates then

How old is the content?

I started publishing content at the start of July last year, so it is all under a year old.

Good luck bro!

Thanks bro!

Following, GL.

5,058 to 35,405 organic sessions in a few months is quite impressive, would you mind sharing some GSC/GA screens ? Thanks !

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

Sure, here is the most recent screenshot of GA.



Any other questions let me know!

 

[Accountstealth]

Hey great journey!
What is your keyword research method for finding informational keywords?
Are you targeting low comp? Or high ones with low KD?