Authority Niche Site Project (Amazon & Adsense)

[Cray]

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my journey building an authority niche website. The reason I'm sharing this here is to track my progress and success/failures and to keep me motivated.

What have I done so far?
I started this project maybe half a year ago, mostly based on trial and error. I have not yet figured everything out - especially when it comes to building backlinks there's a lot to be learned for me.

The website itself attracts around 30'000 visitors a day and currently generates about 200$ to 300$ a month.

I'm happy with the setup and the look & feel of the website as it currently is. So what I focus most of my efforts on is researching keywords, getting posts written and building backlinks. I try to outsource most of it but I don't have any particular service that I can recommend as I switch them often.

The only paid tool that I'm using is LongTailPro, even though I've been wondering about its accuracy lately.

What's next?
In order to generate a little bit of momentum I will start posting updates about my current progress and about what I'm working on.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

[Dokezar]

Best of Luck OP! Keep us Informed!

 

[Security Tester]

According to your title, you're using adsense on your Amazon niche site too. Is that correct? Because most of the times using Adsense on an Amazon niche site is a big no-go.
Further, I am very interested in your journey, since I actually started my own Amazon niche site moments ago

 

[Deleted member 813988]

with 30k of users per day you can make $300 daily
not sure what is with your setup/site or traffic, but you can make much more profit

 

[Cray]

According to your title, you're using adsense on your Amazon niche site too. Is that correct? Because most of the times using Adsense on an Amazon niche site is a big no-go.
Further, I am very interested in your journey, since I actually started my own Amazon niche site moments ago

Yes, that's true. I have some articles that target high CPC keywords and others that target Amazon products. I personally think that they don't interfere as I usually have long 1'500+ words articles and it doesn't look cluttered with ads. But depending on performance I might settle more on one or the other in the future.

 

[Hawkster]

All the best buddy, keep at and keep improving the site. Whatever you do, do not give up. Its a small % of people that succeed and that small % happen to be the ones who never gave up.

 

[Cray]

with 30k of users per day you can make $300 daily
not sure what is with your setup/site or traffic, but you can make much more profit

Well, I don't know how this should be possible. If you want to have a look at the setup of my site, send me your skype via pm. I'm thankful for any advice.

(I can't write private messages yet)

 

[AquaticGamer]

30K visitors a day or per month? That seems more like per month earnings to me.

 

[Cray]

30K visitors a day or per month? That seems more like per month earnings to me.

Ah, that's why the confusion! Sorry my mistake. It's 30'000 per month.

 

[Gosocials]

Good luck to your Journey !!!

 

[Cray]

Ok guy, let’s get to work.

Update 1

Stats for last week

Visits: 8’500
AdSense: 20$
Amazon: 27$
Expenses: 0$

Plans for next week

• publish an article that I’ve been working on for quite some time
• order some web 2.0s for a recently published article
• replace one Adsense text ad with an image ad to see if this increases performance
• research keywords for a new article

I’m starting a list with all the backlink services that I’ll order. I mark down the keyword, the initial SERP position as well as the position at delivery and one month later. By doing this, I try to figure out what works best for me.

 

[Cray]

Update 2

Stats for last week

Visits: 8’400
AdSense: 18$
Amazon: 27$
Expenses: 56$

I’m happy that I could almost sustain the view count and the income from last week despite holiday season. My traffic on the 25th was the lowest since months.

Overall Profit

Income: 92$
Expenses: 56$

I track this because I currently want to reinvest everything I earn.

What I did last week

• ordered a new set of keywords for a new Amazon related article and some web 2.0s to an older article
• optimized ad placement: replaced the text ad below the first paragraph with a responsive image ad; replaced the Adsense ad in the sidebar with sticky, floating Amazon native shopping ad; added a side-wide Adsense anchor ad for mobile
• published a new article

The change didn’t had a significant impact on either Adsense or Amazon performance.

Plans for next week

• order a new article and publish it if I receive it on time
• get some more keywords
• update social media channels at least two times
• rework privacy policy and disclaimer

Have a nice week!

 

[Cray]

Just hit a new visitor record yesterday:

 

[stephen_obrien]

Congratulations! I've been strongly considering an Amazon affiliate site myself and to see your already making a steady $200-$300 after 6 months is quite inspiring.

I'm most interested in the fact that you've outsourced almost everything. I planned on also doing the same. If you can recall, would you elaborate a bit on your expenses to date (articles, hosting, SEO, etc)?

Thanks for sharing and I wish you all the best in 2017!

 

[Phunky]

Hey! Good luck with the journey! I'm about to start an Amazon authority site as well once I snag the keywords I ordered.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to structure the site though so I figured I'd ask you! Do you use top 10 product style reviews or...? If you don't mind letting me peek at the site (or maybe a generic mockup?) I would appreciate it. I'm not looking to steal any ideas or compete with you. I'd just like to see the layout / structure of a site that's converting.

 

[Cray]

Congratulations! I've been strongly considering an Amazon affiliate site myself and to see your already making a steady $200-$300 after 6 months is quite inspiring.

I'm most interested in the fact that you've outsourced almost everything. I planned on also doing the same. If you can recall, would you elaborate a bit on your expenses to date (articles, hosting, SEO, etc)?

Thanks for sharing and I wish you all the best in 2017!

Thanks for your comment. Yes that's true, I outsource everything I can. There are a lot of reasons for it but I guess the main ones are scailability and saving time. And now, that I generate some money with it, I see no reason to do everything on my own.

Keep in mind that this is my first project and I didn't track my expenses from the beginning. The initial costs included the hosting, a new domain, a premium theme and the Thrive Content Builder plugin. That's maybe 100$ all together.

From then on I was just reading a lot and trying things out. Orderd some articles here and there, wrote a few on my own. Same goes for keyword research and backlinks. But keep in mind that my site is still very small. I have about 10 - 12 articles.

 

[Cray]

Hey! Good luck with the journey! I'm about to start an Amazon authority site as well once I snag the keywords I ordered.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to structure the site though so I figured I'd ask you! Do you use top 10 product style reviews or...? If you don't mind letting me peek at the site (or maybe a generic mockup?) I would appreciate it. I'm not looking to steal any ideas or compete with you. I'd just like to see the layout / structure of a site that's converting.

Good luck with your Amazon website, I'm currently thinking about starting small second project.

I don't have a fixed template for the content. I'm trying out different things. Most of the articles are Best X for Y, I guess. Some question posts, etc. depending on the keyword.

I'll send you a couple the links of a couple authority websites that I'm trying to mimic via PM.

 

[Purush]

Good work so far keep going

 

[Phunky]

Thanks for the good wishes and the links! I appreciate you taking the time to do that, and it's nice to see someone in a journey being helpful to other as well.

Most would dodge a question like mine, but I'm always so curious about site structure when it comes to my projects. I know I can do A and B testing (which will be done anyway), but why not get a foundation first from someone who is succeeding!

 

[saju2014]

Good luck in your journey.