Making Money with a Website
Hints and tips for increasing income from your website
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Advertising on Your WebsiteThere are several ways of
making money from a website apart from the obvious ones like selling products or
services. You can carry advertisements for other websites, either direct or
through online affiliate programs like Tradedoubler
The disadvantage of carrying any third party advert is that it may dilute your own sales, but it is completely your choice which campaigns you run, so you can exclude obvious competitors. Some sites are set up purely to show these sort of adverts but they are often computer generated and can be irritating and are of little value to the viewer. You can even set up a site based purely on selling other peoples products. You can build a niche market store, featuring listings on the eBay auction site. This can be highly profitable, as you don't need to carry any stock. You join up with the eBay Partner Network and you get paid every time someone buys something on eBay that they have seen on your website. There is some very smart software called Build A Niche Store which does all the work for you. You don't need to build your site manually - the whole process is web based and automated, so no html knowledge is needed to make a website selling products from the eBay listings. Why not set up a site based on your hobby interests? There are other firms set up to deliver adverts to your site which can change at regular intervals and be targeted from keywords on your webpage. Google Adsense is one of the best and can earn you serious money from your web pages. The way to really get it working effectively is to carefully edit the content on your page to include the keywords that advertisers seek. This is best achieved by plenty of relevant and interesting content which goes into detail about your chosen topic. The context of most of the adverts delivered will then closely match your page content, enhancing the value to the visitor. A powerful facility is to be able to filter the ads delivered to your sites, so that competitor's ads will not be displayed. You can even adjust the style of the delivered adverts to match your page style and colours, making the whole page look quite seamless and maximising revenue. Don't be tempted to click the ads on your own pages though, as there are systems in place to detect this and close your account. You could also do a deal with some of your own suppliers and possibly get some revenue or additional support from them, in return for advertising their products. If your site is more of a directory, then you may want to charge for a simple text listing and more for one with pictures.
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