January was a good month. My site earned it’s first dollar ($7.14 to be exact!) This came from a product review where I had links to Amazon. Someone bought the product I reviewed, which costs over $150. I’ve owned lots of profitable niche websites over the years, but the excitement of the first sale never … Read more
By the numbers, December was rough. Didn’t hit my goal of 30 new posts. Didn’t have any visits to the site. Lost keyword rankings. I’m aware this is the early stage when growth seems impossible and when the vast majority of people would call it quits. But I’m going to see this through. I have … Read more
Note: some of the links below are affiliate links. A lot of little things happened in November. In last month’s update, I mentioned that it appeared I’d been hit with the Google Spam update. I had recently published 19 articles on my site that were all super similar, so I figured that might be the … Read more
Welcome to my niche site case study! This is my first update, so there’s nothing all that exciting to report. But with that said, hope you enjoy. I’ve been building niche sites for 7 years now (see more on my about page). It’s been a little while since I’ve launched a new site, as I’ve … Read more