Listly by john gichiri
Making money from your website isn't easy. These ten avenues are probably your best bet to get started.
Start by finding a product you like and would recommend. Then on your website, you endorse the product and promote it to your website visitors and email subscribers.
Commission junction – offers reliable products with on-time payments.
ShareASale – mostly clothes, accessories, and other offline goods..
Amazon – a great option with above average commission rates.
AdSense allows publishers (which includes bloggers and other website owners like yourself) to tap into Google's immense advertising network so that other advertisers can run ads on their website.
Incorporating Google's AdSense on your website is just one way to make money from online advertisements.
Another is to simply sell your own ad space directly to companies looking to sponsor different blogs. You can come up with a price for each space, for example: "Sidebar banner ads will cost $xxx per month ".
You have the potential to make the most money on a per sale basis when you can sell your own directly.
That's because there's no middle-man or person in between you and the buyer that's taking a 'cut' from the money earned.
This approach seems fairly straightforward because you can simply sell these products directly through your website and get paid immediately. Unfortunately, it's not that simple in reality.
If you don't have a plenty of monthly visits, but you do have a strong, engaged community? Simply ask your readers to donate!
Accepting one-off donations isn't a quick way to being wealthy, but it can help you cover expenses in the short-term if people like your content and want to support your journey.
One of the common ways to make more money from your website means getting those visitor numbers up.
Once you've done the hard work of building steady traffic to your site with an engaged community, there are a few different ways to monetize your hard work.
For example, many companies go out of their way to look for blogs that will feature their sponsored content. ' Native advertising' like this works well because it lines up with your site's primary content and it comes across as relevant and transparent.
They're referring to your email list, which comprises your most loyal readers. The objective is to convert as many strangers who visit your site for the first time into passionate followers who want to stay up-to-date on your latest work or content.
Admittedly this is a long term strategy (and you definitely won't get rich overnight). But it's one of the best, long-term methods to profitably growing your blog into a full-fledged, money making enterprise.
Websites don't just have to be about content. They can be centered around tools or products on an online store.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of eCommerce websites or online stores. Make sure that yours is filling a unique niche, with a detailed strategy and the latest marketing techniques to stand out from the crowd.
Believe it or not, there's almost always a market out there for your website.
That means if you've built up a following (or possibly even sold a few products or included advertising on your site), you might be able to sell it to someone else and make a quick buck