AmazingPopper.com for sale on Sitepoint
written by Anthony Dinh
My site AmazingPopper.com is currently for sale on Sitepoint. The auction includes the domain, full ownership of my trademarked brand, and the remaining inventory. If anyone’s interested, check it out…here’s your chance to own your own business!
SitePoint Listing:
http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/auctions/63613
AmazingPopper.com - unique bottle opener ~$1000/m
(own your very own trademarked product)
- URL: http://www.amazingpopper.com/
- Established: Fri Feb 29 2008
- Page views/month: 300
- Monthly Revenue (USD): 1,000
- Uniques/Month: 100
- Listed: Today 12:31
Description:
This auction is for the domain www.amazingpopper.com as well as the ownership of the Amazing Popper trademarked product. The Amazing Popper is a unique japanese bottle opener similar to The Bottle Popper, Sapporo bottle opener, Sentol bottle opener, Zap Cap, Push-n-Pop, etc.
I am letting go of my baby in order to fund my bankroll for stocks as it is more lucrative for me at this time. Also, I am very busy with a ton of other projects, so I just need to offload this one so I can have a little bit of breathing room.
With this auction, the winning bidder will also receive:
1) full ownership of the domain AmazingPopper.com
2) ownership of the Amazing Popper trademark
3) the remaining inventory that is in stock by the end of the auction (~4500 pieces)
4) the contact information to the manufacturer
5) free technical assistance (domain transfer, site setup, etc.)
Revenue Details:
AmazingPopper.com has been operational since March 2008, with average monthly sales of $800-1000. Online sales are generated from ebay and related niche verticals such as realbeer.com and probrewer.com.
Offline sales are generated from consignment to mom-and-pop stores as well as flea markets. The poppers do especially well during holidays such as St. Paddy’s Day and Mardi Gras, or at events like beer festivals and concerts. If I had more time, I’d target beer distributors for another stream of revenue.
The reserve has been set to about 5x the average monthly revenue which will barely cover the cost of the inventory that you will be receiving (my cost ~.75/each). I’m currently selling them for $4.99 each online and $5.99 each offline, but you can increase the price if you’d like…some competitors are selling for $9+shipping each! As for bulk sales, I just make up the prices for each order as the number of units always vary from buyer to buyer, and I want to leave room for negotiation of price/unit.
I built the site myself and it’s not pretty, but it gets the job done. If you make some improvements to it, I’m sure you can drastically increase sales. Also, I have not even explored other traffic sources such as google adwords, facebook, etc., but these channels can provide additional streams of income for anyone who knows what they are doing.
I’ve also previously sold an Acai Bery site http://marketplace.sitepoint.com/auctions/55290 for $1250 and the buyer was very happy as he recooped his investment within the first month. Keep in mind that you are not only purchasing a site, but you are investing in a long-term business!
Traffic Details:
Traffic sources are ebay, realbeer.com, probrewer.com and direct type-ins from repeat customers or word-of-mouth as the domain name is stamped right on the product.
~100 uniques/m
~300 pageview/m
even though the site’s traffic is not that big, keep in mind that the conversion rate is very high as the audience is very targeted.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
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AcaiBerryExperiment.info Generated $834 in 3 Weeks - Just Sold it for $1250 on Sitepoint
written by Anthony Dinh
I just sold my combo Acai review site and 30-day success story blog on Sitepoint for $1250. Even though it generated $834 within 3 weeks with about ~$500 profit, and only a $20/day ppc budget, I decided to offload it in order to fund my other projects. This is the site that helped me break my $100/day milestone. Currently working on the domain transfer process and zipping up the files/install scripts for the new owner.
Below is the listing:
- URL: http://reviews.acaiberryexperiment.info/
- Established: Sun Nov 30 2008
- Page views/month: 1,500
- Monthly Revenue (USD): 834
- Uniques/Month: 1,000
- Listed: Fri Jan 9 2009
Description:
This is an established Acai Berry Review site that has generated $834 in 3 weeks (12/20/08-1/9/09) through Yahoo! and some organic traffic. It includes a bonus success story blog that you can promote for additional revenue, and is perfect for seasoned marketers or the noob who doesn’t know how to get started.
acaiberryexperiment.info reviews.acaiberryexperiment.info
I don’t have time for it, so I need to get it off my plate for bigger projects. If I were to hold onto it, I don’t doubt that it could easily do $1500/m with the scaling methods that I mention in the revenue section below.
The Affiliate Networks used are Convert2Media, Motive Interactive and Copeac if you want to signup and continue the same offers. The biggest earner has been Acai Berry Ultimate which pays $34.05/lead when the customer pays shipping for a free 14-day trial.
With this site you’ll have a complete ready made tangible business and with your purchase you will receive:
1) Full ownership of domain name acaiberryexperiment.info and reviews.acaiberryexperiment.info
2) Full exclusive rights to the website design including the Wordpress blog
3) Data dump of keywords in my campaigns
4) Complete conversion tracking system which tracks ad, keywords, referrer, etc.
5) Free setup of the website on your own server and assistance with any technical questions.
Revenue Details:
This site has only been operational for about 3 weeks, and already it has generated $834 in revenue (see screenshot) .
The revenue sources are:
Convert2Media - $544.80
Motive Interactive - $232
Copeac $58
I’m far too busy with my other projects to realize the site’s full potential, but you can generate more revenue by scaling the campaign (more keywords, day-parting, negative match referrers, etc.), expanding to other traffic sources (google, msn, ask, social networks, etc.) and doing some more SEO for more organic hits.
You can easily recoup your investment next month if you put in the work I mentioned above.
Traffic Details:
Mostly ppc traffic and some organic.
unique ~1000/m: combined review site and blog
views ~1500/m: combined review site and blog
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$350 in FREE Facebook Advertising Credits!
written by Anthony Dinh
Hey guys, as an early Chinese New Year’s gift to you all, here’s $250 worth of Facebook Ads credits and a $100 Visa Voucher. I didn’t try the voucher, but all 10 codes ($25 each) worked for me, so you’ll have to give them a try.
Facebook Codes
1652-YMF5-23XX-CM66
EVCT-54YH-K1V8-EKE1
TE8Y-46T7-NCRE-JX3C
EXEX-4P47-38JX-4W20
8CH1-5VW1-Y96N-2P94
XXWW-7JVC-3FH6-R61T
053K-H148-T1PE-98NC
21VT-RRNM-8RWN-2X1C
FCK0-T70X-HME3-FJ6C
XXEE-28X7-26NT-W4R8
Visa Voucher
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=24249628048
Now you have no excuses, so get off your butt and start experimenting with some campaigns already! Hey, it’s $350 FREE money, so you got nuttin to lose! Good luck, and Happy Chinese New Years.
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
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My First IANteract NJ Meetup: 2nd Edition
written by Anthony Dinh
Yesterday, I attended the IANteract NJ Meetup: 2nd Edition at Panera Bread in Edison, NJ, and I had the pleasure of meeting some really cool affiliate masterminds in the flesh. I’m really glad that I went because I walked away with some really good tips on how split test, track camps, and how to market by using polls, not to mention I made some invaluable contacts as well. Afterwards, Ian, Peter Hall, Erik Ahlgren, Ad Hustler, Benny Tejada and myself headed on over to Champs to grab a bite, have some drinks, and to continue our discussion on affiliate marketing.
Here’s a shot of the gang, we actually had about 17 attendees, but this was taken towards the very end, so some people had already left.
(Ian Fernando, Ron, Ad Hustler, Erik Ahlgren, me, Kenrick, Thiago Prado, Peter Hall)
See everyone at the next meetup!
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Affiliate Marketing Apprenticeship Program - Lesson 5/13
written by Anthony Dinh
First, I’d like to say thank-you and congratulate you for joining my Affiliate Marketing Apprenticeship Program. You’ve taken the first step in the right direction towards building a successful online business and financial freedom. This 13-step program is your roadmap to wealth, and it’s jam-packed with invaluable information…no tricks or gimmicks here folks, just solid and proven methods that work! SEO (search engine optimization), copywriting and various internet marketing methods will be covered throughout the tutorial. I suggest that you read through it once, let it soak in, try it out, then go back and read it again because you’ll surely pick up something new that you missed the first time around.
Here’s a breakdown of each lesson for your convenience:
Lesson 1 - Set Your Goal
Lesson 2 - Find Your Niche
Lesson 3 - Keyword Sniping
Lesson 4 - Research Affiliate Programs
Lesson 5 - Build a Website Around Your Keyword
Lesson 6 - Incorporate Affiliate Links in Your Posts
Lesson 7 - Build Quality Backlinks
Lesson 8 - Submit Your Site to Web Directories
Lesson 9 - Submit Your Post to Article Directories
Lesson 10 - Add More Content and Build More Backlinks
Lesson 11 - The Waiting Game
Lesson 12 - Tweak Your Site
Lesson 13 - Scale Your Campaign
Before we begin with “Lesson 5 - Build a Website Around Your Keyword“, please bookmark this page and subscribe to my full RSS feed as there are 13 steps, so you definitely won’t want to miss out! If you are just joining us now, be sure to go back and read “Lesson 1 - Set Your Goal“.
Affiliate Marketing Apprenticeship Program
Lesson 5 - Build a Website Around Your Keyword
After you’ve selected your niche and researched some affiliate products, it’s time to start building an interesting and informative site entirely around the keyword(s) that you’ve sniped from Lesson 3 - Keyword Sniping to promote these products. The structure of your site must be built correctly in order to achieve SEO optimization and higher ranking, so it’s important that you chose an SEO friendly template. Courtney Tuttle offers a few nice ones that I would recommend. Remember, a quality affiliate site should be rich with content and keywords, be SEO friendly, and should help the visitor make an informed decision between one of two products to purchase.
You will need to create and publish a minimum of 10 posts surrounding your keyword and product with some solid content that speaks with authority on the subject matter. Before you do this, you will have to purchase a domain, preferably one which contains your keyword. This will definitely help you rank higher for the keyword, not to mention it will be much easier to sell the domain in the future if you ever choose to do so. If you’re able to find a used domain on TDNam.com that contains your keyword, it would make getting ranked significantly easier and much quicker as the domain has already been indexed and backlinked by other sites. Additionally, a domain that’s been live for awhile will help you in avoiding Google’s notorious “sandbox effect”. If budget is an issue, you can also opt to use a free Blogger sub-domain. I currently register and host all my domains with IX Webhosting, so I would definitely recommend them for your hosting solutions.
Now that you’ve got your domain, the next step would be to either install Wordpress or create your page statically using straight HTML if you are proficient at coding. Just remember that it is much easier to link build and make your site SEO friendly using Wordpress. Though you probably will be using Wordpress blogging software and your site will look like a blog, the difference is that you won’t have to post regularly as you would with a typical blog. As a matter of fact, I would suggest removing all post dates as the information you provide should not appear to be dated in the readers’ eyes. Be sure to use a nice, clear headline that catches the reader’s attention and compels him or her to click on your product. Also, including social proof, testimonials and screenshots will help in convincing the visitor that your solution works and it’s what they’re looking for.
Each of your 10 posts should be at least 300 words and contain a keyword anchor text link back to the homepage which also contains the keyword. It may seem like a daunting task to write 10 posts about the keyword, but you can simply Google for the keyword to get some ideas, but don’t copy or steal the content! Linking each of your posts back to the homepage with the keyword anchor will help your homepage rank by giving it more internal and external links with the keyword anchor text. The external links come into play in the event that an aggregator or scraper site steals your content, there will always be a keyword anchor link which points back to your homepage.
Once you’ve installed your template, place your keyword in the following locations. Doing so will ensure that your site will be well optimized.
- Page Title: This can be accomplished with the All-In-One SEO Pack plugin. I prefer the “post title | site title” format.
- H1 Tag: The keyword should appear in the H1 tag on all your site pages.
- Footer: The footer should contain a link that points back to your homepage using the keyword as the anchor text.
- Inpost Link: As mentioned above, each of your 10 posts should contain a link back to your homepage with the keyword as the achor text.
- Homepage: Ideally, your keyword should appear about 6-7 times on your homepage, but this is usually covered by virtue of the links that you’ve placed within each post. Being the homepage, it will get ranked for your keyword, so be sure that your keyword appears on it enough times. To avoid tripping off Google’s spam filter, your homepage should contain at least 1000 words, this should be covered if you have 4 posts with a minimum of 300 words each.
For those of you who are less technically inclined and wish to simplify things by automating that whole process, I would recommend using Ken Evoy’s Site Build It (SBI) software.
SBI is an all-in-one program that will enable you to build, host and promote your site all from a single location. Once you’ve built your page(s), SBI will teach you how to optimize them so that they are SEO friendly simply by clicking on the “Analyze It” button. Its comprehensive manual, step-by-step Action Guide and user forum are invaluable and will surely get you started on the right track to success. SBI will help you simplify the process which will save you some valuable time so you can focus on the more important aspects of building your site, such as writing interesting and informative content.
To learn more about Site Build It, I highly recommend watching the video tour below.
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