is it possible to make money from a website

billysmum

Hi, just checked my website on url spy and it says this

200,384
Rank in United Kingdom

10,014,525
Worldwide Rank

Monthly pages viewed 3,062
Monthly visits 1,021
Value per visitor £0.16
Estimated worth £555.92 *
External links 13
Number of pages 11

so if i sell my website i could get £555.92,which obviously i dont want to do, but what about the value per visitor of 16p, how do they value that and how do i get money for it

Nick_Swan

I imagine something like url spy would look at the number of visitors, the url you have, and how many incoming links you have. The last two are to do with Seach Engine Optimization value. What something like this probably doesn't take into account is the subject of your site. If you are writing about credit cards for example you could in theory convert some of the traffic to income with the use of ads as the credit card company pay quite a high price for each click you generate.
Whereas if you are writing about your stamp collection - the visitors are not so valuable

billysmum

Nick_Swan wrote: »

I imagine something like url spy would look at the number of visitors, the url you have, and how many incoming links you have. The last two are to do with Seach Engine Optimization value. What something like this probably doesn't take into account is the subject of your site. If you are writing about credit cards for example you could in theory convert some of the traffic to income with the use of ads as the credit card company pay quite a high price for each click you generate.
Whereas if you are writing about your stamp collection - the visitors are not so valuable

Hey thanks, say that i had a really interesting or topical website,somewhere inbetween your two extremes,how would i make money from this,google ads?

Nick_Swan

Google Ads is easy to implement, as is being an Amazon Affiliate.
If you want something a bit more complex you could register with Affiliate Window and pick which retailers/products you want to advertise on your site.

If you have a really interesting niche, you could go direct to companies and ask if they'd like to advertise on the site for a monthly fee.

Bigbase

Url Spy seems highly inaccurate. It says my site is only worth about 200. Yet it's been doing that each month. And recently it's been doing £15+ a day

shmeeko69

billysmum wrote: »

Hi, just checked my website on url spy and it says this

200,384
Rank in United Kingdom

10,014,525
Worldwide Rank

Monthly pages viewed 3,062
Monthly visits 1,021
Value per visitor £0.16
Estimated worth £555.92 *
External links 13
Number of pages 11

so if i sell my website i could get £555.92,which obviously i dont want to do, but what about the value per visitor of 16p, how do they value that and how do i get money for it

The valuation put on your website using these sort of tools is nearly always inaccurate and it's only ever worth what someone's willing to pay for it.

One of my own websites makes a regular income and I've made over £4k in two years and it's valued at £900 and another which I've had for the same length of time and has made approx. £300 in affiliate commissions is valued at £950, so it's a crazy methodology.

billysmum

shmeeko69 wrote: »

The valuation put on your website using these sort of tools is nearly always inaccurate and it's only ever worth what someone's willing to pay for it.

One of my own websites makes a regular income and I've made over £4k in two years and it's valued at £900 and another which I've had for the same length of time and has made approx. £300 in affiliate commissions is valued at £950, so it's a crazy methodology.

Hi, so how do you earn the money is google ads the best way ,i have just put a google ads code on my website, how long does it take to get up and running

uptomyeyeballs

Bigbase wrote: »

Url Spy seems highly inaccurate. It says my site is only worth about 200. Yet it's been doing that each month. And recently it's been doing £15+ a day

What is your niche please, Bigbase?

mrsyardbroom

I'm an Aamzon affiliate but I haven't made very much through this program. I find the ebay partner network pays me much more than Amazon, but the best affiliate program for me is Webgains. I can earn quite a few pounds from my web shop. The site is a niche market and it is well established so I have a lot of visitors. The estimated value according to URL spy is £5,179.24. At the other end of the scale I run a club website and the value is put at £237.03. I have a few google ads on this site but I earn so little from them that they just about pay for the domain name. It suits me as I don't want to make a profit from it!

uptomyeyeballs

I took a look at Webgains some time ago, but looks like I need to revisit.

Adsense can do really well if you've got enough traffic, a healthy CTR and a good niche. £200-300 per month is quite realistic to earn. To take it to the next level, you need a good strategy.

shmeeko69

billysmum wrote: »

Hi, so how do you earn the money is google ads the best way ,i have just put a google ads code on my website, how long does it take to get up and running

I don't use Google ads on any of my sites or blogs, as I think they offer too much of a distraction for the returns and just don't think it's worth the bother.

Mark