Good morning, all. I have been reading this forum all morning (glad I found it), and found a lot of great info. Great job!
However, I have not been able to find an answer to my question, which I hope some of you experienced folks can shed some light. I currently have a website on a very seasonal niche topic. I make "ok" money with the CJ and Shareasale affiliates - but again very seasonal, and the money drastically tapers off at the end of the season.
After a lot of soul searching and thinking, I discovered a new niche in which I would like to try affiliate marketing. I whipped up a website (looks good, I think), created some content, and placed some of the merchant's products on the site (not yet done, althought the site design and content were quick and easy). I have done some research regarding the amount of competetion, searches, potential traffic, etc...but I'm not 100% sure this niche is a "good" niche. I want to test it for a while. So my question/concern is: At this point, I cannot justify the expense related to starting a new website - the domain name purchase is a small enough expense, but I am reluctant to pay for hosting without knowing if there is a large enough market to make a profit. I don't want to use any of the free hosting accounts, as there is always a catch. I was thinking of creating a sub-domain of my first website, and market my new niche as such. Alternatively, I can create a new directory on my current site's host account (which would make the new niche site address look like this: www.originalsite.com/newsite.html). Has anyone had any experience in this? Does anyone have any info. and advice they can share?
Thank you.
However, I have not been able to find an answer to my question, which I hope some of you experienced folks can shed some light. I currently have a website on a very seasonal niche topic. I make "ok" money with the CJ and Shareasale affiliates - but again very seasonal, and the money drastically tapers off at the end of the season.
After a lot of soul searching and thinking, I discovered a new niche in which I would like to try affiliate marketing. I whipped up a website (looks good, I think), created some content, and placed some of the merchant's products on the site (not yet done, althought the site design and content were quick and easy). I have done some research regarding the amount of competetion, searches, potential traffic, etc...but I'm not 100% sure this niche is a "good" niche. I want to test it for a while. So my question/concern is: At this point, I cannot justify the expense related to starting a new website - the domain name purchase is a small enough expense, but I am reluctant to pay for hosting without knowing if there is a large enough market to make a profit. I don't want to use any of the free hosting accounts, as there is always a catch. I was thinking of creating a sub-domain of my first website, and market my new niche as such. Alternatively, I can create a new directory on my current site's host account (which would make the new niche site address look like this: www.originalsite.com/newsite.html). Has anyone had any experience in this? Does anyone have any info. and advice they can share?
Thank you.