Comments on: So you want to run a deals site?

By: L

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:08:03 +0000

Hey J.D. -

I read another post on this blog about Amazon ripping into deal sites. Did you get hit too?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:26:54 +0000

Congrats J.D. on you site success.

Not only is Porn harder (no pun intended), but it’s really closed off to newcomers, since they all drive traffic to each other. Not that I would know anything about online porn :)

By: J.D.

J.D. — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:18:17 +0000

Thanks for the tips. After a little more than a year and a LOT of hard work, my "deals" website ( jangle.net ) is starting to take off.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:56:14 +0000

I was joking actually. Competition in that sector is a lot tougher. ;)

By: XynamaX

XynamaX — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:32:31 +0000

Probably not; need a LOT of bandwidth, and you’re faced with the same issues: how to get customers?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:55:59 +0000

Morals aside, would it be easier to just run a porn site?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:41:24 +0000

It definitely does have it’s ups and downs. If you break down the tasks that you need to get done for SEO into small pieces, and do a little bit every day, it becomes much easier. Try setting a goal for yourself, like obtaining one link a week.

By: XynamaX

XynamaX — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:20:27 +0000

Great article. I started my deals site up a year ago, antiCost.com.

It’s a very tedious, hard, and sometimes frustrating to keep up with it. Everyone thinks that all you need to do is setup a webpage and people will come….not!

SEO is extremely difficult and competitive in the deals categories. PPC is very expensive, and doesn’t yield the best results unless your doing something illegal (ie: keyword bidding on trademarked terms). Web site promotion is one of the hardest things to do!

It’s definitely full of ups & downs, but fun none-the-less!

-X