How long did it take you before you had your first conversion?

[wolfie]

Just wondering: how long did it take you before you had your first converting customer? One week? One month? Several months? My goal is to have at least one conversion in the first 3 months and 10 depositing customers within six months. Yesterday I had a visitor that viewed 12 pages, which is about 10 more than average since my site went live one month ago. I felt quite proud as I have been very busy making great content. Now, for that first depositing player...

[Scampi]

"Build it and they will come"
I can't remember exactly because I had a reader base from using Adsense before converting to affiliate programs, but it is a great feeling when you get your first depositor.

[RacingJim]

I think I got one within a couple of weeks on my first site but then it kind of bombed after an initial promising start.

It took me ages to actually 'get it', i.e. the art of affiliate marketing and conversions. Coming from a tech angle I was always into building websites and it took me about 2-3 years before the other important 'money making' aspects caught up.

Therefore my advice is stick at it, if you do well quickly great - if not, keep going, some get it quicker than others, but when the penny drops, sometimes it can drop big time.

[sweetbet]

It took a month or so, but this was back in 2000.

[Anthony]

It took me two weeks and two days in 2002.

It will happen, once you get that first player you will catch yourself checking your stats all the time to watch the activity.

[Christiaan]

It depends on many different things (targeted country, language, content, affiliate program, ...). And a bit of luck that the right person ends up on your website.

The market is hard. You'll need a lot of patience and perseverance.

[chaumi]

.... And a bit of luck that the right person ends up on your website.

The market is hard. You'll need a lot of patience and perseverance.

Definitely this is great advice. If you crack it early you're laughing, but the most likely scenario is it will take many months (again depending on who is arriving at your site and how).

It's taken me two years to get first depositors on my current site, though only the last 6-8 months of that with focused building.

[F-L-C]

I don't remember exactly as it was a long time ago but I think it was approximately 1 month

[Fortune Palace]

Two months for the first one, then another six months for the second!

Great feeling when you get that initial player (I've still got a copy of the cheque I got sent!) but just keep your head down, keep developing your site and the players will slowly start to accrue.

Good luck!

[baldidiot]

I honestly haven't got a clue - my first site was a single page list of poker rooms on the prima (now microgaming) network that I set up and then forgot about. Received a random payment to my neteller a few months later (from Fortune Affiliates I think), but I have no idea when they signed up.

It was a couple of years before I actually started affiliating properly, from then I think it was about 2 months.

Basically, just keep on trucking and you'll get there!

[grem]

3 months, it is different for everyone and the niche they have.

[Doolally]

I think I was about 6 months or so.

To be honest, it was a miracle because I didn't even really realise what I was trying to do or that I was trying to make much money. I was really just trying this new-fangled (to me) internet technology to see if I could build a site! It just happened that I liked playing casino games but the site could have been about anything randomly interesting to me really.

[Moonlight Cat]

Year: 2009
Market: Russia & CIS Countries.
First Real Money Player: 4 Months.

[feelthenoize]

Still waiting

[wolfie]

Thanks everybody. I just had my first registration. Even though this customer did not deposit yet, I feel this is a small milestone. Kind of like a yardstone, if you will. Just wondering, feelthenoize, are you generating some traffic and how long have you been online with your site? It looks great (the header looks fantastic) but maybe you need some real call to actions, maybe a countdown to some of the big events and/or put the news items on the front page, instead of tucked away. Also, if you don't mind me saying: on the Draft Kings review at the bottom of the page, it says "(enter affiliate here)". I'm guessing you forgot to put in the affiliate link.

[good4bonus]

3 months in the 1st site and 6 months in the 2nd site

[feelthenoize]

wolfie - thanks so much for the feedback and catching that on the draftkings review. It has been about 3 months for my site. Gotta keep plugging away.

[good4bonus]

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[xecutable]

Congrats on your first registration. Remember that no two stories might be the same, so not seeing "results" should not discourage you in any way. Just keep that in mind if things stall. I received my first registration on the 6th month and my first real check (to cover ALL of my expenses) on the 2nd year so yeah, I had lots and lots and lots of opportunities to GIVE up.

Lots of nay sayers along the way too. You gotta be like those race horses with the eye covers, looking just ahead of you.

Once again congrats on the registration, and keep being productive and persistent as LUCK has NOTHING to do with it. It's all hard work if you ask me.

[wolfie]

Thank you for the great advice! I have made a to do list with (at least two) weekly structural posts with a recurring fformat and I want to review at least two slots/casinos per week. If I have enough discipline. within a year I will have 100+ full reviews and 100+ quality posts. I am also planning two write at least 4 EPIC posts that go all out with 2.000+ words of quality copy, outgoing links, images, comparisons and maybe some infographics. Although there are a lot of affiliate sites on the Dutch market, I think there are not a lot of real quality affiliate sites that go beyond "Gee, this new slot just out" or "Check this bonus!". Lots of plans!