How can we start an affiliate website?

[eenzoo]

I don’t want to play the asshole here (again), but seriously — the web doesn’t need yet another generic affiliate review site, no matter the niche or conent quality. I don’t have the exact numbers, but I’d bet we’re talking about a seven-figure count of iGaming affiliate sites all clawing for the scraps of what’s left of SEO traffic.


Maybe — just maybe — you’d have a shot within 12 months at ranking for some keyword like “one-legged blackjack dealer Namibia,” but that’s about it. Have you even looked at Google’s SERPs lately? They’re practically unpredictable. Means 90% of (former) global search traffic is getting out of reach every day a little more. Other traffic sources are ignored, and media buying doesn’t even cross your minds.


Do you really think Google is suddenly going to realize that all this user-facing junk is garbage and reverse its zero-click, paid-only strategy? Dream on.

[Betquest]

Look, just get started. I'm new to this too and only started a few months back, but I've learned more in that short time than I ever could have just by reading about it.

[chaumi]

what’s the best way to grow:

• create 5–10 sites and then improve content with blog posts, new pages, and updates to existing pages,
  or
• build one site at a time, see which one gets traffic, and then focus on adding backlinks and concentrating efforts there?

The problem with creating multiple sites (especially from scratch, but also applies to running multiple sites later on) is you're multiplying the challenges you'll face in trying to build any of them up into something worthwhile enough to get traction.

To get anywhere, logically you'll need deep resources (as in people and, virtually a certainty, money). And the breadth of knowledge to do it all.

The problem with "build one site at a time, see which one gets traffic" is that it could take a year or more to get anywhere with one. You might run the risk of ditching one too early, to focus on another one. End result is you get nowhere. And all the time the landscape is changing, introducing further uncertainties.

Current common sense says if you're going to go for it, decide on a target which you firmly believe in, and build that as best you can (and more!). The only logical way round that (but still risky) would be to buy ready-made sites. Though you'd still have the same (or similar) multiple site challenges.

[betizen]

The problem with creating multiple sites (especially from scratch, but also applies to running multiple sites later on) is you're multiplying the challenges you'll face in trying to build any of them up into something worthwhile enough to get traction.

To get anywhere, logically you'll need deep resources (as in people and, virtually a certainty, money). And the breadth of knowledge to do it all.

The problem with "build one site at a time, see which one gets traffic" is that it could take a year or more to get anywhere with one. You might run the risk of ditching one too early, to focus on another one. End result is you get nowhere. And all the time the landscape is changing, introducing further uncertainties.

Current common sense says if you're going to go for it, decide on a target which you firmly believe in, and build that as best you can (and more!). The only logical way round that (but still risky) would be to buy ready-made sites. Though you'd still have the same (or similar) multiple site challenges.

Well said, as competition increases so has to increase the quality of new sites (in all of its aspects, design, functionality, links...), so totally agree that focusing on creating something great at the top of your funnel is key!