unable to monetize large email traffic - any advice?

shoval · 08-20-2009, 01:32 AM

I have a domain that is good typo of a major free mail ( such as hotmail ....). It gets over 20,000 visits a month, but so far I haven't been able to monetize it. Tried parking and also some affiliates, but almost no clicks/revenue, as visitors look for just logging in to their email.
any idea for affiliate that might work?

arejayell · 08-20-2009, 02:53 AM

Here are 2 different ideas you can try out :

#1. You could make a landing page listing various Paid email services, as I am sure some of them have affiliate programs.

Make the landing page have a kick butt article that makes the visitor learn how free email can be dangerous to use, and how a paid service would work better. A decent copywriter would be able to do this and capture them with the headline and go from there.

Here is a Google sponsored search where you can check these and see who offers any affiliate program :

email service - Google Search
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/affiliate-talk/604554-unable-monetize-large-email-traffic-any.html

#2. With the amount of visits you get I would say serve popups that pay CPM.

Or another CPM ad option, such as Chitika.

With a little bit of testing these options I think you should be able to see some revenue coming in.

Good Luck !

Adnan Khan · 08-26-2009, 11:15 AM

Serving pop-ups is a good option as long as you are sure that it wont irritate your visitors. I think for a site like yours, image ads will work as they're attractive and get attention easily as compared to contextual ads. Have you ever tried to serve image ads on your site?

08-20-2009, 01:32 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
shoval NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 635	unable to monetize large email traffic - any advice? I have a domain that is good typo of a major free mail ( such as hotmail ....). It gets over 20,000 visits a month, but so far I haven't been able to monetize it. Tried parking and also some affiliates, but almost no clicks/revenue, as visitors look for just logging in to their email. any idea for affiliate that might work?

08-20-2009, 02:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
arejayell Save Your Pennies Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Location : Location Posts: 280	Here are 2 different ideas you can try out : #1. You could make a landing page listing various Paid email services, as I am sure some of them have affiliate programs. Make the landing page have a kick butt article that makes the visitor learn how free email can be dangerous to use, and how a paid service would work better. A decent copywriter would be able to do this and capture them with the headline and go from there. Here is a Google sponsored search where you can check these and see who offers any affiliate program : email service - Google Search ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/affiliate-talk/604554-unable-monetize-large-email-traffic-any.html #2. With the amount of visits you get I would say serve popups that pay CPM. Or another CPM ad option, such as Chitika. With a little bit of testing these options I think you should be able to see some revenue coming in. Good Luck ! __________________ Worrying is the belief in a negative outcome. If You Can Make $50 A Day On Something Small Then Do 20 Small Things And Make $1,000 A Day. Last edited by arejayell; 08-20-2009 at 02:59 AM.

08-26-2009, 11:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Adnan Khan NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US Posts: 71	Serving pop-ups is a good option as long as you are sure that it wont irritate your visitors. I think for a site like yours, image ads will work as they're attractive and get attention easily as compared to contextual ads. Have you ever tried to serve image ads on your site?

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