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AmusingFlashGames.com
The site & domain
Solid PR4 (been through a couple of updates), and the domain has been registered since June 2005 (can't say for sure about the site, but I think it's been online for a year or so).
Traffic
Traffic: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/traffic23IU.jpg
Referrers: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/referCRf6.jpg
SE traffic isn't great (low xx visits per day), but it is #1 on Google for "Amusing Games" (not a massive OVT, but it does bring a steady flow of visitors).
Keywords: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/keywordsWEUY.jpg
Some traffic from moregamers, arcadebanners and gamerflow. The massive spike in traffic (214) came from a MoreGamers bonus.
The rest comes from AdBrite purchases. I have spent about $12 on Adbrite, apart from the high cost one mentioned below (which is a waste of time, but ah well). I currently have two campaigns running, one that cost $28 for the week (but isn't yeilding the results I hoped for). The other is very cheap (a few dollars per month) and generates enough clicks that each one costs me less than a cent. This campaign has almost a month to run and I will of course share the details with the buyer. A few more of those, or a nice link on a high traffic site, would do wonders for this.
I have posted a few bulletins on MySpace using my own account, but didn't sustain any bulletins. I also had a link on the same MySpace profile which brings a little traffic.
I did also experiment with Adwords right at the beginning, spending about $10.
So I've spent $22 on traffic for the site ($50 if you count the waste of space Adbrite campaign mentioned above).
(I'll be honest here ... I have no clue how to drive traffic to such a site. I am guessing that link exchanges (I have done a few) will be the best course of action. Or someone that can SEO the site may bring more from SEs. This is one of the reasons I am selling the site!)
Benefits
- Games aren't hosted on your server, so resource usage is low
- CTR is great (obviously won't reveal the exact figure, but it's double figures ...)
- Other arcade owners add content for you! I haven't really pushed people to add their games, other than having the link in my signature, but you get a good few per week do so.
- The site has a really nice, simple, CMS for accepting or refusing links submitted.
CMS: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/cmsI2pp.jpg
- It has includes for the left and right columns, and a template for the main section. So you would only have to update a few files with your adsense codes.
Content
The site did have approaching 500 games linked, but lots of them were poor quality and/or had porn content (or advertised porn at least). So I deleted many, down to about 150 I think. The current total is 228 games.
As mentioned, all games are hosted elsewhere, so this really is a handsoff money making machine (if you can drive traffic to it).
Site design and header is unique.
Revenue
Apart from adnense, I do have a couple of CJ banners on the site, but neither has yeilded any revenue.
Adsense for the period Aug16 to Oct2 is $40. So you could look at it like I have made a $10 loss (damn, only just realised that). But that's the fault of my tinkering and experimenting with Adbrite.
Adsense: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/adsenseiaog.jpg
Price
Starting price: $10
Bid increments: $10
BIN: $400
Payment: Paypal
I won't set an end date for now, but I do want to sell this within the next couple of days.
I realise I've typed pretty much a steam of consciousness, so if anything is unclear or you want any more screens, let me know. I have nothing to hide.
Thanks.
The site & domain
Solid PR4 (been through a couple of updates), and the domain has been registered since June 2005 (can't say for sure about the site, but I think it's been online for a year or so).
Traffic
Traffic: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/traffic23IU.jpg
Referrers: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/referCRf6.jpg
SE traffic isn't great (low xx visits per day), but it is #1 on Google for "Amusing Games" (not a massive OVT, but it does bring a steady flow of visitors).
Keywords: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/keywordsWEUY.jpg
Some traffic from moregamers, arcadebanners and gamerflow. The massive spike in traffic (214) came from a MoreGamers bonus.
The rest comes from AdBrite purchases. I have spent about $12 on Adbrite, apart from the high cost one mentioned below (which is a waste of time, but ah well). I currently have two campaigns running, one that cost $28 for the week (but isn't yeilding the results I hoped for). The other is very cheap (a few dollars per month) and generates enough clicks that each one costs me less than a cent. This campaign has almost a month to run and I will of course share the details with the buyer. A few more of those, or a nice link on a high traffic site, would do wonders for this.
I have posted a few bulletins on MySpace using my own account, but didn't sustain any bulletins. I also had a link on the same MySpace profile which brings a little traffic.
I did also experiment with Adwords right at the beginning, spending about $10.
So I've spent $22 on traffic for the site ($50 if you count the waste of space Adbrite campaign mentioned above).
(I'll be honest here ... I have no clue how to drive traffic to such a site. I am guessing that link exchanges (I have done a few) will be the best course of action. Or someone that can SEO the site may bring more from SEs. This is one of the reasons I am selling the site!)
Benefits
- Games aren't hosted on your server, so resource usage is low
- CTR is great (obviously won't reveal the exact figure, but it's double figures ...)
- Other arcade owners add content for you! I haven't really pushed people to add their games, other than having the link in my signature, but you get a good few per week do so.
- The site has a really nice, simple, CMS for accepting or refusing links submitted.
CMS: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/cmsI2pp.jpg
- It has includes for the left and right columns, and a template for the main section. So you would only have to update a few files with your adsense codes.
Content
The site did have approaching 500 games linked, but lots of them were poor quality and/or had porn content (or advertised porn at least). So I deleted many, down to about 150 I think. The current total is 228 games.
As mentioned, all games are hosted elsewhere, so this really is a handsoff money making machine (if you can drive traffic to it).
Site design and header is unique.
Revenue
Apart from adnense, I do have a couple of CJ banners on the site, but neither has yeilded any revenue.
Adsense for the period Aug16 to Oct2 is $40. So you could look at it like I have made a $10 loss (damn, only just realised that). But that's the fault of my tinkering and experimenting with Adbrite.
Adsense: http://www.imagemule.com/uploads/adsenseiaog.jpg
Price
Starting price: $10
Bid increments: $10
BIN: $400
Payment: Paypal
I won't set an end date for now, but I do want to sell this within the next couple of days.
I realise I've typed pretty much a steam of consciousness, so if anything is unclear or you want any more screens, let me know. I have nothing to hide.
Thanks.
