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What Do You Think About This Idea?

by MarketingAce
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Hi Warrior Family!

Could you guys please offer your best advice on these 3 questions?:

1. I'm interested in building an affiliate site, but the template that I'm thinking about using will be an eCommerce style template. Let's say that I want to have an eCommerce style, but instead of the "Buy Now" buttons or "Add To Cart" buttons, I could have "Read More" buttons that would open up the Review page which then would have the actual "Affiliate Link" button to view the actual vendors. Does this sound like a decent idea or have you tried this?

2. Also, If I were to buy an eCommerce type of template, do you think that it would still rank just as easily as Wordpress type of templates or as far as SEO goes? Personally, I like the way that eCommerce templates look than the way that Blog Posts on a Wordpress blog look. So I guess that's why I really want to roll with using eCommerce style.

3. What type of eCommerce template would you recommend for this idea & why?

Would definitely appreciate the honest advice/opinions (especially if you already have the experience)!

Thanks!
-Aaron E.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shane Bellone
    withdrawn...
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    • Profile picture of the author MarketingAce
      In what way does your reply have any relevance to what I'm asking? I'm assuming that this is spam & needs to be taken down...


      Originally Posted by Shane Bellone View Post

      It could work but a custom solution would likely yield a higher CTR thus higher revenue. Be careful though - it's a very competitive niche and there are TONS of players. If you don't have the capital or know-how I'd recommend starting on a smaller, less competitive project. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineStoreHelp
    Originally Posted by MarketingAce View Post

    Hi Warrior Family!

    Could you guys please offer your best advice on these 3 questions?:

    1. I'm interested in building an affiliate site, but the template that I'm thinking about using will be an eCommerce style template. Let's say that I want to have an eCommerce style, but instead of the "Buy Now" buttons or "Add To Cart" buttons, I could have "Read More" buttons that would open up the Review page which then would have the actual "Affiliate Link" button to view the actual vendors. Does this sound like a decent idea or have you tried this?

    2. Also, If I were to buy an eCommerce type of template, do you think that it would still rank just as easily as Wordpress type of templates or as far as SEO goes? Personally, I like the way that eCommerce templates look than the way that Blog Posts on a Wordpress blog look. So I guess that's why I really want to roll with using eCommerce style.

    3. What type of eCommerce template would you recommend for this idea & why?

    Would definitely appreciate the honest advice/opinions (especially if you already have the experience)!

    Thanks!
    -Aaron E.
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    Search in the WSO section for a theme called Candyzon. This might be exactly what you are looking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingAce
    This needs to be bumped...
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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    This is what I do but I use auto-generated sites. I would leave the "Buy Now" or "Add to Cart" buttons as they are, but link directly to the product page on the merchant's site.

    As far as SEO is concerned, my results have not been that great lately. The best I have done is over $2K a month but is now down to the low hundreds. This is because large auto-generated sites are regarded as spam sites by Google. Moreover after the "Mayday" update, Google prefers product pages with unique information. This is not possible for products pulled from datafeeds or API.
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