Combining 2 sites into 1

mangot · 08-07-2009, 08:09 AM

Hi all,

I had a exclusive-affiliate deal (or drop shipping) with an merchant to launch a website on a 25% commission basis for all website sales 1 yr ago. The website development cost was funded by the merchant, and things went well. I have registered a new domain name because the merchant has registered the domain of his own brand.

Things went well for 1 year and I am making a monthly profit of USD600 to 700 from the website. I had spent part time on PPC / blog content, PR / link / directory submission etc as a amateur.

However, the merchant has decided to start marketing his own website (identical design since they owned the website design). They have engaged a SEO consultant and he advised that we should not keep 2 domains for a single brand. I was adviced to drop my domain, and reroute the traffic to the merchant site as a referral traffic (to calculate affiliate fee). The blog still belongs to me.

This is what I need to sort out now:
- Is this recommended in view of the total sales versus the confusion of customers?
- Will I be losing all the SEO / keyword, linking, PR / directory / linking effort in Google if I do so? (or possible to at least bring those "favorism"
to the main site?)
- If I have my current domain redirect to the main site, should I keep the blog in the current domain?

I would really appreciate any advices. Please and Thanks in advance!

mangot · 08-08-2009, 07:48 AM

I was quite excited to log in a moment ago but to realize no one has commented anything...

If I should ask this over here - could someone let me know where could I get some simple advices?

Thanks again.

08-07-2009, 08:09 AM	#1
mangot Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Combining 2 sites into 1 Hi all, I had a exclusive-affiliate deal (or drop shipping) with an merchant to launch a website on a 25% commission basis for all website sales 1 yr ago. The website development cost was funded by the merchant, and things went well. I have registered a new domain name because the merchant has registered the domain of his own brand. Things went well for 1 year and I am making a monthly profit of USD600 to 700 from the website. I had spent part time on PPC / blog content, PR / link / directory submission etc as a amateur. However, the merchant has decided to start marketing his own website (identical design since they owned the website design). They have engaged a SEO consultant and he advised that we should not keep 2 domains for a single brand. I was adviced to drop my domain, and reroute the traffic to the merchant site as a referral traffic (to calculate affiliate fee). The blog still belongs to me. This is what I need to sort out now: - Is this recommended in view of the total sales versus the confusion of customers? - Will I be losing all the SEO / keyword, linking, PR / directory / linking effort in Google if I do so? (or possible to at least bring those "favorism" to the main site?) - If I have my current domain redirect to the main site, should I keep the blog in the current domain? I would really appreciate any advices. Please and Thanks in advance!

08-08-2009, 07:48 AM	#2
mangot Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Combining 2 sites into 1 I was quite excited to log in a moment ago but to realize no one has commented anything... If I should ask this over here - could someone let me know where could I get some simple advices? Thanks again.