question regarding starting affiliate marketing

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so i want to get into affiliate marketing although i have a question:

1. i plan on using wordpress personal to do my site as it only costs $35, but it says i cant use google analytics to track anything do i really need to upgrade to the $250 business plan to track the site using GA, or is there other ways?

ill post any other questions i have
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  • Profile picture of the author bluemotion
    If you sign up for a domain name with one of the registrar providers like Godaddy or Namecheap or any of the others, you can get one for no more than a dollar for a year. Then register for hosting, normally about $5-$10 a year and Wordpress is free.

    Then to get your site seen, go for paid advertising. Don't try to rank high in Google, it can be very costly, and if Google decides to change it's algorithm, you site could be blasted to page 10 or even further.
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  • Originally Posted by cjsparacino123 View Post

    so i want to get into affiliate marketing although i have a question:

    1. i plan on using wordpress personal to do my site as it only costs $35, but it says i cant use google analytics to track anything do i really need to upgrade to the $250 business plan to track the site using GA, or is there other ways?

    ill post any other questions i have
    You don't need any of that. You need a self-hosted Wordpress version which most of the shared hosting providers like Godaddy, Hostgator, and BlueHost do provide.

    You also have other options (if you are tech savvy) such as Cloudways (which in turn uses Digital Ocean or AWS) to host your Wordpress site.

    You can use analytics on any of those setups, as you like.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnSt9
    If you want to start with affiliate marketing --> 1st, you need a hosting service to store your website --> 2nd, you need a domain that already optimized SEO --> 3rd, you need themes & plugins to setup for your site --> 4th, write an article with high quality content --> 5th, promote your article on social network/ SEO it to get high traffic --> high conversion rate = money flows into your pocket =)) easy right?
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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    Originally Posted by cjsparacino123 View Post

    so i want to get into affiliate marketing although i have a question:

    1. i plan on using wordpress personal to do my site as it only costs $35, but it says i cant use google analytics to track anything do i really need to upgrade to the $250 business plan to track the site using GA, or is there other ways?

    ill post any other questions i have
    I'm at a loss how or where you acquired this information. Wordpress programming is free; it costs nothing.

    Google Analytics has two pricing tiers: Free and Premium. Google Analytics Premium provides higher data limits, more custom variables, a Service Level Agreement, and a dedicated support team. Pricing starts at $150,000 / year.
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  • Profile picture of the author cjsparacino123
    well i just wanted the domain name ability and analytics

    also do i need to purchase SSL certificate? i'd rather not and save $20
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  • It just depends

    First i would start the blog get in some momentum then you can do all sorts of things .

    Start posting on your blog starting today generally we waste so much of time thinking about thing

    which can be dealt later on
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    If you are going to split test things like where are you getting unique traffic, where are sales coming from, etc I would go with ClickMagic.

    Also know that if you want faster results with any affiliate program that you will promote, look into paid ads.
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  • Profile picture of the author shaunybb
    Hey there!


    Just buy domain and hosting then get wordpress installed yourself for free!


    Then add a premium theme if your money allows but the free themes work well


    Don't pay to add google analytics


    just install a free plugin and then add the google code in there!


    Simple
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by cjsparacino123 View Post

    so i want to get into affiliate marketing although i have a question:

    1. i plan on using wordpress personal to do my site as it only costs $35, but it says i cant use google analytics to track anything do i really need to upgrade to the $250 business plan to track the site using GA, or is there other ways?

    ill post any other questions i have
    Just get your own domain and hosting. This way you have will full control over your site.
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