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direction please

by EmergencyMonkey
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I need some brainstorming ideas for a domain I bought months ago shouldiget.com. Don't go there cause it's not up and running I just need something to get me pushed in a direction and at this point any direction that I can evolve cause it's going nowhere at this point.

My initial vision was an affiliate site but can't figure out the framework for the site. I feel it could have the potential to promote anything and everything, but don't want it to look like a junk site. Do I make subdomains for each product keeping things clean, do I just make categories and subdivisions for each product and keep them all accessible as people thumb through the site? Ugh I have no vision and can use help.

I think what I really need are examples. Can anyone point me towards, or are running themselves a larger type site that promotes multiple unrelated products? Please not walmart.com I am thinking click bank or amazon products with shouldiget in mind. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author jtchaschowy
    Cool Sh*t You Can Buy - Find Cool Things To Buy
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    • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
      Originally Posted by jtchaschowy View Post

      That's what I need. Some good links to give me ideas. Thanks for that one. Definitely gets the wheels turning.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        ThisIsWhyImBroke.com :: The Internet's Mall
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        • Profile picture of the author Indecision
          could run it as some kind of a gift site?
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          • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
            Originally Posted by Indecision View Post

            could run it as some kind of a gift site?
            Originally I had in mind a comparison or review site, but I'm not a big fan of the idea of me writing reviews.....but I love reading them.
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        • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Another good link. Thanks! How would you market something like that though? Do you promote the site as a whole or individual products? I would imagine each product would be impossible, but if you are considering seo, the way that site is set up it would have to be built into the mini description or just promotion of the overall site. Hmmm....
          Thanks for the link
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          • Profile picture of the author Indecision
            better yet run it as some kind of an opinion poll site.

            For example I redecorate my lounge and decided to buy a new sofa, I can't decide between two styles of sofa so I launch a poll on your website and people can vote on which one they think would look best in the newly decorated room.

            I might be missing the point of what you want to do, hell i'm stealing this idea ...
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            Originally Posted by EmergencyMonkey View Post

            Another good link. Thanks! How would you market something like that though?
            Yes - this is very much the question. I don't know.

            My limited experience of something slightly similar may be of no interest/relevance, here. I have a couple of mostly-Amazon "gift sites" myself but I don't market them with SEO at all. They promote only cheap items (one is books/CD's and the other is gifts mostly under $20). The commissions aren't worth talking about, but the monthly sales volumes keep me qualified for the highest commission-levels on all the other, more expensive Amazon stuff that I promote through my email marketing (via sites - without actually putting Amazon affiliate-links in the emails) in my various specific niches. I'm really doing it only as a way round Amazon's weird system of fixing monthly affiliate commission-levels according to numbers of items sold. I generate most of my traffic to these "gift sites" by email, because I have some big lists and they're stuff that "almost anyone" might buy. I do write a bit about music and books, myself, and have also done a little bit of what one might almost call "article marketing" for the CD's/books site, but only because I enjoy it. A strange "system", I know. In short, for me it's not a business in its own right (though I don't doubt that the sites linked to above are): it's just a "facilitator" for something else. So not much help to you - sorry.
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            • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
              Originally Posted by Indecision View Post

              better yet run it as some kind of an opinion poll site.

              For example I redecorate my lounge and decided to buy a new sofa, I can't decide between two styles of sofa so I launch a poll on your website and people can vote on which one they think would look best in the newly decorated room.

              I might be missing the point of what you want to do, hell i'm stealing this idea ...
              Indecision I appreciate the input. You're not missing any point, the point is I am not good at thinking outside the box and am looking for whatever response might spark that idea that hits home. Thank you.

              Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

              Yes - this is very much the question. I don't know.

              My limited experience of something slightly similar may be of no interest/relevance, here. I have a couple of mostly-Amazon "gift sites" myself but I don't market them with SEO at all. They promote only cheap items (one is books/CD's and the other is gifts mostly under $20). The commissions aren't worth talking about, but the monthly sales volumes keep me qualified for the highest commission-levels on all the other, more expensive Amazon stuff that I promote through my email marketing (via sites - without actually putting Amazon affiliate-links in the emails) in my various specific niches. I'm really doing it only as a way round Amazon's weird system of fixing monthly affiliate commission-levels according to numbers of items sold. I generate most of my traffic to these "gift sites" by email, because I have some big lists and they're stuff that "almost anyone" might buy. I do write a bit about music and books, myself, and have also done a little bit of what one might almost call "article marketing" for the CD's/books site, but only because I enjoy it. A strange "system", I know. In short, for me it's not a business in its own right (though I don't doubt that the sites linked to above are): it's just a "facilitator" for something else. So not much help to you - sorry.
              Alexa, it's always helpful to see what works for someone. Thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    If I would have that domain. I must run it as honest WSO review site. I already own one and going good. But the domain you have would be the best choice for my kind of work. Well, let me tell you more about this.. I would write honest reviews of WSOs I like before their launches and would do SEO to promote them and also would make the list at the same time.. Other review sites I found around are crap tbh. But if you write unique and honest reviews and some insights then people will appreciate you by buying from you.
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    • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
      Originally Posted by Moneymaker2012 View Post

      If I would have that domain. I must run it as honest WSO review site. I already own one and going good. But the domain you have would be the best choice for my kind of work. Well, let me tell you more about this.. I would write honest reviews of WSOs I like before their launches and would do SEO to promote them and also would make the list at the same time.. Other review sites I found around are crap tbh. But if you write unique and honest reviews and some insights then people will appreciate you by buying from you.
      Hey MoneyMaker2012, wanna buy a domain? could you pm me your site? Not to steal business but to consider my options with that idea in other niches. It's a good idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author roblawrence
    Focus on stuff that you like, then if the site doesn't make money, you'll still have fun. The wacky gift site idea is a great one!
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  • Profile picture of the author Devin X
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    Perhaps you can consider a humor site that posts stories based around the premise of "should I get _______"

    A comparable site could be FML: Your everyday life stories Other than that, I cannot suggest that you create an internet mall or an ecommerce store using that name. It would be really difficult to brand that domain name as an ecommerce store. I'd focus on humor, or I'd just sell the domain. Yeah, maybe you should sell the domain.
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    • Profile picture of the author EmergencyMonkey
      Originally Posted by roblawrence View Post

      Focus on stuff that you like, then if the site doesn't make money, you'll still have fun. The wacky gift site idea is a great one!
      Roblawrence, I do want to focus on something I will be passionate about. My other site is all about my career field and I love contributing to that site. Now that it is kind of on auto pilot when it comes to content creation, I am looking to try my hand in a more broad market. Of course that means much more competition.

      Originally Posted by TheRealDudeman View Post

      Perhaps you can consider a humor site that posts stories based around the premise of "should I get _______"

      A comparable site could be FML: Your everyday life stories Other than that, I cannot suggest that you create an internet mall or an ecommerce store using that name. It would be really difficult to brand that domain name as an ecommerce store. I'd focus on humor, or I'd just sell the domain. Yeah, maybe you should sell the domain.

      TheRealDudeman, thanks for the link, that's an interesting idea also. Ecommerce seems like a lot of detailed work and something that will get lost in the sea of similar sites. I like the link and it also gives me some ideas. As for selling, I've got the domain for a year so I will take the time to think about it and work with it. It took my other website three of four designs before I finally settled on what I wanted it to be. Let's hope my followers want it to be that too
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