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Profit From A Low CPC Niche?

by Majora
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Hello Warriors,

I've been looking to start a new website in a new niche, but I'm having some concerns. Many of the niches I think I could succeed in have low competition, however the reported CPC for Adsense is either not displayed at all or extremely low (less than 5 cents).

While there are a few cheap products I could use for affiliate marketing (~$20 per sale), I am concerned with how profitable this site could actually be. Could I still make money on Adsense through interest-based ads? Or should I try to find a new niche altogether?

Thanks all.
#cpc #low #niche #profit
  • Profile picture of the author blueclcl
    Does the niche get a lot of traffic? You say low competition, but that's a good thing..
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    • Profile picture of the author Majora
      Originally Posted by blueclcl View Post

      Does the niche get a lot of traffic? You say low competition, but that's a good thing..
      I believe so, the main keyword has a little over 30,000 searches a month.

      Originally Posted by nicholasb View Post

      I go after the biggest and most competitive niches, a small piece of a big pie is still bigger than a big piece of a small pie
      I was always the same way, I had blogs in very competitive areas that managed to attract a decent number of visitors. However, they didn't make much money.

      I feel the only way to compete in competitive niches is to have a regularly updated blog. I've been looking to move away from blogs, as I don't have the time to maintain and write on multiple blogs every day.
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    I go after the biggest and most competitive niches, a small pice of a big pie is still bigger than a big piece of a small pie
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    • Profile picture of the author Wealthyclark
      Originally Posted by nicholasb View Post

      I go after the biggest and most competitive niches, a small pice of a big pie is still bigger than a big piece of a small pie
      This is exactly what I've learned to be true throughout my 16 years online. I try to help people understand this but many are stuck on the go for the low hanging fruit theory.

      Wishing you all much success,
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  • Profile picture of the author StanHyeck
    There is a reason that no one wants to pay much for some keywords ... they just don't convert to buyers well.

    HOWEVER ... that is a "rule of thumb." In other words, what I said above is only USUALLY true. It is generally true that if a keyword actually draws good visitors that convert to buyers, that they keyword will naturally be bid up.

    However sometimes keywords get skipped over.

    So if you find low competition keywords that you can get for cheap TEST IT. Spend maybe $5 and see if you can draw in some traffic and see if it'll at least sign up to an email list.

    If you can at least get a small list started then scale it up. Spend maybe $20 on the keyword.

    By the time you've spent that, if the traffic is cheap, there should be enough that you've generated a sale or two. If you have and it's now profitable, scale up the traffic some more.

    If not, then move on to other keywords.

    Hope this helps.
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