ThisIsWhyImBroke - A Model of Simplicity and Efficiency for Amazon Affiliates?

Well it's creative. Theme is outstanding. I believe this is not wordpress... The site has a great traffic stat and I think the owner is doing extremely well with amazon..

Yes he is...he is making a shitload of money monthly. I have a similar site that is fairly new. Actually looking into marketing, traffic generation now.

A quick look at the site code shows the theme is:

ProSense Infinite Scrolling

Can't help with the customizations though.

I saw this one awhile ago was very impressed with the simplicity. He's obviously not reliant on Google traffic either so I'm sure he's killing it and has something quite sustainable as long as he keeps adding cool new products.

The thing with this site is it has the wow/shareability factor - I just loved browsing through it to see all the weird stuff that was there and I think I even shared it along on my facebook feed... but I'm sure he needs a TON of traffic to make any cash/sales (which I'm sure he has and most likely gets a lot of impulse buys).

Was trying to figure out how to work this model in a more niche centric way but I'm just not sure how easy it would be. For instance Power-tools as was mentioned above.

You could easily build a similar site that lays out a bunch of powertools but is anyone going to want to share it? Even if I was REALLY into power-tools I doubt this would be something that I would recommend to my friends and family, but that's just me.

I'm sure there are ways to work with this but it's definitely going to depend on your product angle

It's been around longer than a year, there are other sites with the same concept all copying one another, and yeah it's a social media delight

Yes, it's a good site. However, they are full of crap when they say "We are not interested in spamming any lame products at you, or compromising the integrity of this site with paid product advertisements. When you visit ThisIsWhyImBroke you’ll only see unique products that our staff was so fond of, we felt it needed to be shared with our viewers" and run Google Adense ads alongside the statement.

Haha I love this site! Bookmarked!

Traffic is always the key, and as a noob myself I'd love to find out how traffic is being generated.

Same theme/layout on this site: Cool Camping Gear

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I'm diggin' the concept, looking long and hard at the shower gel nose dispenser... the kids would get a kick out of that.

Anybody who have found out the theme used on these sites..it looks good,still can be used with other sites not just amazon

Check out this one as well: Cheaper Than A Shrink | Happiness Without A Prescription

Superb site and yet very simple in design

To do that kind of business in only 1 years is inspiring. I really like the floating iceberg.

I am not sure which exact theme he or she uses is the most important. The one thing that stands out to mee about the site is how visual it is.

that's an great idea and an amazing concept that works greatly, they have each day 300 new facebook likes.
They must be making good money and having lots of traffic.

Sites like this have been around for several years. This is just one of the more amusing ones, so it went viral.

I wouldn't get too excited over launching a copycat version. It isn't about the design as much as it is the "power in numbers" viral traffic. Buying traffic for something like this would be a disaster.

I think, but I'm not entirely sure, that he got his exposure through Reddit. He's been a member there a long time, advertises there, and obviously people post his stuff too... He did an AMA.

Also... someone copied his concept and calls it thatiswhyimbroke.com (or similar) They've been battling it out...

I don't know if you know but the owner of ThisIsWhyImBroke buys a lot of traffic, I have seen a lot of his ads n Reddit.com in several subreddits and he spends a good amount of money in it

Great concept and I really like the layout.

It definitely gave me some ideas.

Thanks for posting!

Seems like a very lucrative site. I saw a product that was on sale for $13,000. 100,000+ facebook fans dont hurt either. But i personally think that the site is all over the place. I have no idea of what they want me to do when i visit the site... except buy "something". I didn't see a search function on the site.

there are a lot of sites like this that have been around for years and haven't made much money.. weirdeststuff.com is one of them. Still a fun site though. I suppose the difference being one site buys traffic and the other doesn't.

I'm not sure if this kind of sites convert but what I would say that visitors from search engines are targeted visitors to your site so try to optimize some targeted keywords and get visitors from search engine for better benefit.

Interesting site.

I already sent one link to a friend!

Being creative pays off.

That is an awesome site.

I gotta say- the Toilet Bowl Coffee Mug is kinda funny, but it'd be hard to drink my coffee out of it...

Oh wow, what a site! So simple, yet so effective.

I'm loving the marshall stack fridge. Nearly clicked on the blooming link too!

There are multiple sites just like it nowadays. I myself have one that is doing well.

Cool site. They are definitely picking cool products. Some of the other similar sites kind of leave me "eh". I'd be real curious though about how profitable it really is.

The OP said: "I believe the guy who started it has had it up for a little over a year. He has about 140,000 facebook followers and has had his site thrown around all different types of sites, in all different types of forums, catering to people with tons of different interests, hobbies, etc. "
I am wondering, if you put a interesting item into a forum for traffic generation who would you do it? I mean, the home page list maybe 80 products that if you click on they go straight to the item for sale, and not a individual page about the item like a typical review on a blog that you would link on a forum saying, hey this is an interesting flying machine. Here in order to get the commission's you can only link to the home page and hope the person finds it.

The product are updated daily to keep them fresh and eventually drop off the page. Not a good user experience and makes non relevant links in the forum you are exploiting.

Any ideas?

Best Amazon affiliate site eva.

I'm sure they make a buck or 10. Anyone that clicks through the image to have a closer look is immediately taken to the merchant store. As others have commented, simple but effective.

Definitely relying on the quirky / cool factor and social media rather than SEO.

Hmmm - should think about setting up something similar ...

I realize this post isn't farm fresh, but how does one site like this become insanely popular while others don't get a notice? I've read interviews where the owner of this site started making money right away... he doesn't write any reviews mind you. This is just a straight product site. Yes, it's cool stuff, but it's all stuff you can find yourself on amazon. Google hates this type of site since it is just an aff site. So how would one make such a site stand out, other than spending a ton on advertising?

Truly incredible site. I'm amazed by the simplicity and beauty of the theme.

Even though it's a simple and neat design website, but I think the conversion rate for this site is suppose to be enormous!

Thesis is my #1 choice. It is very flexible theme for professional sites, even for auto blog sites.

Oh, I am so going to copycat that idea...LOL!

I think he spend more than one year. Otherwise it would not be possible. Most importantly he tries in every possible way. Now he is enjoying the results.

Is there any plugins that do the same?

What I don't understand is how on earth is he finding all those products? I mean, does he wake up and say "Gee, I wonder if there are any toilet bowl coffee mugs on Amazon, why won't I just look?".

Any ideas?