Question - An $87 Instant Unique Website

Hey Bo,

If you go to the sitepoint marketplace and visit the start-up sites section, you'll see quite sites which are similar to what you are describing. Most site flipping guides I read tell me to put at least 10 unique articles though, so maybe a bit more unique content would be good. I guess a unique design couldn't hurt either

Curtis

Curtis,

Thank you. You did open my mind

Bo, PM me as there is something very similar going on in my camp on a much larger scale. You may be interested in discussing a working relationship. We can discuss. Cheers, Oh, and to answer your OP...

How would you provide free domain and hosting for a year for that price - as it obviously costs more to get hosting on your own. If you can provide this price for hosting and domain alone why bother building a site? Your package already kicks getting a hostgator package with a domain from namecheap.

Are you talking about subdomains? As in http://mysite.yoursite.com? If that's the case there are services providing something very similar for free.

Exactly

By the way, Peter: I can't PM you. The forum says you've opted-out for PMs.

Competition remains a severe problem.

For example, a person offers almost the same thing (except for hosting and domain) for $50 and DigitalPoint forums. And that's where I'd promote this service.

Where else would I promote this service?

Thanks everyone.

I am offering online support, 14 days after the website is up & running.

Yes, this sounds like a good deal.

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6 articles @10 each = $60

1 DN at $10

= $70

1 website template and hosting = $17

= $87
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But it is not a bargain.

Jim ><>

Hi Bo:

Hope all is well. Especially with the economy less than superlative you want to offer something that makes your site ahead of the competition. Could you consider at least 12 articles and some incentive that would not cost you much but be wroth its wait many times over. For example if you went ahead with your idea and anyone that pays you a fee gets a quality E-Book, or audio download with Private Label Rights that offers******** The **** is what you think your customers/niche would benefit from and be thankful.

Take a look around and see what others are offering and what you like about their proposal and what is lacking. Learn from the strengths and weaknesses. Go for it with full knowledge and gusto.

Thanks everyone for replies.

I am thinking of raising the price to $97 to cover the costs, and have enough for one night at Apple Bee's with my girlfriend

If you were me, where would you advertise this kind of service?

I would team up with someone selling an IM business opportunity "big pack". Because for them it would be the perfect "Done-4-You" upsell. Add some bonuses into the equation and you have a few hundred dollar upsell which you can split with the I
Internet Marketer.
I would start looking at the people selling PLR packs. Ebook packs. And blogging packs. If you can see some synergy between your services and their product, then put a no-brainer offer together for them. Which means before you attempt to contact them, work out what else you can throw into the deal to add even more value for the IM and their customers.

If the quality of your work is right I will be your first buyer, PM me if you put an offer together.

Some people have tried to put a value on what you're offering but I think they're being premature. The quality of the sites you will offer is everything. Quality to me means can I monetize this site.

If you're an excellent copywriter who knows how to drive clickthrough and pre-sell, and you offer a ready-made, unique review site with reviews of several products that have proven conversion histories, with a bit of supplemental content -- then yeah, $97 is a steal for a site like that.

On the other hand for a site which doesn't have these characteristics, $50 may be too high. If the site can't convert the traffic I drive to it, how will I earn my $50 (and traffic cost) back?

Guys,

I've put together a demo. Nothing fancy. By the way, articles are not unique on this demo:

Cheap Instant Websites Demo

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Bo

Bo, it's not a bad site, but I'll throw out some thoughts that might help you make it better:

- My own experience has been that if you're doing product reviews you're better off getting rid of Adsense, building traffic is hard and would you rather have a motivated buyer make you 25 cents by clicking Adsense or make you 25 bucks by clicking an affiliate link?

- On that note, the product links are not very visible -- I just see the one TAA cover shot on the right, it'd be easy for a prospective buyer to miss this. Links to the products should be up front and visible.

- Copy-wise, what you have here is well-written, but perhaps not the most effective for selling -- there are far far better copywriters here on WF than me, but I know that the foundation of good marketing is being able to describe benefits and evoke emotion and connection, so try going that direction when you do write unique articles. Speaking for myself I'd also definitely want to see actual product reviews before buying.

- Visually, I actually like the color scheme you used here but people tend to respond better emotionally to primary colors. A hero shot that helps people fantasize a bit about what their life could be like also can work wonders.

Hope that helps

Peter, I did not post prematurely. Bo asked if we'd spend money on a site like the one he proposed. I told him that I would buy sites if they offered a good ROI and offered suggestions that would make his demo site a more compelling example (IMHO) of a site with ROI.

The best demo site would be one with compelling copy, and examples of how he makes different kinds of offers.

By the way, Bo did not use the term 'niche blog' to refer to his sites, either. If he'd said his model was to flip niche blogs, that would call for a different type of feedback.

The point here is whatever type of site he builds, the more compelling the case that his site can generate ROI, the more he can charge for it.

Hi Bo.

firstly, good on you for showing initiative.

just curious because your example site has all the articles on the same page. (which one are you going to choose)

the example site looks more like a blog but the OP makes it sound like you are offering a minisite.

Also, maybe it would be good to consider adsense ads inbetween the articles (if it is more like a blog).

few more points [deep breath]

will the service include you placing the adsense code into their site? This could possibly be an extra service you could charge for. Just a suggestion.

Also. 12 months of free webhosting-while it won't cost you any extra- will be a long time to wait for residual income from all the hard work you are doing now.

may wish to reduce the 'free hosting' time.

appologies for the long post, and good luck with the business venture.


regards

Simon.

Hi,

Well, that's a blog alright.

In fact, I prefer a blog for most
kinds of marketing I do.

Jim ><>