Monetization Models
The methods used to monetize websites haven’t much changed since the earliest days of the internet.
The most common ways are:
- Contextual, Display or Banner Ads.
- Promoting CPA or Affiliate Offers.
- eMail List Building.
Offers presented can be nearly any product or service in literally thousands of niches.
The products might be software, e-books, reports, or even videos and information products. More and more these days, they will be physical products from Amazon, eBay, Alibaba Express, or even a product you developed by yourself.
According to one internet guru from a few years ago, website monetization methods in increasing order of profits are as follows:
- Banner Ads.
- Adsense.
- Affiliate Offers. (Physical Products.)
- CPA offers.
- InfoProducts & Software. (Affiliates.)
- Your Own Product.
But, there is no question that the most reliably consistent way to make money through the internet is still email marketing. “The money is in the list”, as the saying goes. The statistics vary widely depending on market and annual number of promotions, however a good rule of thumb is to expect $1 per name per year.
How difficult can it be to build a list of 100,000 names and send out 52 emails per year?
Sorry, I digress. We are supposed to be talking about monetizing your new website.
Now, we can finally move on to that step of choosing your best monetization model.
