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Re: Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?

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Post by iamben »

jayzalowitz wrote: post #2

Dont. We haven't monetized hackernoon.com at all and have instead focused on good content and we are now well into the millions of monthly uniques. Its not worth the time to monitize 3k visitors

I'm half with you. I think monetising 3k people on a generic chat site is going to be hard/impossible (what interests one may not interest the other). That said, monetising 3k people in a micro niche could potentially be absolutely worth it. For instance, if the 3k are chatting about poker - you may only need to convert a handful a month with the right offer to make it a nice bit of extra (semi) passive income.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?

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Post by vblord »

$30/month is pretty good for 3k in visitors i think. I get about 10k visitors and only make $25 off adsense. What's your website address? I'd love to see where your ad placement is at. Maybe it has to do with the amount of time the users are on the site.

In terms of getting more $, affiliate income makes lots of money. In the old days when we used to run sites with adsense and affiliates, the affiliate income accounted for about 70% of the revenue. If you had a good place on your site for it, I'd start by looking in to the amazon associates program. FYI. The amazon affiliate pays out from 4% - 10% of the sale of the product.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?

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Post by betenoire »

stanmancan wrote: post #10
aminozuur wrote: post #5

Why would you want to make it more profitable? The alternative is giving your users a better, ad-free experience. What makes you happier: 1) Getting $100/month in revenue 2) Having a fast growing group of users who love your web-app?

I don't think that's really a fair comment. There's lots of reasons to want to monetize a project, including to pay for servers, fund future development, and fund future projects. All it takes is a few small sites/services that are making >= $500/m via ads or paid customers to be able to quit your job and focus your time on said projects.

The parent worded it poorly IMO. But the notion is real.

The parent made it seem like you had to choose between making money or a good app, which is obviously nonsense.

But I do identify with getting more gratification from solving a problem well and offering to others for free than potentially making money off of it. I might be weird, but money is a drug, and I'll take just what I need (or what my wife says we need).

Re: Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?

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Post by jeffmould »

My question is do you have 3000 visitors or 3000 MAU? There is a big difference. With Adsense there are things to consider to increase your revenue, such as who your users are (location and demographic), the type of content on the site, and how long they stay on your site.

As others have pointed out, without knowing more about your site it's difficult to answer. But some suggestions. Try selling add-ons such as premium emojis or avatars. Look towards a premium account with added features as well.

Re: Ask HN: What to do with 3K visitors a month?

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Post by sharemywin »

stanmancan wrote: post #10
aminozuur wrote: post #5

Why would you want to make it more profitable? The alternative is giving your users a better, ad-free experience. What makes you happier: 1) Getting $100/month in revenue 2) Having a fast growing group of users who love your web-app?

I don't think that's really a fair comment. There's lots of reasons to want to monetize a project, including to pay for servers, fund future development, and fund future projects. All it takes is a few small sites/services that are making >= $500/m via ads or paid customers to be able to quit your job and focus your time on said projects.

But if you take the ads of and it grows faster you need to see if the growth is worth the loss in short term revenue. Facebook was a perfect example.
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