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Ask HN: Is there any other web-business as easy as online dating and blogging?

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Ask HN: Is there any other web-business as easy as online dating and blogging?

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Post by popat »

I was studying about the online businesses that has lowest amount of hassles; one that doesn't require anything other than building a web-app and your business is on with money coming in ... no purchase of any goods, no inventory, no shipping, lowest customer service headache, no returns, no coordination for selling 3rd party stuffs etc.

Do you know any business that is as easy as online dating and blogging business?

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#4

Post by josefresco »

If you want no hassle, affiliate sites are the way to go as you only generate the sales lead and they do all the rest. Once you find something that works, you just replicate. CJ.com is a good place to start.

I'm not sure what you mean by "blogging business" though, you mind elaborating?

Social sites where the users generate all the content are good as well, look into scripts like Pligg which are easy to install and customize to suite your niche.

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#5

Post by ideas101 »

josefresco wrote: post #4

If you want no hassle, affiliate sites are the way to go as you only generate the sales lead and they do all the rest. Once you find something that works, you just replicate. CJ.com is a good place to start. I'm not sure what you mean by "blogging business" though, you mind elaborating? Social sites where the users generate all the content are good as well, look into scripts like Pligg which are easy to install and c…

blogging with ads related to the article that makes you money ... write an article on shoes & perfumes, get some ads displayed (thru google and yahoo network) and females will go crazy by clicking you money-in :-) --- though you require good advertising to get high traffic for your blog... but not impossible.

regarding affiliate sites; you need to have a good content on your webpages, because google (search and ad program) discourages sites that only displays ads to make money.

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#6

Post by josefresco »

ideas101 wrote: post #5
josefresco wrote: post #4

If you want no hassle, affiliate sites are the way to go as you only generate the sales lead and they do all the rest. Once you find something that works, you just replicate. CJ.com is a good place to start. I'm not sure what you mean by "blogging business" though, you mind elaborating? Social sites where the users generate all the content are good as well, look into scripts like Pligg which are easy to install and c…

blogging with ads related to the article that makes you money ... write an article on shoes & perfumes, get some ads displayed (thru google and yahoo network) and females will go crazy by clicking you money-in :-) --- though you require good advertising to get high traffic for your blog... but not impossible. regarding affiliate sites; you need to have a good content on your webpages, because google (search and ad pr…

No money really in blogging, unless you own a network or are a complete blogging whore/pro like John Chow. AdSense pays shit and if you run any other ad network the Goog will whack your PR and drop you from search results.

You're right on about affiliates, I'd combine your idea with my suggestion, start a blog and instead of running AdSense use affiliate links. Remember the more focused your niche is the better.

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#7

Post by gaius »

But the people making money in ANY business are the ones who aren't looking for something easy. As PG says, they're the ones looking for an opportunity to get rewarded for working harder than their competition. This is truer than ever on the web. Sure match.com or whoever may have cheesy ads but in the boiler room there will be talented geeks working their asses off.
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