BANS Profits for July 2008
It’s that time again … time to post my EPN (eBay Partner Network) stats and profits for July 2008. EPN is eBay’s affiliate program and I’m really starting to love it!
I’m very happy with my BANS (Build A Niche Store) numbers for July. We were gone traveling for several days throughout the month and I didn’t put as much time and effort into my stores as I would’ve liked. When we were home … we were out partying on the boat! LOL. We do that here when it’s over 100* day after day … after long hot miserable day!
Here’s the breakdown for July – Stats and Profits: 1584 clicks, 6 CRUs, 5 ACRUs, 104 bids, 36 winning bids, bid revenue $144.41, and $125 for the 5 ACRUs … for a monthly total of $269.41. I also will add to that the other $88 bucks ($88.72) that I earned for two BANS referral sign ups for a grand total of $358.13 for the month.
In July I was still operating the 3 stores. My #1 store earned $206.95 of that and my #2 store earned $58.33. The other $5 bucks came from various links and widgets I have on blogs and sites. My third site is just not performing. It gets random traffic but I’m going to need to put together a marketing strategy for that and see where it takes me. It’s a great Christmas gift product so I want to have it ramped up and ready to go for the holiday selling season.
There are two different approaches to the BANS business building model. There’s the method of slapping up as many stores as possible … right “out of the box” without any work or customization or search engine optimization … much less marketing. And then there’s the method I prefer … quality over quantity. I do believe “Slow and steady wins the race.” I will put up 1, 2, or 3 sites at a time … at the most! I can see the difference in the 3 stores I have now. I put the most effort and energy into my #1 store … the next level of effort into my #2 store … and almost NONE into my #3 store … hmmmm … I see a pattern here don’t you?
My initial goal with my BANS business was to get each of my 3 stores making at least $100/mo. and then start up 3 more stores … wash, rinse, repeat. I have decided to go ahead and put up my 4th store and I’m excited to see how it does.
I’m back on track and ready to do some serious marketing so I’m hoping to have my record month in August …
Do you have a BANS store? How was your July? Would you like to know more about making money through eBay’s affiliate program? Post your questions and comments here! *SmiLes* Suzanne
P.S. I LOVE helping others … it’s just in my nature. If you’d like to get an online business started … shoot me an email or a comment here and let me know what I can do to help!
Update:
Goal for September $800.00
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6 Comments
Corey
on 10th Aug, 08 01:08am
That is so awesome Suzanne. I just switched over from CJ and had to convert all my links to EPN. We’ll see how my sales are going in about another month! I just released a video on how to create BANS typed sites using Joomla which is a free software. http://JoomNiche.com
Check it out!
-Corey
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WebTrafficRoi
on 19th Aug, 08 07:08am
I was a bit sceptical about BANS initially but seeing so many successful people may be I may have a change of mind.. Anyway congratulations on your earnings and best of luck..
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Suzanne
on 19th Aug, 08 07:08am
Hi WebTrafficRoi ~ I too was sceptical … but now I LOVE it! I just added a new store and it’s pacing to out-perform my #1 store this month!
I have really been studying what I think it takes to have a successful store and I’d love to help you get started too.
If you use my BANS links to purchase I will do whatever it takes to help get you up and running … just use the contact page and let me know after you purchase and we’ll get started! *SmiLes* Suzanne
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Marketing Strategies from get-that-click.com
on 10th Dec, 08 08:12am
I have seen quite a number of blogs about BANS and you were the first to show your personal results and share about your success. I agree that when you get favourable results you must build on it by duplicating the business so that your revenue can grow.
I was just wondering, how much does it cost you per month to keep the business running. Is the net profit big enough to justify the cost of creating another site?
regards
Marion
Marketing and Traffic Strategies at http://www.get-that-click.com
Marketing Strategies from get-that-click.com’s last blog post..Dec 5, Easy Blog Formula
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Suzanne
on 10th Dec, 08 09:12am
@ marion ~ It doesn’t cost me anything more to add stores except for the domain name. I use Hostgator hosting and I get unlimited domains added to the hosting account and space … so it’s not an issue … just the time to set them up and promote them. The BANS software can be used as many times as you like once you purchase the license. Hope that helps … if you’re going to give it a try please contact me FIRST because many people have not gotten approved by the eBay affiliate program lately and I can give you some pointers. *SmiLes* Suzanne
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Shaw
on 4th Jan, 09 08:01pm
Hi,
how have your sites been affected with the BANS slap down? I hear that Google doesnt like them. I was going to try, but I heard that…any thoughts?
Shaw
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