Review my affiliate website please.

[the_punisher]

my website : http://www.softmall.org


I just recently redesigned it and before it looked like this http://www.downloads.softmall.org



okay now as this is an affiliate site I would really love some sales but I am getting none,

It has been 8 months since I launched the site and still no sales,

one guy did make a purchase from my site but then refunded it

what am I doing wrong??


can any experts here give me a review of my site please


I am affiliated with regnow.

[hanji]

My first questions...

1. Are you getting traffic to the site?
2. Are you getting clicks?
3. Do you promote using PPC or organic SEO?

hanji

[the_punisher]

no I am not getting any traffic..

i am not getting any clicks.


and I am not promoting it in any way.

I thought you guys could help me out here, Im having a tough time getting sales.

getting traffic is no problem, but i dont want just traffic, i want buyers, so thats why im not promoting it like crazy on every forum and blog I see

[hanji]

I personally think the best approach with targeted traffic is PPC. YSM is cheap and easy to maintain, you could run a test campaign and burn a few bucks to see if anyone bites.

Saying you don't want 'just traffic', is tough. Why not try to get as much traffic as you can... and see if a few would be interested. Turning your back to potential opportunity seems like a bad move. I do agree that forum sigs and comments don't do much, but social bookmark sites/squidoo/stumble seem to get some promising traffic. Also, getting the bots to your site is part of your goal to get good indexing.

Anyway.. my thoughts. I'm sure you'll get some great advice here.

hanji

Oh... and your site. I think it looks pretty good. I think you got good coverage on products. Looks clean. I think the niche may be a tough one though.

[the_punisher]

thanks for your reply hanji,

if YPN is cheaper I will definetely go with YPN.

waiting for more replies now.


How do I add rep??

[hanji]

You actually want YSM (Yahoo Search Marketing). YPN is the Yahoo version of AdSense. YSM is the Yahoo version of AdWords. It's much cheaper than AdWords.

hanji

[hanji]

the_punisher Wrote:How do I add rep??

Click on the number after 'Reputation' below the avatar. That will take you to the rating page. There is a button there called 'Rate User'.

hanji

[the_punisher]

thanks a lot.

I will start off with YSN.

say with $20, will that be enough?

also has anyone any experience with bidvertiser?

[the_punisher]

there are 2 options @ YSM

- small business

- search marketing.


which one is for me ?

[hanji]

the_punisher Wrote:there are 2 options @ YSM
- small business
- search marketing.
which one is for me ?

I use Search Marketing. As for the $20 question.. anything is better than nothing. The more money you can burn, the more experimenting you can do. I would keep your keyword bids low. Start at .10, and adjust accordingly. It's all about the ad your write.. and the keywords you pick. You might want to pick 'long-tail keywords'.. you should google that up. Low impressions, but good conversions.

I think if you sign up with YSM right now.. you get free $25 on top of your account.

hanji