Make money through your Website or Blog

There are many ways through which you can make some additional income online. One tried and tested method is 'Making money through websites'. There are many successful people, who make money through their websites. Some make their earnings visible on their site and some don't. It's just a matter of personal choice. Making money through websites is by no means easy or passive. Initially, the setup time is high. It could lead to high setup costs too, if you are outsourcing most of your work. The learning curve is steep too if you have very basic computer education.

However once you set up a good and clean website(either static or dynamic); you will make money in subsequent months without much effort. Moreover once you learn about website setup and maintenance; you can easily replicate your efforts on other websites. You can even consider consulting or take freelance offers if you gain good knowledge and expertise.

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Making money through websites is a big project that you can consider finishing in 6-9 months. Let me repeat myself; you won't see results of your efforts for a considerable amount of time. Once your website has started gaining an audience; there surely will be no looking back.

Now let’s review what are your options to make money through your website: 

1. Google Adsense: 
1. Once you have good content on your website and good amount of traffic; you can consider signing up for Google Adsense. After you sign up; google will place ads on your website at predefined locations and you will be paid monthly based on following metrics: 
1. CPC: Cost per Click -> Payment happens when someone clicks on the ad.
2. CPM: Cost per million views -> Payment happens when someone visits and reads the information.
2. Amazon Affiliate: 
1. You can sign up for an amazon affiliate and add their widgets on your website. You need to customize the widget so that relevant products are shown there.
3. Affiliate marketing: 
1. You can write about your experience with some products or services. Once a reader reads it and clicks on its link on your website then buys that product on a 3rd party’s website, you get paid. Ideally you should write a review of the product that you have only used. 
4. Selling eBooks: 
1. You might be having some good content that you can create an ebook. You can write a summary of your product(ebook) on your website and let readers decide if they want to go ahead with the ebook. You need to integrate your website with the payment system so that you can accept payments. Or you can publish your e-book on Amazon or Google so you don’t need to integrate a payment system on your website. 
5. Selling products: 
1. You can sell your products directly on your website instead of marketing other's products.
6. Selling your skills or services: 
1. You can very well use your own website to promote 'What you are good at' Or some specific services you provide. For ex: If you are good at writing then you can promote your skills on your website and let your readers know that you are available to write for them. Once you mention it well on your website; people might be willing to pay you a specific amount to buy that skill or service.

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Conclusion

The possibilities of making money online are endless. However don't fall into the trap of quick rich schemes. Many people want to make a quick buck and they fall prey to black world of the internet. They end up losing money instead of making it. It is advisable to be patient with yours efforts on making money passively. In the first year or two, you might not be making much. However in the long run, your consistent efforts will surely generate passive income for you.