subject: How Website Make Money For You [print this page] Day by day world is going online, and hence the ways to make money also finds it way. One can make money through website. Here Im going to explain how you can earn through your website. One can earn through direct method and indirect methods Pay Per Click, Pay per visit, Banner / Text advertising, Affiliate marketing, Sponsored reviews, RSS feed ads, selling website etc are type of Direct method of generating revenue through website. And we are focusing on direct methods of making money because these are reliable source.
Pay Per Click: Everyone is aware of Google AdSense. This is one way to start generating direct revenue. How Google AdSense work is, you sign up for ad sense, and then Google start placing ads on your website on the location you kept for Google AdSense. You earn when someone clicks on the advertisement placed by Google.
Pay Per Visit: This is also known as CPM advertising. CPM advertising works similar to the way Pay per click works. Only noticeable difference is, you get paid when someone clicks on the link you kept on your website and visits that page. Potential of this is a website that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM and can earn $100 monthly.
Direct banner Advertisement: With direct banner method you can cut the middle man and sell your own banner space to place advertisement from various advertisers.
Sponsored reviews: This type generally works well with blogs. Pay Per Post pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and Review Me, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
RSS feed ads: RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Millions of people started using RSS to keep themselves updated. Hence RSS becomes one of the way to post ad through it which reaches millions.
Private Forum: If your website runs a forum, one can keep one secret are where one can get access only if they pays for it. This way you can earn money directly from the user. No middle man required which gives 100% profit.
Paid Polls / Surveys: There are services that pay you if you keep poll or small survey on your website. Once you sign up with them you get poll / surveys and through which you can earn.
Donation: You can directly ask for the donation for your website. Placing a Donate link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
Selling your website: This will be the last source of income you can earn through your website. But with this you can earn lot of money.
