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Originally Posted by __w__
How do I shrink the header image size? Should I just switch themes? This is going to be my fall project. What you see now was all completed tonight. Ideally I want to have it perfected by NOV 15.
Here is my thought process. I want to run to an Adwords campaign to starting on November 15th. I chose pipe wrap insulation as the subject base because it's a topic that gets hot (busy) around this time when the weather starts to cool off and people start to think about energy savings. Ideally, what I want people to do is come to the site, and then leave via an Amazon link. 4% of a package of pipe wrap is small change but it will add up?
The crappy thing about Amazon though is that the cookie only last 24hrs. If it was a 30 day cookie, I would have a much better opportunity of cashing in on someone doing some christmas shopping the next day, etc.
Figure I'll save you the expense of learning the hard way... A couple things in no particular order:
1) For non electronics, amazon pays out between 4-7% depending on volume.
2) ALWAYS put yourself in the buyers shoes. Chances are you are pretty similar to them. For instance, something like pipe insulation - where would you buy it? 99% of people are going to buy it at their local hardware store, since there is little savings, they need it for their project and want to start right away. They also don't want the hassle of shipping it back, should they need to return it.
3) Paying for adwords traffic, and then having a site monitized with adsense on it, is known as arbitrage. And Google looks down on this, they don't like it. If your site is HUGE say like This old house, they'll look the other way. But if your primary means of making money, is through arbitrage, your adsense account will be banned.
4) You may look into commission junction -cj, they have a lot of merchants that offer longer cookies.
5) Focus on building larger sites, with a lot of worthwhile content. Throwing a couple pages up and making hundreds of sites is a recipe for disaster. SEO work takes TIME and MONEY! You'll make a lot more money, have less hassles and be better off in the long run.
PS: You specifically seem to be ALL over the place. Buying domains, trying to setup ecommerce sites, now this. Focus on one thing and learn it well. Then branch out, this is especially important when you are first starting out. Otherwise, it's similar to playing cards, if you try 15 hands of omaha, 15 hands of texas holdem, you never get good at playing either one, since you haven't invested the time into learning the game and refining your playing habits.
