Notes to PissBiscuit

I got a comment from Pissbiscuit.com recently and really liked that he took the time to post quality comments. Actually I found his site after reading comments he had left on another site, so it goes to show that comments can bring you readers. Not only that but I laugh everytime I hear the name. Anyway in what I think could become a regular feature for the affiliate post I present to you ‘Notes to PissBiscuit’.

@ AP: I’ve got a question… I’ve “heard” rumors of BANS sites being almost set it and forget it… but are they worth it? I mean if you go check out Max Davis on the BloggingExperiment, he talks about building these BANS deals and then selling it as a turnkey site (flipping websites) for a nominal fee like… $30.00 or something silly. Seems like a lot of work for thirty bucks… but what do you think… you’re the pro!Anyway, since I own more servers than I can shake a stick at, and my profession is web, I thought for a little while that maybe, just maybe… I could use it on a mass scale to make some progressive passive income every month.Then something happened! I either came to my senses, or sobered up long enough to realize I’ve got no clue how to do any of this… You’re post just makes me ask… is it worth the effort? and can you make “real” money with it?

PissBiscuit,

First of all, thanks for the quality comments and welcome to The Affiliate Post.

Before we get started I must first clarify that you will not get rich quick using bans. Many people just expect to get rich overnight on one website or another, there is that sheep mentality of people copying the first few blogs they happen to read and expecting results overnight . My personal opinion is that to make any “real” (by this I assume you mean a sizeable amount) money online you have work hard, research harder and have a little originality. There are plenty of ways to make money online, Bans being just one of them, but unless you happen to get lucky or work exceedingly hard then you are just not going to make it. With all those servers did you think about offering hosting? Just a thought!

My experience of Bans has been great so far, all my sites are ranking well and starting to accumulate a daily turnover. Do expect to get rich from them? No……What I expect will happen is that I’ll manage to build up a healthy passive income from niche stores which will increase as time goes by and that, combined with other online projects, will allow me to sit and work from the comfort of my own home in my in a couple of years.

There is quite little involved in setting up these site using bans so as far as selling them as turnkey sites it’s not a bad idea but you are not going to reap the full bebefit of what this program can do for you. Actually if you head over to sitepoint you will see some joker trying to sell his bans site for a buy it now price of £8,950. Thats right………9k for a bans site no more than a month old! If that does manage to sell then who is to say I might not put a few of my own on the market
Funny you should mention blogging experiment as I have been checking this one out too. It changed hands recently but there was a post that caught my eye about his experiences with niche stores. See the idea of using bans that has caught on is the 100 sites principle - build one hundred sites that make a minimum of a dollar a day, or $100 a day. Some may scoff at the thought of earning a dollar a day but it all adds up. If I continually build up my portfolio of bans sites, getting anchored text links and nailing some good keywords then I will ultimately increase the value of those domains as well.

As for being set and forget, the thing I find about websites is that they always require tweaking a little. The build a niche store program makes it easy to get started and being an seo yourself you should certainly be trying this out. The key is to get the sites up in the first place - you can always go back and adapt the aesthetics as and when required.

I hope that has answered your question and thanks once again for reading.