In this lab, we examine a site that has been sold and see how we can replicate the results (without all the guesswork.)

The Site – TravelBelles.com

Flippa Listing - https://flippa.com/10029139-travelbelles-com

Date Sold - 27^th November 2018

Price Sold For - $16,000

Age of Site When Sold – 8 Years

Details – This is yet another perfect example of an Amazon/Adsense affiliate niche specific website. Making $400-$500 per month and sold for $16,000.

Keywords Targeted – It targets keywords related to women's travel.

Backlinks – The site has 578 links from less than 100 referring domains according to MajesticSEO.

What My Plan Would Be To Clone The Results – I would set up a brand new site using a domain name that had the word 'travel' in it. I would then create 3,000 word content posts that target relevant keywords and place Amazon native ads on each page. I would most likely need to have 100+ posts on the site to become more of an authority but these can be added on an ongoing basis.

I would use social, Web 2.0 and PBN links to rank the site over the course of 12+ months. I would heavily focus on getting topically related and thematically related backlinks.

The aim would be to get to $1,000+ per month in profit and then sell for $30,000 - $40,000.

The Sniper Lab is all about creating small 3-5 page websites that target buyer keywords with an Exact Match Domain (EMD).

You simply browse the Amazon marketplace to find products, then put those into the Google keyword planner and see what searches come up. Find one that gets 250+ searches a month that has a .com available domain and you're good to go!

You can use a free keyword tool like this one to get more accurate search volumes than the Google keyword planner now gives you.

These are really simple sites to make and each can make you 4 figures in profit when you sell them. They make great additions to add to your Amazon empire.

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Here are some domains you can use right now (each one is available as I'm typing this but most have been used before due to the popularity of the niche):

travelfridge.org - 260 searches per month

travelclothesstoragebags.com - 260 searches per month

travelclothesorganizer.com - 110 searches per month

travelclotheswithhiddenpockets.com - 260 searches per month

travelclotheshangingbag.com - 320 searches per month

travelclothesbag.com - 590 searches per month

travelclothesplussize.com - 720 searches per month

travelclothesformen.com - 1,300 searches per month

travelgiftforhim.com - 210 searches per month

travelgiftsforher.org - 1,300 searches per month

These will obviously be snapped up fast by members but give you an idea of what to look for. A new list will be added every month.

Your 2019 Game Plan

At this stage of the year, it's always good to plan what you want to do next year.

Do you want to build up an affiliate website empire?

Move into eCommerce?

Provide local SEO services?

Become an affiliate millionaire without creating a single product of your own?

Whatever it is, writing everything down and committing to it will help you make it a reality.

If you go into 2019 not knowing what you want to do, then you could still be spinning your wheels in March. So commit to doing ONE thing and don't stop until you reach that goal.

This not only works in online business but in every aspect of your life.

Writing things down makes them become real in your subconscious. Then your mind will get to work and start noticing things related to those goals. It will then help you to achieve them.

But you must write down your goals and read them everyday. That's crucial.

I wish you all the best for 2019 and most of all....make it a year to remember!

Questions that have been sent in this month:

Q – Would you recommend doing local SEO?

A – Whilst it isn't something I do a lot of personally, there is a lot of money to be made doing SEO for local businesses. And ranking for local terms is often a lot easier than affiliate terms. So if you are comfortable dealing with businesses, then go for it.

Q – Do you see anything changing with Google in 2019?

A – I think Google is at the stage now where they pretty much know what they are doing with the algo, so I wouldn't expect to see massive changes like what has happened before. They may show more of their own advertising and drop organic rankings further down, that's about all I can see them doing.

Q – Is it worth building Exact Match Domain sites these days?

A – There's still a lot of value with EMD sites but I'd probably not recommend building them if you only want to rank for the one term in the domain. You would still need to build the site out and rank for lots of keywords to make it work. I prefer big authority sites these days to small EMD sites.

Have a question? Send it in - tony@zonbootcamp.com