7 Website Ideas To Start Making Money in 2021

       We have a lot of extra time on our hands and like us,  you’ve probably been wondering what to do with it  all. When it comes to learning a new language or  instrument… well, check back in a few months, and I might be able to give you some tips. But  when it comes to rocking a new side hustle, we’ve got you covered.  We’ve compiled 7 website ideas that have the  biggest potential to earn you a side income.

       First is affiliate marketing, or  promotion on  steroids as we like to call it. As an affiliate, every time  you promote a brand’s products or services, you could  earn a commission. Affiliate marketing works best when  your website has a HUGE following and the results just  grow exponentially when you partner with an affiliate  network. Just check out Riley Adams who promoted the company Pocket Smith in a blog post and Invested, which is a finance website with over 9,000 monthly visitors. Whenever a reader signs up for the financial app, he earns 20-30% in commissions. Obviously running an affiliate website or  any website requires a ton of work, But the cool thing is that if you ever find yourself burned out or wanting to free up your time for another passion project, you can just sell it on a website broker marketplace. And here’s a pro tip: do a quick scroll on Empire Flippers to see  all the affiliate websites that are in demand. Like I said, people are making the most of their extra downtime and diving back into old hobbies or picking up new skills.

       Now if we talk about our second earning it is Online Learning. Udemy alone has seen a 425%  increase in its online course enrollments. You could get a slice of that educational pie by setting up an online membership site. Make it a one-stop destination for members to ask questions and build meaningful relationships with like-minded people. Traffic Think Tank is a great example of this. You could also create an online teaching marketplace and partner with people at the top of their field to create bite-sized courses. But if you’re just looking to create great courses, consider using an online course platform like Teachable. If you’re working on a small budget, just start with a simple website to promote your online course. Then create a Facebook group and upload your course content directly there. Just make sure your group is set to private, so non-members won’t be able to access them. 

      What if you have a different skill that you  can offer to businesses to make them more money? Well that’s where our Website  Idea 3 comes in: freelancing. But what kind of freelancing business should you start? You could start as a virtual assistant, or if you write well and possess the marketing know-how, maybe you want to work as a content writer. If you’re really slick with words you could start a new business as an editor. Just check out Autumn Tompkins, who launched The Grumpy Grammarian to offer editing services, as well as a three-month apprenticeship to help writers become exceptional copyeditors. The more you work, the more you’ll want to think about building your community. Once you’ve built an audience, you could even consider selling products to earn some more passive income. Best of all, you can establish yourself as  an authority in your industry.

       As per reports, almost 40 million Americans  lost their jobs previous year, but here’s where you can help with our fourth idea: launch a job board to help people take back control of their lives. Whichever industry or niche your job board focuses on, offer value-added perks to your users — this means for all users of your website: the employers and job seekers. But how do you make money off a job board besides charging for job postings? Well, there are plenty of ways. The first is through affiliate marketing. Take a look at how Hey Marketers promotes marketing-focused products  and services on the sidebar of its website: Second, you can drive targeted traffic to your other businesses. Hey Marketers does this by linking paid marketing courses in the top navigation menu, so don’t be shy about cross-promoting  your other websites in your job board. Just make sure these websites are relevant and useful to your target audience and maybe don’t promote your tuxedos-for-babies  business on your job board website.

      Ready to dip your toes into the world of  eCommerce? Here’s idea 5: Drop shipping. With drop shipping, you can sell without going through the pains of packing and shipping to customers. This saves huge chunks of time, because you’re able to test and see which types of products could bring you the biggest sales. But what should you sell? Try to focus on products that are growing due to the recent pandemic. For instance, sell work desks and executive chairs, or maybe board games and jigsaw puzzles. Indoor  activities and games are in super hot demand right now. This also means that tons of people are worried about becoming couch potatoes, so you could also sell fitness equipment to beat the home workout blues. 

      Number Six: start a Fan Club. It’s no secret that my nickname is Snack Bauer, because I’m obsessed with the hit TV show of  the 2000s, 24. So if you create that fan club, I will be on that website every day. One-stop digital communities for fans to share outrageous theories and thrilling episodes are a great  place to earn extra income. Just use Watchers on the Wall, the Game of Thrones / A Song of  Ice and Fire fan club website, as your north star. You can use affiliate ads or even encourage fans to support your website monthly with PayPal’s donate button or Patron, so that you could use your earnings to create custom merch and organize events for supporters.

Finally our last seventh idea: Tools like calculators and quizzes make effective interactive content that generates conversions up to 70%. They are also great ways to drive targeted traffic to your website. Take “How Much To Make An App” for example, a tool built by a digital product studio called Z1. It calculates how much it costs to make an app based on specific needs. To the untrained eye, “How Much To Make An App” looks like a boring, unoriginal name. But to the marketer, it adds value by solving a pain point in a sleek way. It attracts visitors because searchers are encouraged to share their results on social media. It increases visibility because the backlink to Z1’s website is at the bottom, increasing its ranking position on search engines. And lastly and most importantly, it  acquires leads, because searchers move from the problem-aware-stage to the solution-aware-stage  immediately after interacting with the tool. And that wraps up our 7 website ideas to  create profitable side hustles! Go  and build your website! In the meantime. 

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