Affiliate Product Choosing Question

20 Jul 10 4:42 am

That would depend on the game. Also, how involved you are in the game.
games are a finicky business, especially online games.
When mark made the Affiloblueprint he made it by building a site on World of Warcraft.
My first site was in that niche as well, and it did well until Blizzard made some changes in the game which made most of the guides I was promoting, and about half of the articles on my site, obsolete. Rather than trying to update everything, for me it wasnt worth the effort because I was not involved with the game, and didnt want to get back into it just to write new articles for my site.
Also, with the success I had, I tried doing other sites with other games, and they did not do as well.

HOt topic games are doing well, but you have to stay involved to be on top of the niche.

Farmville guide games are doing well right now, but they could be gone tomorrow.

Personally, I prefer more long term niche markets. Things like dating advice, self esteem, weightloss,and dog training. These are all highly profitable niches that people will have problems with for years to come. One or two sites could give you a decent income that runs almost on autopilot.

20 Jul 10 5:19 am

i am not into any video games anymore. my website projects have kind of replaced them lol.

you could do an affiliate site for that game, and as long as the game is popular it might do well. The problem i have with it, is you may struggle with it being so new. Alot of what mark teaches is to get into markets with products that are well established. that said, you may do well to have a product review of the guide, link to it in your signature file on a few video game forums that are talking about the new game, and join the conversation.

do as i am doing here. go into the forum, have the link in your signature, and start joining the conversation. help the people out, and you will be rewarded.

I like helping people, and sometimes i give away mor than i should, but it is all done with a reason.

by helping people with solving little problems, I make sales consistently. as well as other benefits that I have gotten from being active in the forums.

20 Jul 10 8:51 pm

I think the best place for games is with CPA marketing and downloads. Maybe you would like to do a game download site and feature some different games, say a different game on each page? Then you could put up some fairly cheap facebook ads.

Neverblue.com is a great place for these offers and I've had a bit of success in the screensaver/ facebook wall downloads. PM me if you want more information (an example) or need help getting approved.

Thanks and good luck!