The Marketplaces & Paid Surveys and Polls

Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale. Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over the time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings. The problem with this method is that there are no standard software on the web, so...

Private Forums

Private Forums While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join. SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so...

Sponsors for Single Columns or Events

Sponsors for Single Columns or Events If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually. This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment. Mashable illustrates the...

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this method you have a merchant that is ready to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or not its products and services, in substitute for a fee. Sometimes this style of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based. Affiliates marketing can send prospective customers to the merchant with some tools,...

Direct Banner Advertising

Direct Banner Advertising Advertising space is one of the most profitable monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. You can selling your own advertising space. The weakness of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and need to spend time managing the sales process, the...