Welcome to my Niche Site Income reports, or at least what USED to be where I put my niche site income reports. I don’t publish those anymore. Here’s why and what you need to know…
Fair question. I’m not the wealth flaunting type of guy. Quite the opposite actually, I’m just your regular guy next door…so why share how much money I make from my niche sites? It used to be for my now retired course on blogging. And as a Fastacker said…
There’s too many out there start their first blog as “How to make money with a blog” and then use this as proof that they are successful. Kind of reminds me of this guy who made money teaching trading…and never really traded a dollar himself. So that’s why I share my niche site income reports: It’s proof that I practice what I preach!
I am doing better than ever
It’s been about 2 years since I last published my income report. It was right after HCU. But then I just doubled down on my niche site and never looked back. I’m actually doing MORE traffic than I was with Google alone. It was hard but it was a blessing in disguise. Now I mostly focus on building a Newsletter and drive traffic to my site. I’ve also added multiple traffic sources and monetization methods since then.
But I won’t publish income reports anymore. There are multiple reasons why:
1- I’m focused on my site. Faststacks is a passion project, it doesn’t pay the bills like my niche site does.
2- What I do with my site is way more than I cover in my original flagship course. I retired it, so no need for income reports.
3- I don’t want to be on the radar anymore. Vibe coding, AI and co makes it so that I am simply not conformable being “in public” that much anymore.
That’s it. That’s why I don’t do income report. Looking back at the old ones below really make me nostalgic because I started to pivot when they were last published:
October 2023
Sites hammed hard by Google’s Helpful Content Update (HCU). Lowest ad revenue in years.
Not only did traffic plummet thanks to HCU but I also reduced ads on my main site. The result is the lowest revenue earned in many years.
I’m in the process of fixing, changing and evolving. I’ve done plenty already but have much more to do. I have a game plan that will take a few months to execute.
I still whole-heartedly believe in content sites as a solid business. I continue to focus on my largest niche site and the local biz I own in the same niche. Join my email to learn how I’m adjusting my entire approach with content sites to recover and exceed previous revenue levels.
September 2023
Revenue okay in September but my sites were hurt by the Google Helpful Content Update (HCU).
August 2023
Revenue stabilized in August. A mix of search, Facebook and Pinterest traffic.
July 2023
Revenue still on downward slide due to FB traffic pretty much drying up. Search traffic not stellar either.
June 2023
Massive drop from my record May 2023 mainly due to Facebook reach diminishing.
May 2023
May has been a record-breaking month for me. All the work I did (share with the course members) is really starting to pay off handsomely. Here’s the screenshot for ad revenue:
Revenue (Ads+others): $116,434
Expenses: $27,038
Profit: $89,396
Has lowering ads so far helped counter the HCU update?