I have this website …….

[back2it]

I have this website. It has been live for 12 years. It has 10,339 registered users and about 500 (ish) users per day log-in and enter information which is regurgitated to them in a readable fashion to help them comply with UK/EU regulations.

To date I have run it for free as another site on my server. I have tried to monetise it but without success using banner ads, buy me a coffee, PPC, PPV etc. (I only need to cover the hosting costs). I can’t/won’t make this a subscription site for legal reasons (too much money, effort and hassle).

As I now enter the retirement phase of my life, I am reducing the activities that require effort (especially thought), and if it costs, it goes. I have notified users for the past three months that the site will close on 1st March 2025 but they still keep coming which suggests to me that there is value in the site.

There is no maintenance really as the legislation is static, and I only have to update it when PHP or SQL depreciates a function and I need to recode. The site comes above the UK and EU government sites in the search engines so I get quite a few uniques/views on a daily basis and Google, Bing etc. keep sending me reports to tell me how wonderful it is. It has four viewable pages. Go figure!

Any suggestions that will help monetise the site without too much effort on my part.

Thanks

 

[winemaker81]

Monetizing sites is harder than most folks suspect. Well, doing it is easy. Actually making any real money? Not so much.

Advertising works only if you get a LOT of daily hits, at least 10 time what you're getting.

If you're in a position to point people to other commercial sites, you might be able to work a commission deal. Basically, if the other site makes money from a referral, you get a commission. For the traffic you have, that will not be a lot, but if you're just trying to re-coup hosting costs, it may work.

Beyond that, I don't know.

I have 2 domains, running an archival site for a magazine I used to publish, and 3 sites on the other. I've been approached about advertising and about commission referrals ... neither appeared to be worth the hassle vs. what I'd actually make.