Build a Niche Store Review
Ten days ago I found a Clickbank product that looked to have potential, so I bought it and thought I'd post a review here once I had a chance to use it.
The product is Build a Niche Store* (BANS). In basic terms, it builds web sites using an affiliate feed from eBay. You pick the product/niche you want to use, do a little bit of configuration, and the software does the rest. Like most web site building products, you still have to figure out how to get traffic to the site to make any money. The software license allows you to build unlimited sites, so you don't really have to get it right on your first attempt.
The product is Build a Niche Store* (BANS). In basic terms, it builds web sites using an affiliate feed from eBay. You pick the product/niche you want to use, do a little bit of configuration, and the software does the rest. Like most web site building products, you still have to figure out how to get traffic to the site to make any money. The software license allows you to build unlimited sites, so you don't really have to get it right on your first attempt.
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Features of Build a Niche Store
The software is highly configurable and comes with several fully customizable templates. There are instructions on using other types of templates, and there are postings on their forums showing how to get it to work with Wordpress. In addition to the eBay items, it allows you full flexibility in other ways to monetize your site with Adsense or other ads.
Note: You do have to be a member at Commission Junction and sign up as an affiliate to eBay to build a store. I found this to be very easy.
Speaking of their forum, support for the software is provided through a forum online. The two times I posted questions, they were answered quickly. Also, other users of the software post their sites for review on the forum, so you can get ideas of what's possible with the software.
It took me a couple evenings to fully set up my first site (maybe 5 hours total). Since I was already an eBay affiliate from another site, I had a basic site up and running in a few minutes. I spent most of the time customizing graphics and tweaking the arrangement of the pages. It was "live" on the third evening; my second site only took one evening, and I can do one now in a couple hours including graphics.
Along the way, I fought through a few annoying quirks with the software. It doesn't allow quotes in any text entry form (a bug in my opinion), yet this wasn't documented anywhere. I had to post a message to their forum to figure this out.
Note: You do have to be a member at Commission Junction and sign up as an affiliate to eBay to build a store. I found this to be very easy.
Speaking of their forum, support for the software is provided through a forum online. The two times I posted questions, they were answered quickly. Also, other users of the software post their sites for review on the forum, so you can get ideas of what's possible with the software.
It took me a couple evenings to fully set up my first site (maybe 5 hours total). Since I was already an eBay affiliate from another site, I had a basic site up and running in a few minutes. I spent most of the time customizing graphics and tweaking the arrangement of the pages. It was "live" on the third evening; my second site only took one evening, and I can do one now in a couple hours including graphics.
Along the way, I fought through a few annoying quirks with the software. It doesn't allow quotes in any text entry form (a bug in my opinion), yet this wasn't documented anywhere. I had to post a message to their forum to figure this out.
Need to Host Your Web Sites?
If you are planning on building a Build a Niche Store site, or if you do other types of Internet marketing, you'll need to buy some domains and find a good web host for your pages. I both use and recommend the following:
- 1 & 1 Internet
- As you build your BANS business (I did say it allows unlimited sites didn't I), you'll need some cheap domain names to get things started. Although you may find cheaper, you really can't beat what 1 & 1 offers with a $6 domain registration. I use them for all of my domains and have been very satisfied.
- Hostgator Web Hosting
- Hostgator's $10/month Baby package is likely all you'll ever need for your IM pursuits. It allows unlimited domains, unlimited MySQL databases, and 1 terabyte of bandwidth (that's 1,000 GB). If that's not enough for you (!), you're making enough money for some dedicated servers!
So, Does BANS Work?
The real question, of course, is: can you make money with Build a Niche Store*? Absolutely! I had both my first sale and first Adsense clicks the first day my site went live. Seven days later, I made $92.42 in eBay commissions and $12.14 in Adsense commissions. Although not life-changing money, this more than pays back the cost of the software, and since I'm still building sites, this will absolutely go up over time.I currently have four live sites with more in the works. This has been so exciting that I've already registered a dozen new domains, and just need to get them all set up. I've also been thinking about ideas of how I can hire out help with parts of it to get them monetized faster. Although Bum Marketing was making money for me, I have stopped all article marketing in favor of building niche stores.
Here's one of my sites if you want to see what types of sites the software can create:
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Overall Comments About Build A Niche Store
Overall:
I would highly recommend this software for anyone who's ready to expand their marketing efforts. If you have a good understanding of how to find niches and products to sell, with eBay, there are literally no limits. Perhaps the best part is that your visitors don't even need to buy anything from your site; if they bid on an auction within seven days of visiting your site (and win it), you get a commission!
This is a very easy way to make money...
- The good
- The software is highly configurable
- It is easy to use overall
- You are licensed for unlimited sites
- The forum is full of information in using the software
- You can make money quickly with the right niche
- The bad
- Full customization takes some knowledge of CSS and PHP
- It has a few annoying quirks
- You're responsible for SEO on your site
I would highly recommend this software for anyone who's ready to expand their marketing efforts. If you have a good understanding of how to find niches and products to sell, with eBay, there are literally no limits. Perhaps the best part is that your visitors don't even need to buy anything from your site; if they bid on an auction within seven days of visiting your site (and win it), you get a commission!
This is a very easy way to make money...
Have You Seen my Other Lens?
My other lens is a tutorial on how to use Clickbank to market products.
It shows a different method of marketing products from Clickbank and is a good way to get started in internet marketing. Once you feel like you know what you're doing, consider giving BANS a try.-
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* Note to Readers
*** IMPORTANT OFFER ***
The links to Build a Niche Store throughout this post contain my Clickbank affiliate link. Feel free to use your own Clickbank ID if you want to save part of the cost of the product. If you use my link to buy it however, send me a PM and I'll share the secret I'm using to drive traffic to my web sites. Using this technique, I've had 1,100 highly-interested visitors to one of these sites over the last seven days. I'm pretty sure that it's been a big part of my success with the software.
UPDATE!
As of the 21st, I'm up to $425 in eBay commission and $25 in Adsense. This is from 7 sites after only 13 days... Unreal!!!
October 4th Update
Ok, I'm approaching the one-month anniversary of my first site, and things have really taken off. I'm averaging more than $90/day overall from twelve active sites with more on the way. This is going to be a huge month!
If you haven't taken advantage of what Build a Niche Store has to offer, you're missing the boat. See my offer above to see how you can get in on this action!
I started my first site on the evening of the September 7th.
If you haven't taken advantage of what Build a Niche Store has to offer, you're missing the boat. See my offer above to see how you can get in on this action!
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Share your own comments about Build a Niche Store
razmatazcelebrations wrote...
great lens have been exploring BANS and you have me ready to take the plunge
Posted May 23, 2008
sunstreeks wrote...
great lens. Your stats are very encouraging for people not convinced yet that bans could work for them. I personally love BANS
Posted May 11, 2008
Lensmaster
Very informative lens for aspiring niche store owners! A good Web host is a definite necessity for any online business. Without Web hosting, you won't be able to air your sites 24/7. Learn more about Web hosting at this Spanish site! Thanks!
Posted April 19, 2008
eBay_Warrior wrote...
Great Info, I can back up the results you have had with Build a Niche Store
Posted March 21, 2008
by IMProfits
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