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We acquired a website in the Dating/Relationship vertical in April 2019. We sold off a majority stake in the business in January 2020, and continue operating the business for the investor. This is the journey.

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Project Summary

In April 2019, the asset was purchased for $36,000 from the Flippa marketplace. The site at that time was earning $896 per month on average over the trailing 6-months.

During the subsequent 8-months, we grew the website to an average of $6,000/month average. The site was on a steep growth trajectory. We sold off 75% equity to an investor in our network and continued to manage the asset.

We've diversified revenue streams to 8 different providers. We've negotiated higher cost-per-action payouts (e.g., our highest paying affiliate was negotiated from $45 to $60). All of this is covered in our data-driven case studies.

The detailed case study writeups are summarized below in a table and the posts can be found here.

UpdateRevenueSummary
Nov 2021$14,440Hired a dedicated website operator. Increased earnings to $14K with CRO, on-page SEO, and more. Read why we hired, incentive structure, and tasks.Read
Mar 2021$9,760Final case study update. Reasons to why we are selling, and easy wins remaining.Read
Feb 2021$8,799Strategy to safely update article titles to 2021. Prepping for Core Web Vitals.Read
Jan 2021$9,147Commission payment negotiations leading to $350/mo extra. Removing Tier 2 PBN links that popped up.Read
Dec 2020$9,810Recap of 2020 improvements and stats. Impact of Google December 2020 algorithmic update.Read
Nov 2020$7,417P&L, Business, and Domain KPIs. Video ads removed due to low revenue. Site audit plans.Read
Oct 2020$5,221Low conversion rates led to detailed data analysis showcasing issues with the affiliate program. 95 pages were CROed.Read
Sep 2020$5,888Call-to-action improvements. 17 pages were optimized for earnings.Read
Aug 2020$7,450Waiting for recovery from May 2020 Google algorithmic update.Read
Jul 2020$8,243Re-negotiations of CPA rates. Backlink audit results. Pinterest strategy update. Review of if the site will recover from Google update.Read
Jun 2020$7,631107 articles deleted from content audit. Full website redesign. Improvement of Google EAT.Read
May 2020$7,797Start of the case study. Cover improvements that were done over the last 12-months. Read

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Case Studies

Each monthly report includes the revenues, costs, and traffic stats, plus highlights, improvements, and plans for the following month. Check out these actionable reports: