October went by fast. Traffic and earnings went downhill which I expected. Luckily I made over €2.000,00 in October which was my goal. Money made on Adsense in October:
€2.614,20
Good amount, nothing to complain about. We are in November now, time is flying… Plans: Fix everything for next travel season.
Suitcase website
The website I bought in September did well in October. The site brought in €163,36 in affiliate revenue out of €2.076,32 in sales. There was a autumn holiday here in The Netherlands, so that might be the reason the sales were up.
Plans
No plans for upcoming month. I will try to fix some issues on my websites, nothing big. Also still looking out to buy new sites, if I buy something new I will post about it.
End of the summer and traffic on my travel niche websites is slowly going down. The earnings for this month were still good though. In September I made:
€3.554,62
Still a very nice average of €118,49 a day. This summer has been really great for me with having a record month in July earning €5.137,99 on Adsense alone.
For the next 4-5 months I expect a decline in earnings. Travel season is over so the traffic will go away. I have a lot of SEO things I want to fix on my sites. They really need work. The plan is to have everything fixed in the next few months. I hope Adsense will bring in at least €2.000,00 next month.
Bought a new website
I bought a new website in the travel niche. It is a website that is reviewing travel suitcases. The site should bring in €120,00 to €150,00 a month I was told. I paid €2050,00 for the website that is 17 times the monthly income if we go with €120,00 a month. Not too bad I guess.
I got the site up and running on my affiliate account on September 11 and made €95,00 so far with it. In 20 days it sold 13 items bringing in €95,00. I guess the estimate of €120,00 – €150,00 a month is right.
At the moment I am really focussing on creating new backlinks for the site. When I bought it there were just 14 backlinks pointing to the site. In the last 20 days I already brought that number to 30. I will try to bring in more backlinks this month and start some social media on it.
Plans for October
I don’t have any special plans in mind for October. As I said I hope to bring in at least €2.000,00 on Adsense. Still looking to buy more sites that are bringing in money. Will keep you updated if I buy something new.
Last month I had my best month ever. Bringing in over €5.000,- with Adsense! Last year my top month was August, so I hoped for another record breaking month. Maybe that was too much haha, for the month of August I brought in on Adsense:
€4.301,49
Another great month. Very happy that the amount is above €4.000,-. The summer is officially over now so I expect traffic to drop and so the earnings. I hope September will bring in €3.000,- + though.
Travel affiliate site
The travel affiliate site I talked about last month didn’t bring in any sales in August. Just €80,- on Adsense. The site is still young so we will keep working on that one. I hope next season this one will make at least €500,- + a month with affiliate sales.
Plans
For my sites generating the most income with Adsense I got a few plans. There are a lot of modifications and changes that will help the site grow. The reason I didn’t change it yet is because I am afraid to lose rankings. Now that traffic is going down and we go towards winter it is probably a good time to change some things at the site. I didn’t want to change anything in the top months. So that is over now (I think)
Still very happy with the income. €4.000,- + a month is still a very insane amount! Making way more than my normal job.
Another record month. I didn’t expect to blow the last month away but it did! July brought in some very nice number with the highest day bringing in € 244,06 (!!). I even had 5 days in a row above €200,00! The total amount of revenue made in July with Google Adsense:
€5.137,88
July brought in €5.137,88 on Google Adsense
Another record month. I just made over €5.000,00 a month with Google Adsense. I’m really happy with this and this gives me even more motivation to continue and make it grow. It won’t be easy though because this is a lot! This gives almost the same feeling as breaking €1.000,00 a month for the first time. €5.000,00 + is a big milestone for me. I will come up with new goals soon!
Travel affiliate site
As I stated in a previous post I am working on a travel affiliate site with a good friend of mine. The site is focussed on package deals to Spain. The site is growing slowly but we managed to sell two package deals in July, bringing in €139,00 in affiliate revenue! 1 deal brought in €86,00 and one deal brought in €53,00. We will continue working on it and adding more and more deals. The plan is to make this a big earner as well. Will keep you updated.
The Adsense income in June 2019 is the highest earning month so far! Last month I hit a new record, this month I broke it already. Keep in mind that last month was 31 days, and June ‘just’ 30. The month started very well with my first 2 days ever above 200 euro. Amazing! The end of the month was a bit low, but finished strong with 160 euro yesterday. The total amount of June (the highest so far):
€4.200,82
Highest day was at June 2nd with €226,60. A personal record for me as well. Never broke €200,- a day before and in the first two days of this month I had over €200,-, which was pretty cool 🙂
Whats next?
I am not sure yet, will continue building the current sites. Not quite happy with the CPC (Cost per Click) I am getting in the last 2 weeks. It is around €0,11 while the beginning of the month was around €0,16. Not sure what to do about it but will walk through everything.
How did your month go? Anything you want me to highlight on this blog? Let me know in the comments.
May is over already. Had a lot of new ideas, new concepts and bought a few small sites as well for linkbuilding. But, most important: I broke the previous record of €3.557,98 on Adsense of August 2018. Yes, a new record!
Google Adsense income May 2019:
€4.156,18
The lowest day brought in €101,14 and the highest day brought in €179,12 on Adsense. Compared with the start of this year (january and february were very slow), this is looking really good.
I am not sure what to expect from June. I am happy with €3.000 a month on Adsense but ofcourse aiming for more! I will share my plans with you later this month I hope. Also planning to redesign this blog and post every week on 1 certain day.
Travel affiliate site
Last month I talked about the travel affiliate site I started with a friend. The site is starting to get more views in Google and gets some SEO traffic as well (very little though). But good news on this website as well. We sold our first vacation to Spain! Netting €26,32 from that deal. Affiliate networks in travel are working with ‘touch points’ nowadays. The buyer had 8 of these points so the commission is getting distributed over those websites he searched on. The first sale does give a great rush though. Even if it was a commission of €5,- I would be very happy 🙂 This could be the start of a great earner! And there is no Adsense on this website, which is good. I want to diversify the income a bit.
How did your month go? I appreciate you leaving a comment 🙂
I am still here! Sorry for the delay but have been very busy with different projects. Totally forgot about my monthly Adsense income report! Here it is.
Google Adsense income April 2019:
€3.131,11
The month started slow but around the 15th of April earnings started to spike and stayed above €100 a day for the rest of the month! Even had my highest day so far on the 22nd of April earning €185,02!
Happy with the months earnings. Hopefully the €100 a day will continue! Will certainly work hard to stay on top of the game.
Travel affiliate site
The travel affiliate site I started with a friend is starting to get rankings in Google. Google Search Console is also showing more impressions in Google for different keywords, which is good. Still no sale but will keep working on it!
For the rest: Not much updates. I am planning to redesign this blog into something more custom. At this moment the default theme is on. Do you have anything you want to see on this blog?
March brought in better numbers then January and February. After the Google Algorithm update the numbers spiked as you can see in the graph. But a few days after that it faded away again.
Google Adsense income March 2019:
€2.264,98
The spike to €120 was the moment of the Google algorithm update. Too bad it didn’t hold it 🙂 Still, this is a very good month. A break down:
#1 site brought in: €1.354,46
This is roughly 60% of total revenue. Not great, not that bad either. It would be better if the number 1 revenue website would bring in less than 50% of the total revenue. This way I am less depending on that one website.
Average CPC (Cost per Click) of total revenue: €0,076
This is on the low side… I am not sure why it is this low, last year my average was above €0,10 for the whole year. Going to do some research on this and see if I can do anything about it, but I don’t think I can. If you do have any tips, please let me know in the comments.
Plans for April
I started another affiliate site in the construction niche. This is a collab with a friend and we just went live. Got over 20,000 words on the site and now working on getting links. The plan is to get revenue from other sources than just adsense. The travel affiliate site I started in January is going slow. It is online for 2 months now and Google is picking it up, but no revenue yet. I didn’t expect it to go fast though. For the rest of the month I will be working on my existing websites.
February is over and the month flew by. Just 28 days of collecting revenue but revenue was up slightly compared with last month.
Google Adsense income for February 2019:
€1601,33
A bit up compared with last month but still not where I want it to be. At the moment I am working on new sites and bought some small ones again mainly for link building.
The travel affiliate site I started last month is coming along quite nice. The traffic is still very very low but the site is starting to look good. I will share the site later as it is focussed on affiliate income and not Adsense.
Modula WordPress Gallery
On the new travel site I was looking to get a good gallery plugin. After testing different gallery plugins I ended up with the Modula WordPress Gallery. It really works like a charm and just looks very smooth! They also run a free version without much limitations, which is great. If you are looking for a good gallery plugin, Modula might be the one for you 🙂
Like I mentioned in a previous post; January is a slow month unfortunately. Traffic is down, clicks are down, CPC (cost per click) is down.
Google Adsense income for January 2019;
€1566,95
New affiliate travel site is live
Finally, another site is live. It is an affiliate travel site I started with a good friend of mine. I know him for over 10 years now and we did other projects together before. The site is listing good travel deals to Spain. We will earn between 2% – 8% on a sale. We got the site up and running on January 21. Had a few clicks on links, but no sale yet. Hopefully we get our first sale in February. Would be awesome!
Plans
I hold a file with ideas and plans what to execute. The list is really growing to big. I also eliminated a lot of domains that are just collecting dust. I want to create a few new sites in the travel niche, but also out of the travel niche. Not sure what to start with yet.
I hired a translator to translate text into Italian and Spanish. I want to set up a niche travel site in both languages, just to try some things out. Will keep you updated as I hope to get them live in February
Bought sites
I did buy a couple of sites in the end of 2018. I didn’t inform you guys yet how they are performing. In an upcoming post this month I will talk about it. I did pay a bit too much for the sites, but I will show everything in an upcoming post.
I am still looking to buy more quality sites that are bringing in revenue on Adsense or through affiliates. But it is hard to find them.
€5000,- a month
Last year my goal was to make at least €1000,- a month. For this year my goal will be to reach €5000,- a month and stay above it. I know this is an ambitious goal but online; everything is possible.
