You can find pre-made affiliate websites on sites such as Flippa.com, Empireflippers.com, FEInternational.com and BuySellEmpire.com. Depending on what you invest, you can find a suitable solution according to your budget and there’s plenty of affiliate websites to choose from.
More expensive sites obviously will pay more and you can pay from around $400 to tens (or hundreds) of thousands to purchase an affiliate site which is already making money. Cheaper sites will be less profitable, (or not profitable at all), so make sure you do your due diligence before investing in a website.
If you’re looking for a cheaper site, it’s probably worth thinking about what value you can add to an affiliate site which is only making a small amount in monthly commissions. For example, can you write blog posts on it, or learn some other marketing techniques to help increase the profitability of a site you buy?
Pre-Made Affiliate Websites – Alternatives
Alternatively you can purchase an affiliate website or drop shipping website from Shopify. Shopify is a portal you can use to create a “from scratch” affiliate website or a drop shipping site.
There’s a monthly free to use the platform and you’ll need to advertise it too. Although your monthly fee will likely only be a fraction of what you’ll pay for an existing (and profitable) affiliate site, you’ll be left with the job of marketing your website if you want any visitors to it. Without visitors (traffic) your site won’t be profitable.
Still, Shopify might be a solution if you’re on a budget and have the time to build out your site and choose affiliate products to put in it. The building of an affiliate site isn’t the most difficult aspect though and Shopify will help you create a site which has the potential to be profitable – with products and services you can sell.
A simple Amazon plugin for example will let you promote products from Amazon on your site. You only need to join Amazon’s affiliate program and start placing products in your digital store!
Pre-Made Affiliate Websites – Affiliate Programs With “Plug & Play” Software
Another alternative to buying premade affiliate websites is to join a program which gives you access to “plug and play” website setup. Again, much like Shopify, this lets you set up a website and sales funnel which has affiliate products on your site automatically.
With a good high ticket product range and subscription affiliate products to sell, this can be one of the best alternatives if you don’t have a large budget to buy an existing affiliate site which is already profitable. The benefit of using a high ticket product range is simple:
- You can learn online marketing techniques with less risk – selling low value physical products with paid marketing can become costly and it’s much more difficult to turn a profit.
- It’s easier to scale a high ticket product sales funnel once you have found a marketing strategy which works.
If you choose a Shopify store and put low value products in your digital shop (such as Amazon products), you still need to market your store to get people to find it! This can be tough if you only have low value affiliate products to offer. See also low ticket vs high ticket affiliate marketing.
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A High Ticket Sales Funnel
You can also use a high ticket sales funnel and learn how to market it. This is a cheaper option than purchasing a pre-made affiliate website which is profitable. A high ticket sales funnel allows affiliates to earn the highest level of commission from sales of digital affiliate products. Here’s a quick overview of what your sales funnel will look like:
A high ticket funnel contains multiple products which you can profit from including entry level, mid ticket and high ticket products. It allows an affiliate to earn the most from their email list and set up a business from scratch and learn marketing. You can also get training and support in terms of your ongoing learning and development.
With this option you’ll be in charge of learning how to market your business too. Without a marketing engine driving traffic to your offer, you won’t have any traffic.
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Summary
Premade affiliate websites can be found on websites such as Flippa.com but they come at a cost. Highly profitable sites are likely to be hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy. Cheaper sites won’t be as profitable and you can find some mid-way point which is suitable for you.
An alternative is to subscribe to a platform such as Shopify. Shopify lets you build an e-commerce platform for a monthly fee which you can monetise with affiliate products. But you’ll be in charge of getting visitors to your site. Many a would-be affiliate purchases such a site hoping it will be instantly profitable. It won’t. You also need to learn marketing, which is why it’s a good idea (if you go this route) to get some training on your marketing strategy first.
Another alternative is to use a training and education platform which gives you everything you need to start an online business from scratch:
- Software, websites and products ready made – simply set up by following the step by step instructions
- Training and support in learning a marketing strategy – again, you’re in charge of bringing people to your website and/or landing page and getting leads.
- Automated software helps you make sales and deliver emails to customers (pre-formatted for simplicity).