Arbitrage – try #2

Eric • 22nd Jan 2007 • Business

OK, so the first arbitrage test didn’t go too well.  Sure, I made $26.04, but considering how much time I put into it, I lost money.

So now I’m trying something else… driving traffic to “offers” for free gift cards, etc.  These numbers look more promising:

• Abercrombie offer: spent $2.04, revenue $6.00 (194% ROI)
• Sidekick offer: spent $2.62, revenue $3.60 (37% ROI)

Not only is the ROI better than I was getting with my AdSense arbitrage (27% overall), the profits are much more.  I’m learning “creative” ways to get people to do things, like click on links & enter their zip code or email address.

I’m also learning about “good” traffic.  I just have to figure out how to use AdWords to get more traffic to my sites, but cheaply (using the long-tail).