Hi Holly. As everyone says, stick to one, BUT I made the 'rookie' mistake of starting 3, yes, 3. I think when I first joined, I thought that if I created a domain, I had to create a website. Wrong! So yes, I struggle to keep up with three websites (even now). I have since created many new domains but have not created websites for them.

In retrospect, I would have stuck with just one. My dilemma now is that I have difficulty coming up with fresh content, and two of them are still very popular niches that aren't likely to go away any time soon. When I look for fresh ideas, I see the same articles over and over again—frustrating!

But I digress. You have to do what you feel is comfortable and best for you, but if your goal is to make money, I would stick to just one (if I had to do it over again). Yes, I have made some money (@ParthaB), but nowhere near what I would like).

Oh, I am also very stubborn and hate to admit that maybe I need to let two of the websites go. I just can't bring myself to do that.

I am sure you will make the right decision! All the best.

Mary Ann

Hello Holly

As Partha and others have said here stick with the one website for now. I made the mistake of starting too many websites when I should have focused on my main one.

Earlier this year I bought 5 new domains here on WA and built a website on each one. I also have a 6th website here on WA which is the very first I ever got online from back in 2019 when I joined WA for the first time.

I also have my main business website hosted outside of WA. Why did I start extra websites? Because I have a fair bit of experience with websites and I was running out of ideas and wanted to work on something different that I enjoy but this was a mistake.

I built my new websites wrote some content on 2 of them and choose themes for the rest and then said to myself I'll work more on them next week. That was in May 2023 and fast forward to now I haven't touched them since.

I took a few weeks break due to health issues and family dramas and when I came back I started working on my main business website again because that's the one I prefer to work on. So what I'm saying is rushing into making a second website or more before you are actually ready will lead you to failure as it has with me.

I have made no money and get no traffic to my other websites. As for my main business website I get a small amount of traffic and no money. This is my fault because I was not being consistent enough and I know consistency is key. Now that I'm back into doing things full time I will be focusing all my time and effort into my main business website and being as consistent as I can.

Once I see success with it and start making some money with it I will return to my other websites and start working on them. As for your extra energy I recommend pursuing something else related to your niche that would be relevant to have on your website and write articles about that.

It may also be a good idea to make a plan for what you want to achieve with your website and how you are going to do it. I also advise you try using a content calendar every month which is where you plan what content you are going to work and publish on what date, This is something I want to start doing myself and I'm looking into.

Finally I wanted to say the choice is yours but I recommend sticking with the website you have got and please be sure to consider all aspects of your goals before making a decision. I learned the hard way but you don't have to. I hope this helps you and makes sense. I wish you all the best with your business and all the best with WA going forward. All the best to your success.

Regards

Timothy

if you have endless energy to produce posts then produce them all for the one site and get a ton of content on there....
this will get you results a lot quicker ( as long as it is good content and indexable) than starting a second site or more at the moment...
what you can look at is what your niche is about and maybe extend it more, if you think you need ot work on a second site... this way you are capturing a wider audience for one site and gaining more credit with google...thiskn of the extension as a second site and plan it accordingly...
i didn't read Partha's reply, normally too long and no tldr: at the start ... but i guess he says stick with one site.....

Hey Holly,

I would hazard a guess that there at least a few hundred thousand members, past and present, who started a 2nd website (typically in the make money niche) within their first 3 months of being here.

Of the past members, I would also hazard a guess that less than 0.1% are still active members or even have a website online.

Of the present members, some who may respond. they will tell you things are going really well.

Are they making a living, are they making ANY income?

Unlikely.

Are they happy?

Perhaps.

It really depends on what you're looking to gain out of this experience.

I am guessing that the vast majority of people who come here WANT TO EARN MONEY!

For me, those who start creating lots of different websites at this early stage have (unconsciously/subconsciously) GIVEN UP on making money!

That's right, and they don't even realise it yet.

Okay, when it comes to starting a second website so early in journey.

How do you know if what you're doing on your second website is CORRECT if you haven't tasted any success on your first website?

Unfortunately, Affiliate Marketing and Making Money Online is NOT simply about following a set of instructions and then being guaranteed results.

I have likened this to building furniture purchased from Ikea.

It's NOT the same online, we are dealing with real people, so nothing will be "linear", i.e. just because you've done this, this will occur, and because you've done that, this will occur, etc. life simply doesn't work like that!

Secondly, I think I'm literally one of a smal minority here who say this, but I honestly don't believe members should be promoting the make money online niche so early in their journey.

It's basically saying, "Here's my website where I will teach you how to make money online... oh btw, I've never made any money online".

Doesn't sound great, does it?

Sure, I'm all for, "Watch over my shoulder as I learn something new and you can learn along with me".

THIS is my mind is fantastic, and one of the best ways to start a website in a niche you have very little knowledge about.

This is NOT what most people do when they start a new Make Money Onlien website with NO EXPERIENCE.

Literally, every article written is passing themselves off as an expert in the subject they are talking about..

Hmmmm...

Realistically, forget timescales, forget "numbers of articles", you want to see things happening with your first website, so you KNOW things are working, and now you can replicate this same system.

I could say 3-6 months to you, I could say 150+ articles first, but as I've mentioned, "linear progression" isn't really a thing.

It's a business where we are dealing with human beings and also artificial intelligence (ranking in the search engines).

So, someone could write 150 truly awful articles that don't provide any further help or innovation to what's already out there.

Someone could spend 12 months working away on a website, but not really udnerstanding the concepts.

For both of these examples, it is NOT TIME to move onto a 2nd website.

What most people are actually doing here is abandoning their first website because it feels too difficult, so starting a second website seems better because somehow the expectation is it's going to be easier "because I'm more knowledgeable than I was when I first started" (BUT, you've just abandoned your first website - trust me, this WILL happen, you will much prefer writing on one of your websites than the other, ALWAYS).

If you want me to be really, really, really honest, sure your first website may not be a home run, you may have picked the incorrect niche for YOU.

BUT

Once you are finally settled on something that you truly enjoy, spend TWO YEARS working on that website.

YEP, you read that correctly.

I can guarantee that as long as someone UNDERSTANDS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, sticks to producing LOTS of content, and ENHANCES their knowledge daily (outside of the WA platform too), there's no way you won't be earning a decent living.

Guess what? Most people DON'T Do this!!

Learning Stops. Shiny Object Syndrome Takes Over. The Reality of Earning a Living DIES!

If you're not making miney at this stage (and plenty don't), then it goes back to the famous Einstein saying about "repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results = Insanity"

The point being, you have to learn to do things correctly FIRST and see the results for yourself before you can REPEAT the same process elsewhere.

What I would say is that if your mind needs to be active, and you need to do different things, you can still work on one website, but have differing tasks.

Monday and Tuesday - Keyword Research and write as many articles as you can WITHOUT publishing.

Wednesday - Put all the articles together including images, videos, links, etc. and publsih.

Thursday - An Entire Facebook Day. Create images/videos, write short blurbs, promoting your articles, Join a couple of relevant groups, add some people as friends, get involved in conversations (which will actually broaden your knowledge on various subjects).

Friday - An Entire Pinterest Day, Create pins for your blog posts. promote, start following a few people, visit "successful" Pinterest accounts in your niche, see what type of pins they're adding, what are their descriptions like, can you learn anything from the way they are doing things? Take notes, see how they write their Pinterest descriptions. What hashtags are they using? What Does their website look like? Can you replicate some of the good stuff on their website in your own voice? Do you need to completely redo your own Pinterest page, do you ned to focus on different articles on your won website from what you've now discovered, etc.

Weekend off.

Following week = repeat.

I do totally get what you;re saying and where you're coming from.

However, do you know what the main factors are that lead to success and freedom?

Being disciplined, boring, and consistent.

That is it.

Sounds a bit like an oxymoron, but DISCIPLINE & CONSISTENCY are the main factors that allow for FREEDOM.

You could still work on ONE website and complete a different task every single day if you really wanted to.

But, my advice would be to stick to that ONE website until you see some semblance of success.

I've seen far too many people with 3-10 websites ALL of which are producing NOTHING!

Great! Yes, they are far more knowledgeable that their day one, BUT, on their day one their intention was to join Wealthy Affiliate to MAKE MONEY ONLINE - The dream has now died, but at least they have 10 websites with about 20 articles each, NO rankings, NO traffic, and NO money!

Are they being true to THEMSELVES? (rhetorical)

Hey, just my opinion, you are your own person, you must do what you believe is best for YOU!

Partha

Hi - I understand where you are coming from, as I am the same and always have multiple projects on the go at one time.

But when building a website, you need to get as much content on it as soon as you can to build up trust and authority with Google.

Let's say you can write 20 posts per month.

Then it's better to have all 20 posts on one site rather than 10 each on two different sites.

Otherwise, it will take you twice as long to see any success with either site.

Plus, you need to know that you have fully understood the process and that your first site is capable of ranking highly and attracting traffic.

Realistically, you need to give it six months to be able to determine that.

If it turns out you are doing something fundamentally wrong with your first site, then you don't want to repeat any mistakes on your second site.

But at the end of the day, it's your decision, and many people give up at the 3 month stage.

That's the most disheartening time, when it feels as though nothing is happening.

So, if starting another site gets you over the 3 month hurdle and regenerates your motivation, then go ahead!

I am too, but you do not want to drive yourself thin.

The recommendation is to focus on ONE site starting out as it takes lots of effort and work get it going, however once you know what you are doing, then the learning curve would be less steeper to scale up.

Hi Holly,

It's good they gave you specific feedback as to what they want to see, as that is not always the case. And the solution here is a simple one, you just need to create more content on your site, then re-apply.

Ideally, I would focus on creating a couple dozen posts and make sure the site has all the foundational elements in place (About, privacy, contact pages) and then re-apply, as this shows Awin (and other affiliate networks) that you are someone who is focused on giving your audience value with your content and that you know how to drive traffic to the affiliate offers they have in their network.

Tim

hello,
I didn't have any issues getting approved by Awin , but I wrote a lot more posts before I apllied than just 5. I would try again after about 50 posts. Good luck!

You may also want to reach out to Jeannine, Awin's rep for WA.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/jeanninec

i always say do two posts when kyle says do one - as this will help build out your site...
think of it from their point of view ..
your site is new and has very little content on it...why would they let you promote their marketers...
i would get to 15-20 posts indexed - not jsut written..and ideally have some traffic before applying for any affilaite programs...
this shows them that you are serious and are going to stick around for a bit...and they get more of a look at what your site could become...
make sure you have the legal pages in force before applying...
affilaite disclaimer, privacy policy, about me ( not a requirement but they see you are real), copyright, cookie policy - maybe part of the privacy policy - a reasonable menu and lots of useful information targeting your niche...
and depending on your niche - medical disclaimer or financial disclaimer...