As a follow on from the last post about using domain names that you have parked. I have been running through my portfolio of domains, in doing so I came across a domain name I have been holding onto for several years Broadbandlocal.co.uk.
While with most of my portfolio of parked domain names I have being simply adding a couple of adverts, I decided that Broadband Local would be perfect for a quick exercise to see how quickly I could put together a very simple affiliate site. The result was Broadband Local. A very quick site I have put together to compare broadband prices in the UK.
I chose a template from OSWD and modified it to suit a broadband site, then created a simple database with two tables, one for suppliers names and one for offers, with relationship between them based on supplier ID.
Then in the PHP page i created a simple SQL query joining the two tables getting all the offers and formatted the results in an easy to view HTML table.
The I signed up to some broadband merchants and entered the details of their offers into the database, and hey presto a working site.
All in all this took about 2 hours including finding a template, modifying it, setting up the database, writing the php and entering the data into the DB.
One could argue that this is not the greatest site in the world, it does not automatically update its self, but for 2 hours work I am pleased!
I will not be heavily marketing the site, again this is not one of my main affiliate projects, I will concentrate my efforts on those, but I will submit broadband local to search engines and I will create links from my Web Design company and Web Hosting Company websites, all I need is one sale and that is better than having the domain parked doing nothing!
Have a look at Broadbandlocal.co.uk
2 comments
David Fiske says:
February 8, 2008 at 10:46 am (UTC 1)
On the top navigation bar, you’ve got “Baroadband” – not sure whether this is intentional.
Not sure if it’s feasible but a postcode or telephone checker may be useful to then restrict offers available to certain people.
The domain’s good and I suppose there’s a lot of scope to develop this further. Tough market though!
Digitalquill says:
February 8, 2008 at 3:15 pm (UTC 1)
Hi
Thanks for spotting that! I have corrected it. I have allot of other things to do on the site, more merchants to add and I want to add Mobile Broadband etc. but as a test to see what can be done in a short time I am pleased with the results.
Matt