How to Start Your Own Incentive Site (Freebie Site)
I just came across a site that charges people for this information so on this post I’m just going to talk about how you can start your own incentive site (freebie site) and what you need to get started for FREE!
What you need?
1. Domain
2. Incentive Script & Hosting
3. Affiliates
4. Money
Those 4 things mentioned above are the most important things you need to get started. So now I’m going to go through all 4 of them so you can get a better understanding.
1. Domain- Whats a website with out a domain? Pretty much self explanatory, you need a name for your site, something that will catch the users attention. Good names for incentive sites should have the words free, freebies, money, rewards, etc.. For example: KoolFreebies KellyRewards or RewardMouse. A good place to get your domain name with out any hassle is NameCheap, the domain will only cost you $9.69 for a whole year.
2. Incentive Script & Hosting- I’m going to start off with the script and move on with the hosting, you will need a script where you will be able to add offers, keep track of users, earnings, prizes and questions your users may have. You can always get a custom script and pay thousands for it or go with the script that most site owners use which is the FSRevolution script for a reasonable price or make monthly payments if you can’t pay it in full. This script offers an admin side where you can manage users, manage affiliates, statistics, manage the site, crosscheck system, mass email, manage offers and orders and much more from 1 place. You can find all the information about the script here.
Hosting- You will need hosting so your site can be live on the internet, so you can always get your own hosting company but the script company recently started offering hosting with their script, they have different packages to fit you budget so depending on the package you choose the prices will vary from $6.95 up to $29.95 a month.
3. Affiliates- You will need to find affiliates that offer incentive offers so you can add offers to the site so your users can complete, I know there’s a bunch of them out there but I’m just going to talk about the ones I have experienced with.
a. PointClickTrack- this is the affiliate that I used the most because my affiliate manager was always online and every time I had a question or needed help she walked me through everything, so customer service is great, to add their offers to your site is real easy no hassle at all, and they offer great rates on their offers and they have over 500+ campaigns to choose from.They pay on Net-25, meaning that if in the month of June from the 1st to the 30th you made $300 your commission will be paid on July 25th. Overall in my personal experience I found pointclicktrack to be the best for me. You can check them out by clicking on the banner below.
b. Adscend Media- Adscend Media was my 2nd choice because they don’t have as many campaigns like pointclicktrack does but they have some campaigns that PCt didn’t have so those were the campaigns I used to add more offers to my site. Adscend Media also has great rates on their campaigns, good customer service and they also offer content gateway and file gateway so they give you more options on monetizing your site. Adding offers from adscend media is not as easy but is pretty much copy and paste. This company pays your commissions on Net-30 basis, overall is a good company, I never had any problems with them. You can check them out here.
4. Money- You’re going to need moolah, money, dinero to cover the orders your users submit in your site. What I mean is that you will need upfront money to cover any orders that come in, because you have to remember that you will get paid on Net-25 or Net-30 basis so for that first month in business you’re not going to receive payments from your affiliates till the next following month.
I hope this helps any future site owners out there, if you have any questions feel free to post a comment! Thanks for passing by and reading my post.
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Thank you for the awesome tips Cangri!
I always wanted to know and you gave it for free! Thank you so much!
Just wanted to let you know that PointClickTrack has also been working on a Content Gateway/File Gateway and is about ready to release it! So stay tuned!!
Thanks for the update Kristi.
Thanks for your kind comments. I do want to note that we offer earlier payment structures to affiliates that generate high revenue. We offer bi-weekly, net7, net15, and of course net30 to our affiliates.
I do want to note that we have an FS Revolution Fast Add script in our Tools section which makes adding offers much easier than any other incentivized network. You may have overlooked it – it’s a great tool.
Seems like our monetization tools are catching on
Thanks for your comment, I did overlooked the FSR fast add script but thanks for clearing that up.
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks!
Any thoughts regarding obtaining a business license, or becoming a LLC?
this post is very usefull thx!
What a great resource!
We’ve also always had a FSR Import tool for any FSR incentive site owners to easily add offers, typically your affiliate manager will know if you are using FSR and will touch base with you with turning on this feature for any account who utilizes that script. Our Content Unlocker/File Gateway, is available to anyone interested, our entire network is custom proprietary system designed from the ground up. We continually update and add new features to help all our publishers monetize their traffic sources. We have more and more variations of our content unlocker already under way. We have a very strong background in the incentive industry and look forward to working with those sites as well.
Thanks for the comment Ken!
The greatest topic that I have read this week!!!
Theron
im wondering if there are any other turnkey sites like the one in your article to have your own incentive based sites? Any other comapies that offer the scrips for something like this that you know of? email me at twelvejewlz (at) gmail (dot) com if you can .thanks!