SEO Case Study: $40K in 10 Months

In 2020, instead of going to therapy during the pandemic I decided to try and build an affiliate marketing website. The site was called ClassroomDIY.com and it was an arts and crafts media site.

In 8 month I was able to grow the site from 0 to 30,000 visitors per month. And before selling it was making around $1.6k MRR.

Traffic:

Revenue vs Costs:

Costs by Source:

To get things going I purchased the domain on odys.global for $1,770. Then over the course of the 8 months I put an additional $14,700 into content, youtube videos, and backlinks.

Here’s how the site grew in terms of MMR:

January 2021: $386.91

February 2021: $1,130.31

March 2021: $1,974.98

April 2021: $2,114.84

Wrapping Up

If you’re looking to build an affiliate site, I’d recommend checking out AuthorityHackers.com. Two other good resources are Mushfiq Sarker and Richard Patey.

Good luck!