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wazaweb
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2008 05:53
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Hi guys,
Couple of months ago I started an arcade site, mainly because I have kids and they loved the idea of it. I bought a script for the arcade site which cost me $30 but there are free ones around then I placed google adsense and ads from COPEAC which works very well.
The amount of traffic I got from this arcade was INSANE ,
Already after only 2 months my site is averaging $15 - $20 a day from these to programs combined. My goal is to hit $50 a day before June.
As this site ages and I start actually promoting it I can already see the potential....
Imagine if I duplicate this arcade site 5 - 10x Crazy
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Marktech
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2008 14:19
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What's an arcade site?
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pcwork
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2008 14:58
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I am also curious , what exactly is an arcade site
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Hemjoe
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2008 17:49
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are you referring to a game site, please enlighten us
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mountainmom5
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2008 18:42 · Edited by: mountainmom5
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...still waiting... to see what an arcade site is
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HiAchiever
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2008 13:13
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Search for "arcade site" and "arcade site script".
You'll soon learn all about arcade sites.
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lacy_amy
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# Posted: 20 May 2008 14:23
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Are there any free script sites????
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Flimjo
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# Posted: 18 Jun 2008 10:26
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Interesting. I have seen some of these sites for sale on Digital Point Forums, etc. It's a neat concept and certainly something that is attractive to people. Imagine all the people at work or in class that would love to play games online when they're bored. Congrats. That's a great concept.
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mominva21106
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# Posted: 23 Jun 2008 12:19
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Yeah, I have a guy friend, He does this for a living too
He and His wife, of course with 6 kids, he does pretty good.
I've been looking for at home jobs or just a job rather.
But it's hard, a lot are scams. they should all be sprayed with
some mace. BAD BUGS. =) But any advice/help any of you gents can a stay at home mom?......thanks
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JMorgan
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2008 13:54
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They are free scripts out there but I would not recommend them as they frequently have programming issues. Pay a small price for a good clean script as Wazaweb along with many like myself did and you'll be much happier. Usually whoever you make the purchase from will install free or at a small fee or even recommend someone to do the installation at a small fee.
I have one of those arcade site up and running too. Marktech and PCWork, if you are still curious as to what an arcade site is, just see my sig.
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rhmillion
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# Posted: 11 Dec 2008 23:02
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I never heard of that before. What a great idea!
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# Posted: 12 Dec 2008 09:05
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For anyone who still doesn't know what an Arcade site is, it's a site that has games on it.
Usually, the main monetization play is to set it up as an M.F.A. (Made For Adsense). You can also set up affiliate links such as software programs that can be used to make games (Flash comes to mind), you can sell game scripts, perhaps attract sponsors, and attach a forum.
It would be a fun site to make and I see quite a bit of monetization potential.
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Julsy
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2008 00:28
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My only problem with this idea is that there are GOBS of free gaming sites everywhere! So why would anyone pay to play games online?
Just asking...
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JMorgan
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2008 23:39
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I believe you are getting this all wrong Julsy. No one will be charged to play online games, at least not on my arcade games site. See my sig for an example - anyone can play on my site for free.
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dani_nae
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# Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:21
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that idea never even crossed my mind. But how does your game site not get jumbled into the mess of free gaming sites, as Julsy mentioned?
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Julsy
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# Posted: 15 Dec 2008 17:07
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JMorgan: I believe you are getting this all wrong Julsy. No one will be charged to play online games, at least not on my arcade games site. See my sig for an example - anyone can play on my site for free.
So, how do you make money if nobody is paying?
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Seth
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# Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:09
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Julsy: So, how do you make money if nobody is paying?
Put adsense on it ...
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JMorgan
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2008 21:27 · Edited by: JMorgan
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That is correct... as Seth pointed out - It is an AdSense site. Click on any link on the site then notice those ads (by Google) at the top of the page and towards the sides.
Once a visitor click on an ad for a product or service they may be interested in then I will earn a commission from Google. One click, depending on the keyword can pay from pennies to dollars, and yes, that is from just one click. Overtime it all adds up.
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:10
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boy, that DOES look like a fun way to make money...
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wahl2008
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2008 08:28
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I know someone who has the same success with game sites like yours.
It's not mine (no self promo) so here's the link.
http://www.freepuzzlegames.biz/
He's got the number one rank on Google for keyword 'puzzle games'
I think that he said he gets around 60,000 hits a day, and I know he get a handsome check from Google every month.
If only it were my site....
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Julsy
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2008 15:29
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I get it now, Thanks for sharing this bit of info. Definately worth looking into when I am ready to take on a new project!
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JMorgan
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2008 20:59
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It's really a nice way to make extra cash. The most challenging part is getting your site up ans running and doing a little marketing.
For your friend to be receiving 60, 000 hits per day, that is astounding.
Say he is receiving 0.5% (I'm assuming his CTR is a lot more) Click Through Rate on ads... that would be 300 clicks each day. For a whole month that would be 9,000 clicks. Again, worse case scenario with each click he gains $0.05 - his total monthly earnings would be $450.00. Not bad if you ask me. That could pay for one or two car payments depending on what car you are driving.
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David
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# Posted: 3 Mar 2009 18:51
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Thanks guys. Once again you have shown why this is such a great forum. I never would have thought of this sort of business.
The only questions are do you need to organize your own web hosting etc. to install the script? Are they easy to make SEO friendly
David
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msibd
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# Posted: 10 Mar 2009 12:08
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Very good info and very interested.....But quick question. Does one script put all these games on the site or each game has a diffrent script?
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wazaweb
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# Posted: 5 Jun 2009 06:50
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wow ,so sorry to abandon this thread..my old computer blew up and i totally forgot all about this site  derrrr...
anyways I found it again and I'm back,lol
As for your questions wow, wish i had of answered them months ago, but yeah..
Arcade sites are just flash/shockwave game sites or portals...
very easy to get visitors and very easy to make money off.
but their are some cons...
Competition is huge unless you pick a niche catagory to target eg - instead of shooting games - I would target Sniper Games
another con is their cpc is very low, with the average arcade/game site generating $0.01 - $0.05 per click from google...
BUT....with some testing and testing and some more testing you can get those numbers up ,like i did...
Off my arcade sites alone(I have 5 now) I am making $1400 USD p/month
These sites pay for my PPC campaigns which generates 5 times that..
here is an example of a site I put together - GamesPond(dot)net
it does take work but t is very fun...
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VictoriaNTC
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# Posted: 13 Jun 2009 16:21
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Absolutely cool!
Victoria
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brownlickie
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:50
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I have read your post and I too would like to earn a few dollars . Having only limited skills about this type of enterprise , could I ask you a few questions. How do you go about setting this up. You have already done this and after looking at ARCADESCRIPT. online , I find this confusing as to what they actually supply for the money.
One site was fairly expensive and quite vague . I think they were only selling the licience , but I am not sure. I think the concept is good and I would like to give it ago. regards Brian
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wazaweb
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2009 06:02
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Possibly the coolest work at home job ever!!!
Ok here is another long awaited update to this once again abandoned thread lol..
over the last few months i have been like usual a busy boy..here is some really cool stuff thats been happening since my last post.
I have pretty much doubled my monthly revenue and am totally full time work at home. Also i have been gettin heaps of crazy freebies from addvertisers as bonuses and i am totally lovin this..
3months ago i sold my second game site and I was pretty pleased with the sale i think i could have gotten more but yeah. The site sold for $5500 US not bad for a 10month old site where i did stuff all but add games that i really like playing.
When that site was sold i thought ooh no what have i done, this site was making $20 - $30 a day from adsense and VCM , time to work harder on my other sites to make up for it.
So me being a sucker for games i bought a really cool domain name UG2.com and started yet another online games site. This time this ones for good cause i plan on turning this into a bit of a brand. I have made a couple of games(not published yet) and hope to make many more and this site is going to be the main platform to show off my games that i make..
Enough with that, here is some other cool stuff - when i owned my previous game site (gamespond DOT net) I was approched by like atleast 2-3 advertisers a week and I was lucky enough to be approched by an advertising company that had a campaign to promote a cool xbox 360 game. All i had to do was add some flash games that was about the game and spread the word a bit. each game i added i was given $20 - not bad for 5minutes work, now cause i own multiple game sites - like 10 now, i was given $20 for each site i added the game 2. Now there was only like 5 games that i had to add but i got to pocket some pretty nice cash plus when the campaign ended I recieved heaps of cool bonuses like the game it self and posters and stuff which to me was awesome.
Ok so i noticed there is a few people that are interested in this so i am going to give some more advice and refer you to a real gem of a script that makes sites explode with traffic and you know what lots of traffic means - lots of $$$
Tip 1
This is totally not hard at all to set up, upload to server, run installer and just add games. Easy..
Tip 2
trade traffic - im no expert at this but this is the fastest way to get people through your site. The script im going to refer you to has an awesome traffic trading script built in..
Tip 3
You will come across some really cool people , treat them all like kings/queens these maybe from traffic trading partner to advertisers. be nice , and they be nice..
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dont be scared of the big boys, there is plenty of pie left over, im talkin miniclip , net-games.biz and the other big players. Over time its not hard to be gettin 30k visitors a day.
Tip 5
become a tester - im always testing ad positions - adsense ads on arcade sites pay very small $$ per click, a lot of people are only gettin like .01c - .05c per click. I have optimised via testing and i get .10c - .20c per click. Sounds small but if your gettin like 200 - 2000 clicks a day it ads up..
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dont go for the cheap scripts, by this i mean cms(content managment system) the script will have an admin panel wher you add the games - very easy. and it will pretty much run the site for you. You can get a good script for well under $100
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Be unique, a lot of scripts will come with templates/designs , use these but as soon as you can pay a designer to make it look good and different to everyone elses sites..better still if you know how design it yourself.
now there is much more to it all but you will learn along the way. This truley is the most fun way to make money online...
Here is the link to my favorite script Arcade Trade Script <Snip> - yes this is a referal link but if you do decide to buy a script else where make sure you check the features out. And make sure your getting what you pay for..
I will make a post very soon on how to run and maintain a arcade site very soon in a new thread but till then. Hope this provided some insperation..
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:02
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Arcade site, how is it work?
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:42
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comthing: Arcade site, how is it work?
lol - maybe you should read through the entire post again.
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