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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by mailinatorguy on Friday July 07, 2017 @05:29PM (#14722270)
http://clickrouter.com

I built it because of a need and it's worked fabulously. It's hands down doubled my monthly affiliate revenue (i.e. to be clear, that's in the 4 figures).

I think where it failed however is that it's really hard to explain and I sure haven't cracked it. I get a few signups a day, few use it at all.

It's not for everyone - but it definitely works for me and it would work for anyone in the same boat (someone who needs to affiliatize hundreds/thousands of outgoing links)

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by robzyb on Saturday July 08, 2017 @01:16AM (#14724196)
This is not a product that I'm interested in, but may I provide some feedback on your website?

It took me a little while to understand what Clickrouter does. The very first line, "Monetize Outbound Clicks", contributed a lot to my confusion. It made me think that maybe you were just a frontend to e.g. Amazon's affiliate program.

It was only when I read Step 4 of "How's it work" that I understood what it did: "Watch ClickRouter route each click to your best (i.e. most profitable) merchant network every time !"

I would've been much happier if the very first line was something like "Maximise your revenue by automatically using the best affiliate links."

Straight away I know _why_ I should be interested in your product, and how it works.

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by patrickbolle on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:57PM (#14723814)
Love the idea of this. I've never done affiliate links or anything before but I'm getting ready to launch a site that has some affiliate links sprinkled in here and there.

Will for sure give this a shot.

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by rhizome on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:55PM (#14723805)
I'd add something about before and after behavior. What does a prospective user already have that they're going to affiliatize, bare Amazon (or wherever) links? And then does it take bare Amazon links, affiliate them to Amazon or search for other sites that have the same product?

I suppose people in the affiliate game would already know this stuff, but there's a lot of dumb people like me who might see it as a way to get into affiliate stuff easily.

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by nickcw on Saturday July 08, 2017 @09:53AM (#14725408)
BTW http://clickrouter.com redirects to https://clickrouter.com. And this has a warning from chrome "This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources".
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by iDemonix on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:25PM (#14726555)
I think a lot of it could come down to trust, part of the great thing about multiple affiliate networks is your eggs aren't all in one basket. By using your product all of their income relies upon your service working. That's what'd put me off anyway.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by eli- on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:11PM (#14771367)
FYI, you're listed as "malicious" and blocked by the lists used by the Barracuda Web Filter.