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A comment on Ask HN: Why did my free tools site with 600 tools make almost $0 after 2 years?.

Re:Ask HN: Why did my free tools site with 600 tools make al... by dotcoma on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:35PM (#44696098)
What kind of ‘ads’ are you trying to use to monetise it ?
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Re:Ask HN: Why did my free tools site with 600 tools make al... by KodyBerns99 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:43PM (#44696151)
adsene and affiliate banners
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Re:Ask HN: Why did my free tools site with 600 tools make al... by dotcoma on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:45PM (#44696175)
That’s why!
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Re:Ask HN: Why did my free tools site with 600 tools make al... by dotcoma on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:47PM (#44696186)
Have you not learned from Google and Facebook?

You need to sell space as “promoted tool” for a week.

You also need more traffic. Do you have returning users or not ?

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