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Combining Pligg, Wordpress And BANS

Posted by Paul B | January 31, 2008 .

The Benefits Of Content Management Systems
Three of the easiest (read laziest) ways of creating a website that can earn you money. Essentially Pligg (A Digg Clone), Wordpress (The number 1 blogging platform) and BANS (Build A Niche Store, an e-bay store generator) are all based around the same idea, combining PHP and a mySQL database to make creating content as easy as possible. Off the 3 BANS is the least hands on, in 30 minutes you can have a nice looking store front loaded with eBay goodies, Pligg requires some updating (sourcing new stories helps to encourage other people to contribute) whilst Wordpress is all about your own content. What the three of them have in common as well is that they are capable of being made very much search friendly, it’s entirely possible to attract good amounts of search traffic with these content management systems if configured correctly.

So I was wondering what would happen if you combined all three on one website? This is my plan, I’m going to create a social shopping website that features a Pligg style front end. I’m going to load this up with more unusual items, the sort of items that you don’t search for everyday but are easy to rank for (WebCEO helps with this). Behind this I’m going to use BANS to build an eBay store front but only for eBay bargains, anything under $5 will do. The final element will be a Wordpress blog to serve one purpose only, discount vouchers. I have a couple of sources for discount vouchers for big name stores and I’ll be using Wordpress to put them out there. Eventually I’ll automate this process so that the blog can largely update itself. What I’ll end up with is a website that has unusual items, a bargain basement and a source of discounts for the big boys.

The Goal
What I’m hoping to achieve here is a website that will eventually update itself yet provide an income via the various affiliate deals (eBay and Amazon for example) being used. I think by offering Pligg and Wordpress it gives visitors twice the opportunity to pass comment which will hopefully result in a more dynamic website. In terms of original content the Pligg front end will be entirely original posts and I’ll be taking time out each week to publish something meaningful to the Wordpress side as well. Other than that I’ll be relying on comments and contributions, a vital key in this is getting a decent page rank to reward top commentators/contributors with.

I wouldn’t like to try and convince anybody that online shopping is an easy niche to get a piece of the pie in so I’m going to set very modest goals for this experiment. I’m giving myself half a day for initial setup and no more than 1 hour a week for updates. The first target as to get that first affiliate sale!

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  1. Ed UNITED STATES Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0  February 12, 2008 10:30 pm

    Since eBay recently raised its fees and is going to be changing the feedback system, the number one rule for selling on eBay is this: have other streams of income.

  2. Taufik Hidayat UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP 64 bit Internet Explorer 6.0  March 13, 2008 10:07 pm

    Nice articles you got here, very usefull for every one who need some tips or references. Ishould put some of your articles on my website. Maybe we can share our articles someday. Let me know if i can share my article here. You can reach me at http://www.tipscollections.com. Thanks

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  3. Emarketscout GERMANY Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0  March 19, 2008 1:23 am

    Hi,

    i must admit that i’ver never seen it this way.

    But to succeed with making money online, i ‘d strongly advice that you get yourself a treasure map - a roadmap to Affiliate success …*-)

    Michael

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