Online Money Dot.com

It´s about that time of the month again when I post how much money I made from all my internet ventures. Although it is not a fortune, it is a respectable amount for someone that words solely from home, with little or no expenses.

Last month was marked mainly by the fall in Adsense revenue and the US dollar. But lets get to the numbers:

ebay: $2100
Blogs: $1300
Affiliate Programs: $1650
e-commerce site: $1200
Domain parking: $780
Adsense: $200
Diversos: $1490

Total: $8720

Starting off with my ebay and e-commerce website, there was a decline from both of them. February is already a traditionally slow month, and nothing I sell is very related to Valentine´s Day. The falling dollar is also making everything I sell more expensive, since almost all of my products are made in Europe, and thus paid for in Euros. I now need about $1.60 to cover 1 Euro. About one year ago I could pay off 1 Euro with about $1.20-$1.25.

The revenue from my blogs was also down slightly, both because Adsense earnings are down, and because I have hardly done any reviews due to lack of time. As far as reviews are concerned, I am actually thinking of having someone do them for me, and then splitting the revenue. It´s something I will be thinking about.

My affiliate earnings, while not significant, have held there own. Last month I made $1650 from affiliate revenue, a lot of this from the eBay affiliate program, mostly using the Build a Niche Stores (BANS).

My net Adsense revenue went up to $200 last month. I would however like to clarify that I do not include my blog Adsense earnings under the Adsense column. Any Adsense revenue coming from blogs is listed under blog revenue. Also, when I say that my Adsense revenue is $200, that is after I deduct Adwords expenses, when the Adwords campaign is used to promote a site who´s main revenue source is (or will be) Adsense. This is the main reason why my Adsense profit fell so much over the last couple of months, since I have spent a lot of money promoting my classifieds website, where the main revenue source is Adsense. I did reduce my Adwords budget last month, and the Adsense revenue did climb, so the site should become cash-flow positive soon.

To sum it all up, total profit for February came in at $8720. Which isn´t all that bad, but the only thing more fun than making money is really spending it! I am one of those people that believes that money is only worth something when we can convert it into something that really gives us pleasure.