Niche Site Project 4 – Niche Pursuits

Welcome to Niche Site Project 4! 

So, what is a “niche site project?”.  In a nutshell, it’s a public case study where I build a brand new site and document the journey as it grows (hopefully) for you to learn from.  I plan to share everything from earnings, traffic, and even the site itself so you can check it out.

If you have been a Niche Pursuits reader for a while, you will know that I’ve done this 3 times in the past.  However, each project has been a little bit different.

During Niche Site Project 4, I personally plan to build a niche site from scratch (I won’t be coaching a “student”).  However, I am encouraging readers to participate and build a new site right along with me.

You can officially join Niche Site Project 4 here even though it already started!  Click here to join Niche Site Project 4!

Read the posts below to get all the detailed updates!

For a quick summary of the timeline and major milestones of the project, please see the list here:

• July 31st, 2018 – I publicly announce Niche Site Project 4
• July 2018 – I selected my first niche idea before announcing the project, but write about finding a niche here (in early August).
• August 7th, 2018 – I buy a misspelled domain name for my first niche idea.  Whoops.
• August 16th, 2018 – I buy a correctly spelled domain name for my first niche idea.
• August 20th, 2018 – After more in-depth research, I decide to scrap my first niche idea and select another one.  Luckily before I had started my website.
• August 22nd, 2018 – I decide on a new niche.  I also reveal what my “old” niche was and why I didn’t select it here.
• August 24th, 2018 – I buy the domain name for my new niche.
• Sept. 10th 2018 – First article published on the site.  I designate this the “day 1” of the sites real age.
• Oct. 5th, 2018 – I publish the 1st Monthly Report and share all my strategies. 20 articles published, $0 in earnings.
• Nov. 2018 – 2nd Monthly Report published.  12 new articles published (32 total), $0 in earnings.
• Dec. 2018 – 3rd Monthly Report published. 7 new articles published (39 total), $0 in earnings.
• Jan. 2019 – 4th Monthly Report published. 11 new articles published (50 total), $26.66 earnings for the month.
• Feb. 2019 – 5th Monthly Report published. 32 new articles published (82 total), $6.00 earnings for the month.
• March 2019 – 6th Monthly Report published. 10 new articles published (92 total), $15.51 earnings for the month.
• April 2019 – 7th Monthly Report published. 15 new articles published (107 total), $128.41 earnings for the month.
• May 2019 – 8th Monthly Report published. 13 new articles published (120 total), $565.44 earnings for the month.
• June 2019 – 9th Monthly Report published. 18 new articles published (138 total), $740.45 earnings for the month.
• July 2019 – 10th Monthly Report published. 20 new articles published (158 total), $1,218.41 earnings for the month.
• August 2019 – 11th Monthly Report published. 6 new articles published (164 total), $1,392.11 earnings for the month.
• September 2019 – 12th Monthly Report published. 15 new articles published (179 total), $1,109.37 earnings for the month.
• December 2019 – 13th Report published.  $2,360.98 in earnings for the month!
• January 2020 – $1,297 earnings for the month
• February 2020 – $1,498 earnings for the month
• March 2020 – Read full income report – $3,195 earnings for the month.
• April 2020 – $7,212 earnings for the month
• May 2020 – $8,290 earnings for the month
• June 2020 – Read income update. $6,770 earnings for the month
• July 2020 – $5,122 earnings for the month
• August 2020 – $3,304 earnings for the month
• September 2020 – $2,928 earnings for the month
• October 2020 – $2,647 earnings for the month
• November 2020 – $2,875 earnings for the month
• December 2020 – $3,755 earnings for the month
• January 2021 – Read the annual income report here. $2,042 earnings for the month
• February 2021 – $1,920 earnings for the month
• March 2021 – $4,593 earnings for the month
• April 2021 – $5,210 earnings for the month

After doing 12 months of monthly reports, I decided to stop publishing monthly updates.  However, I will still provide periodic updates when I hit other milestones or have some other major update to share.

For now, I am still working on growing OwnTheYard.com!

As a reminder, the timeline above does NOT include every single post I’ve written for Niche Site Project 4.  You can find all of them below.  Thanks!