Initial Site Development
The initial focus of Flintvalley LLC is to develop sites that are geared towards consumer shopping. Creating online stores is relatively easy to do thanks to the numerous affiliate opportunities out there with real stores. A new online storefront can be quickly developed by display product links and information pulled from the affiliate sites. There's no need to worry about inventory, shipping, or even order processing. Because there is zero overhead, the online shopping angle is a good starting point.
Members-Only Sites
On May 12, 2008 Flintvalley LLC launched its first members-only web site - Clickbank Unleashed. The web site offers Clickbank affiliate marketers tools and information that helps them gain a competitive advantage over the other 100,000 affiliate marketers.
Online Shopping Stores
Flintvalley has recently released its third consumer-centric shopping site. The shopping sites are good examples of how an individual or small business can put the Internet to work. The sites leverage web services of different affiliate programs. The sites generate revenue several different ways:
- Consumer makes a purchase and a portion of the purchase price is paid to Flintvalley.
- Consumer clicks on one of the ads presented by Google
- Consumer clicks on a banner ad and eventually signs up at the affiliate site
All of the shopping sites the Flintvalley has developed to date make use of the Amazon Web Services to provide the list of products for sale. Using the web services does require some amount of programming knowledge. The developers at Flintvalley are currently working on putting together a tutorial to describe how to use them.
iPods and iPod Accessories
The first web site developed by Flintvalley was BuyIPodStuffOnline.com. This web site, as you can probably guess, is designed to serve customers that are interested in purchasing iPods and iPod accessories. The site is on its second release. The first release was created completely from scratch and about a month to develop. The majority of the time was spent getting familar with the Amazon web services. The second release made use of a web site design template from DesignLoad.net. Some of the graphics, styles, and layouts from the template were used to give the site a more professional appearance. Future release of the site will continue to refine and improve the appearance as well as include products from sources other than Amazon.
Financial and Tax Software
The second web site developed and published by Flintvalley was FinancialSoftware4U.info. This is another shopping site and is aimed at individuals and small businesses looking for financial or tax related software. It also includes tax and financial books, as well as related educational DVDs. This site is still in its initial release. A second release is planned and will primarily focus on improving the professional appearance of the site.
Zune Super Store
The latest web site developed and published by Flintvalley is NothingButZunes.com. This site is very similar to the BuyIPodStuffOnline.com site. In fact it uses the same site template and code. By leveraging the existing BuyIPodStuffOnline.com site and structure, NothingButZunes.com was able to be developed and deployed in less than 2 days.
Company news
- Clickbank Unleashed Launch
- iPod Super Store Launch
- Finance & Tax Store Launch
- Jewelry Store Launch
- Zune Super Store Launch
- Online Zune Store Launch
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