Make Money From Your Error Pages
Have you ever visited a website, but typed in the wrong url after the domain name? What did you see?
Chances are you saw a generic page that said something like, “The page cannot be displayed,” or “Not Found,” or “The requested URL was not found on this server.”
This is what is more commonly known as the 404 Error Page. It’s the page that shows up by default when someone ‘accidentally’ types in the address of the page they are looking for on your site incorrectly.
Now, in many cases, it genuinely happens by mistake. However, in many other instances, people end up on this page because they are snooping around trying to look for your download page or thank you page without having to pay or opt-in. This is kind of underhand, but people do it, which is why you should always protect your downloads.
Why not take advantage of this opportunity, whether they are doing it purposely or they are truly ending up there by accident. If you have your own website and it gets traffic, some of your visitors are ending up on that page. Now, if they are seeing the generic message that their browser displays to them when this happens, then you are not making good use of your web real estate!
Every page of your website can put cash in your pocket. Even your 404 error page. You can customize that page just like any other page on your site.
Some ideas to utilize on that page include:
-Making it a special offer at a discounted price.
-Having it be a squeeze page (to try and get them to join your newsletter).
-Making it an Adsense page.
-Redirecting it to a related affiliate product.
Those are just a few of the many different, yet profitable types of ways you can make good use of your 404 error page.
It won’t make you rich, but it definitely will put some extra money in your account. Maybe it will help you pay one of your bills, or you can just reinvest it into your business.
Either way, if you don’t customize this page, you can be leaving money on the table. Having something for your visitors to see that end up on that page is much more beneficial to you then not having anything on that page. My hosting company actually advertises their own products, on my error pages!
If you want to learn even more effective methods to make the most of your 404 Error Pages, then make sure you download this free report now.
I mentioned people trying to search your pages for free downloads…next time we’ll talk about how to stop them doing and this and stealing your money!.
