$3000/Month Website About a Popular TV Show

Check out Shark Tank Recap, a site about the companies and products featured on the popular TV show Shark Tank 🦈

They have info on all the startups featured on the show. Eg. which shark funded them, latest updates, and an Amazon affiliate link to the product if available.

However, display ads are likely the main way the site makes money 🤑

SimilarWeb estimates the site gets about 400k visits per month, though organic (search engine) traffic is estimated to be only around 50k/month according to tools like SE Ranking and Keysearch.

A recent profile stated that Shark Tank Recap is pulling in $7K/month.

That number probably comes via the Google AdSense Calculator, where 400k monthly visits in North America under the Business & Industrial category works out to about $88,000 a year 💰

Let’s be conservative though and say the site is earning more like $3000/month total from display ads plus affiliates.

That’s still pretty good 👍

And it got me wondering if sites like this could exist for other popular TV shows.

It would probably work best for shows where there’s some kind of product tie-in so you can be an affiliate.

I asked ChatGPT for some suggestions and it came back with 👇

Dragon’s Den
A recap site for the UK version of Shark Tank, following entrepreneurs and their pitches. Affiliate opportunities would be similar to those for Shark Tank Recap.

Hell’s Kitchen
A site summarizing the chefs, challenges, and signature dishes from Gordon Ramsay’s intense cooking competition show. Affiliate links could include kitchen equipment, cookbooks, or even restaurant reservations.

Blown Away
A site summarizing the glassblowing challenges, artists, and creations from this Canadian competition show. Affiliate marketing could focus on glassblowing tools, classes, or even finished glass art pieces.

Next step if you want to go further: do some proper keyword research to see if many people are searching for info on those shows 🧐

If that looks good and you decide to build the site, you could use AI tools like Video Mood or Video to Blog AI to help you summarize or write blog posts from a given video.

Or use this free method to do it with ChatGPT 🤖

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