Comments on: Build a Niche Store Empire in 12 Weeks – Add a New Niche Site in an Hour! http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Manuel Merz http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-12231 Manuel Merz Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:56:12 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-12231 Hey Mark, first of all thank you for doing all this inside know how about build a niche store, really appreciated. I am not quite sure myself why you did a mysql query and not use the search query inside your bans admin to determinate "cabinets". Has that any particular reason? Thanks for any feedback and keep your work up :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('12231','Manuel Merz'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('12231','Manuel Merz','Hey Mark, first of all thank you for doing all this inside know how about build a niche store, really appreciated.\r\n\r\nI am not quite sure myself why you did a mysql query and not use the search query inside your bans admin to determinate \"cabinets\". Has that any particular reason? Thanks for any feedback and keep your work up :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Mark, first of all thank you for doing all this inside know how about build a niche store, really appreciated.

I am not quite sure myself why you did a mysql query and not use the search query inside your bans admin to determinate “cabinets”. Has that any particular reason? Thanks for any feedback and keep your work up :)

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]]> By: Mark http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2764 Mark Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:42:59 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2764 @ Dorian - Very odd... I went to Google myself and the download does not appear for this video, even though it is checked as an option in the menu administration. Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2764','Mark'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2764','Mark','@ Dorian -\r\n\r\nVery odd... I went to Google myself and the download does not appear for this video, even though it is checked as an option in the menu administration.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ Dorian -

Very odd… I went to Google myself and the download does not appear for this video, even though it is checked as an option in the menu administration.

Mark

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]]> By: Dorian http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2763 Dorian Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:21:06 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2763 I'm unable to download your videos. When I click the link on the lower-right corner of the video and get taken to google video, there is not an option there to download the video. The only thing there is a button that says, "Email-Embed". Perhaps the download option is only available for Windows browsers. :-(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2763','Dorian'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2763','Dorian','I\'m unable to download your videos. When I click the link on the lower-right corner of the video and get taken to google video, there is not an option there to download the video. The only thing there is a button that says, \"Email-Embed\". Perhaps the download option is only available for Windows browsers. :-('); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m unable to download your videos. When I click the link on the lower-right corner of the video and get taken to google video, there is not an option there to download the video. The only thing there is a button that says, “Email-Embed”. Perhaps the download option is only available for Windows browsers. :-(
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]]> By: Terry Tarlton http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2617 Terry Tarlton Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:24:35 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2617 Hey Mark, In this video you relate to setting up a "skeleton" site so that when I add a domain I can use File Manager in C-Panel as per your instructions in this video. What OTHER video descibed this process? Terry<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2617','Terry Tarlton'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2617','Terry Tarlton','Hey Mark, In this video you relate to setting up a \"skeleton\" site so that when I add a domain I can use File Manager in C-Panel as per your instructions in this video. What OTHER video descibed this process? \r\n\r\nTerry'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Mark, In this video you relate to setting up a “skeleton” site so that when I add a domain I can use File Manager in C-Panel as per your instructions in this video. What OTHER video descibed this process?

Terry

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]]> By: Cindy http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2530 Cindy Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:52:50 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2530 Mark, I tried doing one site without changing the 644 but it didn't work so I always make the change. Is it possible that there is some setting on my account that is causing this? Also, I understand that HostGator is upgrading to PHP5 and we need to be sure our databases are updated. Can you go over the process? Thanks. Cindy<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2530','Cindy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2530','Cindy','Mark,\r\n\r\nI tried doing one site without changing the 644 but it didn\'t work so I always make the change. Is it possible that there is some setting on my account that is causing this?\r\n\r\nAlso, I understand that HostGator is upgrading to PHP5 and we need to be sure our databases are updated. Can you go over the process?\r\n\r\nThanks.\r\n\r\nCindy'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark,

I tried doing one site without changing the 644 but it didn’t work so I always make the change. Is it possible that there is some setting on my account that is causing this?

Also, I understand that HostGator is upgrading to PHP5 and we need to be sure our databases are updated. Can you go over the process?

Thanks.

Cindy

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]]> By: Phil http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2528 Phil Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:30:30 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2528 Mark, Loved the raw bans tip. I want to remark quickly on how I got a quick burst of activity on to my new bans site www.jeepsandthings.com I literally went to the news groups and posted the link to my site on only 4 auto/jeeps groups that were un moderated and overnight the stats shot up with 200 views in 2 days, It has also been crawled by google and yahoo and it also gave me a bunch of search queries used on the site, which has given me some new ideas for future niche sites. Literally all in only 2 days. I haven't even stared to begin getting the back links or SE submissions yet or even the site map in place. Stats info: United States us 583 7485 21.13 MB Unknown ip 48 72 1.55 MB Canada ca 9 17 248.43 KB Netherlands nl 8 20 251.70 KB Germany de 1 4 129.51 KB South Africa za 1 2 29.05 KB Russian Federation ru 1 4 129.99 Unknown robot (identified by hit on 'robots.txt') 0+28 1.10 MB 29 Feb 2008 - 10:22 Googlebot 18+8 739.52 KB 27 Feb 2008 - 20:47 Unknown robot (identified by 'bot/' or 'bot-') 4+4 248.80 KB 25 Feb 2008 - 03:43 Yahoo Slurp 1+1 40.58 KB 26 Feb 2008 - 22:07 Unknown robot (identified by 'robot') 1+1 39.91 KB 25 Feb 2008 - 16:15 Unknown robot (identified by 'crawl') 2 39.84 KB 27 Feb 2008 - 16:30 cucv sales 8 11.7 % brenn t-16 carrier 3 4.4 % m151a2 for sale 3 4.4 % m37 dodge troop carrier 2 2.9 % s280 shelter for sale 2 2.9 % m35 a2 for sale 2 2.9 % cucv m1008 2 2.9 % cckw 353 for sale 2 2.9 % ford burma jeep 2 2.9 % 1941 dodge wc for sale I generally don't like the news groups but this has renewed my enthuesiasm. I also have another site www.hangarauctions.com which has earned about $90 this year with no promotion at at other than adding the site adress on to about 100 emaills to aviation friends and customers. So, yes folks, BANS does work. Your videos and site are great. Cheers Phil<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2528','Phil'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2528','Phil','Mark,\r\n\r\nLoved the raw bans tip.\r\nI want to remark quickly on how I got a quick burst of activity on to my new bans site www.jeepsandthings.com \r\nI literally went to the news groups and posted the link to my site on only 4 auto\/jeeps groups that were un moderated and overnight the stats shot up with 200 views in 2 days,\r\n\r\nIt has also been crawled by google and yahoo and it also\r\ngave me a bunch of search queries used on the site, which has given me some new ideas for future niche sites.\r\nLiterally all in only 2 days. I haven\'t even stared to begin getting the back links or SE submissions yet or even the site map in place.\r\n\r\nStats info:\r\n United States us 583 7485 21.13 MB \r\n Unknown ip 48 72 1.55 MB \r\nCanada ca 9 17 248.43 KB \r\n Netherlands nl 8 20 251.70 KB \r\nGermany de 1 4 129.51 KB \r\n South Africa za 1 2 29.05 KB \r\n Russian Federation ru 1 4 129.99 \r\n\r\nUnknown robot (identified by hit on \'robots.txt\') 0+28 1.10 MB 29 Feb 2008 - 10:22 \r\nGooglebot 18+8 739.52 KB 27 Feb 2008 - 20:47 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \'bot\/\' or \'bot-\') 4+4 248.80 KB 25 Feb 2008 - 03:43 \r\nYahoo Slurp 1+1 40.58 KB 26 Feb 2008 - 22:07 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \'robot\') 1+1 39.91 KB 25 Feb 2008 - 16:15 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \'crawl\') 2 39.84 KB 27 Feb 2008 - 16:30 \r\n\r\ncucv sales 8 11.7 % \r\nbrenn t-16 carrier 3 4.4 % \r\nm151a2 for sale 3 4.4 % \r\nm37 dodge troop carrier 2 2.9 % \r\ns280 shelter for sale 2 2.9 % \r\nm35 a2 for sale 2 2.9 % \r\ncucv m1008 2 2.9 % \r\ncckw 353 for sale 2 2.9 % \r\nford burma jeep 2 2.9 % \r\n1941 dodge wc for sale \r\n\r\nI generally don\'t like the news groups but this has renewed my enthuesiasm. \r\n\r\nI also have another site www.hangarauctions.com which has earned about $90 this year with no promotion at at other than adding the site adress on to about 100 emaills to aviation friends and customers. So, yes folks, BANS does work.\r\n\r\nYour videos and site are great. \r\n\r\nCheers\r\n\r\nPhil'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark,

Loved the raw bans tip.
I want to remark quickly on how I got a quick burst of activity on to my new bans site http://www.jeepsandthings.com
I literally went to the news groups and posted the link to my site on only 4 auto/jeeps groups that were un moderated and overnight the stats shot up with 200 views in 2 days,

It has also been crawled by google and yahoo and it also
gave me a bunch of search queries used on the site, which has given me some new ideas for future niche sites.
Literally all in only 2 days. I haven’t even stared to begin getting the back links or SE submissions yet or even the site map in place.

Stats info:
United States us 583 7485 21.13 MB
Unknown ip 48 72 1.55 MB
Canada ca 9 17 248.43 KB
Netherlands nl 8 20 251.70 KB
Germany de 1 4 129.51 KB
South Africa za 1 2 29.05 KB
Russian Federation ru 1 4 129.99

Unknown robot (identified by hit on ‘robots.txt’) 0+28 1.10 MB 29 Feb 2008 – 10:22
Googlebot 18+8 739.52 KB 27 Feb 2008 – 20:47
Unknown robot (identified by ‘bot/’ or ‘bot-’) 4+4 248.80 KB 25 Feb 2008 – 03:43
Yahoo Slurp 1+1 40.58 KB 26 Feb 2008 – 22:07
Unknown robot (identified by ‘robot’) 1+1 39.91 KB 25 Feb 2008 – 16:15
Unknown robot (identified by ‘crawl’) 2 39.84 KB 27 Feb 2008 – 16:30

cucv sales 8 11.7 %
brenn t-16 carrier 3 4.4 %
m151a2 for sale 3 4.4 %
m37 dodge troop carrier 2 2.9 %
s280 shelter for sale 2 2.9 %
m35 a2 for sale 2 2.9 %
cucv m1008 2 2.9 %
cckw 353 for sale 2 2.9 %
ford burma jeep 2 2.9 %
1941 dodge wc for sale

I generally don’t like the news groups but this has renewed my enthuesiasm.

I also have another site http://www.hangarauctions.com which has earned about $90 this year with no promotion at at other than adding the site adress on to about 100 emaills to aviation friends and customers. So, yes folks, BANS does work.

Your videos and site are great.

Cheers

Phil

Reply – http://www.jeepsandthings.com \r\nI literally went to the news groups and posted the link to my site on only 4 auto\/jeeps groups that were un moderated and overnight the stats shot up with 200 views in 2 days,\r\n\r\nIt has also been crawled by google and yahoo and it also\r\ngave me a bunch of search queries used on the site, which has given me some new ideas for future niche sites.\r\nLiterally all in only 2 days. I haven\’t even stared to begin getting the back links or SE submissions yet or even the site map in place.\r\n\r\nStats info:\r\n United States us 583 7485 21.13 MB \r\n Unknown ip 48 72 1.55 MB \r\nCanada ca 9 17 248.43 KB \r\n Netherlands nl 8 20 251.70 KB \r\nGermany de 1 4 129.51 KB \r\n South Africa za 1 2 29.05 KB \r\n Russian Federation ru 1 4 129.99 \r\n\r\nUnknown robot (identified by hit on \’robots.txt\’) 0+28 1.10 MB 29 Feb 2008 – 10:22 \r\nGooglebot 18+8 739.52 KB 27 Feb 2008 – 20:47 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \’bot\/\’ or \’bot-\’) 4+4 248.80 KB 25 Feb 2008 – 03:43 \r\nYahoo Slurp 1+1 40.58 KB 26 Feb 2008 – 22:07 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \’robot\’) 1+1 39.91 KB 25 Feb 2008 – 16:15 \r\nUnknown robot (identified by \’crawl\’) 2 39.84 KB 27 Feb 2008 – 16:30 \r\n\r\ncucv sales 8 11.7 % \r\nbrenn t-16 carrier 3 4.4 % \r\nm151a2 for sale 3 4.4 % \r\nm37 dodge troop carrier 2 2.9 % \r\ns280 shelter for sale 2 2.9 % \r\nm35 a2 for sale 2 2.9 % \r\ncucv m1008 2 2.9 % \r\ncckw 353 for sale 2 2.9 % \r\nford burma jeep 2 2.9 % \r\n1941 dodge wc for sale \r\n\r\nI generally don\’t like the news groups but this has renewed my enthuesiasm. \r\n\r\nI also have another site http://www.hangarauctions.com which has earned about $90 this year with no promotion at at other than adding the site adress on to about 100 emaills to aviation friends and customers. So, yes folks, BANS does work.\r\n\r\nYour videos and site are great. \r\n\r\nCheers\r\n\r\nPhil’); return false;”>Quote
]]> By: Rochelle http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2525 Rochelle Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:58:36 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2525 Mark - Thanks for answering each of my questions. And now, another one: How do you get the grey box around the quoted text when you add a comment?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2525','Rochelle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2525','Rochelle','Mark - Thanks for answering each of my questions. \r\n\r\nAnd now, another one: How do you get the grey box around the quoted text when you add a comment?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark – Thanks for answering each of my questions.

And now, another one: How do you get the grey box around the quoted text when you add a comment?

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]]> By: Mark http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2522 Mark Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:16:11 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2522 Rochelle -

I am actually surprised so many have sat through the whole video! :-) I heard that same issue with the audio and only think something went awry during the conversion into Google video… it was actually a constant recording for the most part.

- I thought we had to create new users for every database we add. To clarify, it is ok to use the same user for every database?

1 user works for 100 databases! :-) There is no need to add a new user within the same HG account.

- You stated that users of HostGator don’t need to change their CONT files back to 644. Why not? (I hadn’t heard this before.)

When you install the site from your own hostgator account, the file is already at 644, and never needs to be changed BEFORE you do the software load. Since it is being done from localhost, HG allows the edit on the file. PUBLIC website users are not within the localhost environment and therefore cannot write to the file.

- Regarding choosing categories within CJ when adding a new site (for the new PID) I have been choosing auction each time for the type of site. How important is whatever we choose here?

I choose the actual market for my sites. Its my understanding this may have an effect on how vendors automatically accept or deny your application for the other affiliate programs. For instance, if you are applying for a Credit Card affiliate account and have auction on your general market, the CC vendor may have chosen to automatically approve ALL sites that are in the home and garden category, but manually approve all others.

- Regarding your database sitewide search mod, can we add an asterisk ( * ) after a term to get all terms that start with a specific word? For your store, could you have entered ‘cabinet*’ ?

Absolutely! ANY characters you would use in the search term box works fine in this box as well. For me, I add the term in order to narrow the results in the beginning, as I go through and optimize my categories, I usually change each one as needed. The benefit is that ALL those child pages you didnt really need, but came as part of another category… ALL have relevant terms to your niche site! :-)

Mark

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]]> By: Rochelle http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2512 Rochelle Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:36:10 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2512 Mark - Fabulous video! I finally found a spare hour to watch it and I'm glad I did. Even though I've got 12+ BANS sites I learned some great tips from this. Perhaps the best was the raw BANS file in cPanel. Makes setting up a new site a snap! I might have to write up an instruction on that one. I have a few comments and questions now that I've finished the video: - The audio drops in volume about 5 minutes in but seems to correct itself at 16:38 minutes. - I thought we had to create new users for every database we add. To clarify, it is ok to use the same user for every database? - You stated that users of HostGator don't need to change their CONT files back to 644. Why not? (I hadn't heard this before.) - Regarding choosing categories within CJ when adding a new site (for the new PID) I have been choosing auction each time for the type of site. How important is whatever we choose here? - Regarding your database sitewide search mod, can we add an asterisk ( * ) after a term to get all terms that start with a specific word? For your store, could you have entered 'cabinet*' ? Rochelle<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2512','Rochelle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2512','Rochelle','Mark - Fabulous video! I finally found a spare hour to watch it and I\'m glad I did. \r\n\r\nEven though I\'ve got 12+ BANS sites I learned some great tips from this. Perhaps the best was the raw BANS file in cPanel. Makes setting up a new site a snap! I might have to write up an instruction on that one.\r\n\r\nI have a few comments and questions now that I\'ve finished the video:\r\n\r\n- The audio drops in volume about 5 minutes in but seems to correct itself at 16:38 minutes.\r\n\r\n- I thought we had to create new users for every database we add. To clarify, it is ok to use the same user for every database?\r\n\r\n- You stated that users of HostGator don\'t need to change their CONT files back to 644. Why not? (I hadn\'t heard this before.)\r\n\r\n- Regarding choosing categories within CJ when adding a new site (for the new PID) I have been choosing auction each time for the type of site. How important is whatever we choose here?\r\n\r\n- Regarding your database sitewide search mod, can we add an asterisk ( * ) after a term to get all terms that start with a specific word? For your store, could you have entered \'cabinet*\' ?\r\n\r\nRochelle'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Mark – Fabulous video! I finally found a spare hour to watch it and I’m glad I did.

Even though I’ve got 12+ BANS sites I learned some great tips from this. Perhaps the best was the raw BANS file in cPanel. Makes setting up a new site a snap! I might have to write up an instruction on that one.

I have a few comments and questions now that I’ve finished the video:

- The audio drops in volume about 5 minutes in but seems to correct itself at 16:38 minutes.

- I thought we had to create new users for every database we add. To clarify, it is ok to use the same user for every database?

- You stated that users of HostGator don’t need to change their CONT files back to 644. Why not? (I hadn’t heard this before.)

- Regarding choosing categories within CJ when adding a new site (for the new PID) I have been choosing auction each time for the type of site. How important is whatever we choose here?

- Regarding your database sitewide search mod, can we add an asterisk ( * ) after a term to get all terms that start with a specific word? For your store, could you have entered ‘cabinet*’ ?

Rochelle

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]]> By: CSmith http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2488 CSmith Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:11:31 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/build-a-niche-store-empire-in-12-weeks-add-a-new-niche-site-in-an-hour.htm#comment-2488 Hi Mark, I have been following along and patiently taking my time following the steps. I am excited because I already have 2 sites up and have 10 more researched. I just wanted to give a tip on Terapeak. If you click on the "+" beside the category within the Search Report section, it will allow you to see the avg price, sell thru, etc. with one glance. You are able to quickly compare which categories are doing well or not.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2488','CSmith'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2488','CSmith','Hi Mark,\r\n\r\nI have been following along and patiently taking my time following the steps. I am excited because I already have 2 sites up and have 10 more researched. \r\n\r\nI just wanted to give a tip on Terapeak. If you click on the \"+\" beside the category within the Search Report section, it will allow you to see the avg price, sell thru, etc. with one glance. You are able to quickly compare which categories are doing well or not.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi Mark,

I have been following along and patiently taking my time following the steps. I am excited because I already have 2 sites up and have 10 more researched.

I just wanted to give a tip on Terapeak. If you click on the “+” beside the category within the Search Report section, it will allow you to see the avg price, sell thru, etc. with one glance. You are able to quickly compare which categories are doing well or not.

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