Squiby Success

Squiby continues to climb at an incredible rate. Now the only problem is how to monetize it well. I’ll have a new layout for it up in the next week, and then I’ll be working majorly on finding a way to properly monetize the site.

I find myself not liking the advertising on the left side, and it’s not bringing in as much money as I’d hoped. I will probably change that or remove it all together, and keep the left advertising (projectwonderful) just because I like the smaller advertisers that come with it. Things like comics and small game sites that I think sit really well with the users of Squiby.

I think the next major step will be in making an ‘upgraded’ account to the site, so that users can choose to purchase an extra $5 a month package that increases the functionality of the site. Possibly giving them access to features that other people aren’t able to use.

Also, I want to reach out to content creators (like virtual pet site owners) and try to get them to make sets of adoptables on Squiby. I can imagine that a set of Subeta adoptables (or Misticpets, or any other site) would do really well on the site itself, and serve as a really easy (and free!) advertising platform for the site in question.