Q&A with co-founders of affliateproject.co.uk
We thought we’d document some of the thoughts, apprehensions and expectations on this exciting project and we thought the best way to do this would be via a Q&A session with ourselves.
1. Who came up with idea and how did it get started?
Paul: Gary came up with the initial idea through some research he was doing. I thought it was a great idea and together we just kind of went forward discussing more and more ideas. Eventually we thought, hey we should write some of this down and actually get this thing going for real.
Gary: I have always been looking at ways to make some extra money to help pay the bills and to support my family. I had some ideas related to comparison sites. I wanted to understand how they worked, so started to research making money online and stumbled upon affiliate programs and google adsense. Some videos on Youtube attracted my attention, showing their huge pay checks. After reading some more I told Paul about this idea and thought how hard can this be. And here we are today affiliateproject.co.uk has begun.
2. Why did you start this project?
Paul: For me personally it was very strange. To be honest I thought, it’s not really me. I work the hours I do in my current job to enable me to spend as much time as possible with the family, however I don’t enjoy the work. So I really want to change what I do but can’t afford to take a pay cut to enable me to learn something new. This opportunity seemed like the way to learn a new skill, earn some extra income and maybe, just maybe it will develop into a full time role and I will be able to substitute the current job with this.
Gary: It was a new year resolution of mine to change my job, but I didn’t want to stay in support as I’ve done this for far too long now. Like Paul, it’s difficult to change careers without taking a pay cut and re-training. Even more difficult if you have a family to support. This seemed like a good option, it’s low risk with good potential of earning enough to hopefully pursue this as a full time hobby.
3. Why work on this together?
Paul: I don’t think we really sat down and agreed to do it together. It started as an idea and we both added to it so it came to a stage where we just thought, are we going to do this or not. We both decided to go for it. Then the benefits of doing it together started to show. We both had good ideas. Working together has enabled us to discuss these ideas and get opinions and other views which alone we may not have thought of. We are both new to this so we can both learn. We work well together, get on well together so although in the long term our profits (if we make any!) will be halved we can both come up with some niches and each write different websites and work on different parts of the project therefore hopefully actually maximizing our profit. We are both good at researching and learning new technologies so this should benefit the project.
Gary: I think it’s great to be able to bounce ideas off someone, both Paul and I have a lot in common, both wanting to get out of our current jobs, both have families to support and we both get on well. Additionally we can both add value to not only affiliateproject.co.uk, but many more ideas for case studies that we have already starting thinking about. We can then build up a portfolio of niche sites and dedicate more time to more sites and also give each other feedback on how we think this should improve. It’s great to start this venture together with someone with similar interests.
4. Why does the project work for you?
Paul: Where do I start! As previously mentioned I have a young family, hence having my full time working hours set at 07:00-15:30 works really well for me as I get to be home at a great time and spend time with the family. This project still enables me to do that. I spend some time in the evening once my wife and I have put the kids to bed writing and developing making sure I spend time with my wife as well. I don’t do it every evening but basically I can work on this project without compromising time with all the family. Hey it may result in a few later nights but I can catch up with sleep when I’m retired ?
Another great plus was the investment costs. Our budget at home is tight as are most people these days. This project works with a low initial investment and the revenue generated will pay for the growth of the project and future websites. The only real investment is time and that is up to me. See our investment page for more information on this.
Gary: I believe that you should be able to enjoy your work, especially as you spend the majority of your life at work. I’m hoping that this project will allow both Paul and myself to escape from the mundane 9-5 and do something we enjoy long-term, but in the short-term, this project will hopefully make life more comfortable financially whilst we can both hold down our current jobs.
Again highlighting what my partner Paul has already said, the investment costs are significantly low with huge potential gains. What have we got to lose!
5. What are your fears?
Paul: Well initially I was very unsure about this. As mentioned earlier this isn’t me. I am a very safe and secure person. A non-risk taker. I like to know where I stand. I can’t afford to invest money in this. Then working through it, discussing it with Gary, discussing it with my wife I thought, hey what if I don’t do this. How will I know whether it will work? After that it seemed like a no-brainer. The startup cost is minimal. If we don’t make money I can afford to lose that small amount. If it does make money all the better. In the end my thoughts were not of what if it doesn’t work but, how can we make this work.
Gary: I would say my only fear would be not to succeed. I want to be able to provide for my family and live a healthy happy life without not having to worry about money. I am willing to work hard at this and understand there may be obstacles along the way. It’s not about having an easy life and I have worked hard all my life so far. I believe that most things in life, anything can happen if you put your mind to it.
6. What are your expectations?
Paul: The sky’s the limit! No really at the moment my expectations are that if we can keep affording to put in the time we can grow this. At the moment I would like the project to generate some income, to start making some profit. Then if it generates enough to pay a personal bill a month, that would be great, then if it pays for a holiday a year, great, then who knows! I think we can only get better. Remember we are 2 guys starting this with no previous experience in this field, not much web design knowledge, just some enthusiasm and some willingness to invest some of our personal time.
Gary: I think that at the beginning, it may be a slow starter as we’re new to affiliate marketing, but as time goes on, we’ll do really well and hopefully be able to ditch the 9-5. Ask me again in 6months, maybe 12months time!
I think both Paul and myself are very dedicated and hard working honest people.
It’s easy to start day dreaming of the possibilities and the potential, Paul often has to bring me back down to earth. Any money is better than none and will all help.
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