Monetization

No matter how amazing your website is, you won’t be able to use it as a medium to achieve your goals unless you don’t drive traffic to it. There are more than 1.3 billion websites in the world today, and the number is continuing to grow fast each day – how easy do you think it is to find yours among all of them? Running a website that doesn’t generate enough traffic is like trying to sell a product nobody knows about. To make your site work for you, you have to bring it to the spotlight.

For a long time, you’ve been building your network and interacting with your members, sharing knowledge and advice with them. Now it’s time to get something in return. That is why we want to share with you some tips on how to achieve really great results.

If you’re in a nonprofit organization, you know that fundraising is vital for its survival. Luckily, in the age of the internet and technology, raising money can be a little bit easier than it used to. Just imagine, $370 billion was spent as charitable giving in the USA in 2015! And the figure is continuing to grow every year. This means that nonprofit organizations now have more tools at their disposal to collect money for charity and other endeavors. And correspondingly, people around the world have more ways to make donations and help nonprofits achieve their goals more efficiently.

Do you reckon yourself among avid Instagrammers? Do you frequently share your photos with the global community? If you do, then you have probably considered an idea of making money on it. Let’s face it, the possibility of earning thousands of dollars just for posting pictures is incredibly tempting! The truth is, in the age of social media we live in, it is not just a fantasy – it’s a prospective business that is opening new opportunities for socially active and enterprising individuals all the time.

“Monetize website” – by this query Google shows About 1,700,000 results. And the trend is constantly growing:

(data via Google Trends)

For sure, users want to monetize their endeavors as managing a website…is a complicated task indeed. We listen to our community and always keep a finger on the pulse, that’s why the following decision came really naturally for us.
That’s why NING is launching e-commerce platform which will allow network creators to set up paid access to the published content and raise funds via the ‘Donate’ button.

Eventually, most of Ning Creators face this question. However, it isn’t easy to give a definitive answer because every network is unique and every community sets different goals. Nevertheless, we can certainly point you in the right direction. All you need to do is just figure out which statements below are true in regard to your network.

Collecting Donations is your best option if…