Build A Niche Site From Scratch
A click-by-click niche site build: domain, hosting, WordPress, a purchased theme, SEO setup, and monetization with AdSense and Amazon links.
There is a moment in every tutorial-watcher's life when they realize they have absorbed piles of strategy and never once bought a domain. Theory is comfortable. Checkout pages are commitment. This course exists for that gap: it is the build itself, from empty browser tab to a live, monetized WordPress site.
Fair warning, delivered with love and repeated by an actual lesson title in the course: "Hopefully you did the research on your niche!!!" This build assumes you know what your site is about. If you do not, start with Niche Websites, which covers finding a niche and doing keyword research properly, then come back here.
The build
It goes in the honest order. Buy the domain on Namecheap. Connect Dreamhost hosting to it, which is the step where beginners usually stall because nameservers feel like wizardry until someone shows you. Then WordPress: the basics of the dashboard, creating posts and pages, and buying and setting up a theme so the site looks professional without you designing anything.
Every click happens on screen. That is the value of a from-scratch build over a strategy course: nothing is left as an exercise for the reader.
Wiring it for money and measurement
A niche site that cannot measure itself or earn anything is a blog. The second half installs the working parts: Google Analytics and the Facebook pixel for measurement, Rank Math SEO configured so your posts can actually compete on Google, and the policy pages that a monetized site is expected to have. Then the money: connecting Google AdSense and adding Amazon affiliate links, the two classic niche site revenue streams, both set up on the real site you just built.
If you want to go deeper on the AdSense side after the build, the Google AdSense Profits course covers the whole platform, including approval and optimization.
What you'll learn
- ✓ Buy a domain on Namecheap and connect it to Dreamhost hosting
- ✓ Install WordPress and learn the basics of running it
- ✓ Create posts and pages, and buy and configure a theme
- ✓ Set up Google Analytics and the Facebook pixel
- ✓ Configure Rank Math SEO to compete on Google
- ✓ Add the policy pages a monetized site needs
- ✓ Connect Google AdSense and add Amazon affiliate links
Course Curriculum
3 sections
1
Intro
2
Wordpress
3
New videos
Before you start
- ✓ A niche you have already researched. The strategy work comes before this build
Frequently asked questions
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