Ask questions via twitter! Message any question to @answers on twitter. We'll publish the question and send you a reply each time there's a new answer.
Next Question

Answered Question

 
 M¢25  Funded By Mahalo ? |  June 06, 2009 06:17 PM

What is the average payment/views on How Tos?

I'm just wondering what the average view/payment is for a How To.

One page http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-get-a-passport had tons of effort and time spent on it, but only has 2 views, which makes it looks like a waste. I'm not saying its not worth contributing if I don't get money, but 2 views and all that effort?
Interesting Question?  Yes (0)   No (0)   
RSS
 
 

Best Answer  Chosen by Asker

 
June 06, 2009 08:46 PM
How to articles tend to make five Mahalo Dollars for every 1,000 views. They are very profitable--in fact the most profitable in the system I think.

Creating a How To article takes a decent amount of work: two or three articles would be a good number.

In another week we will have 10 days of data or so and you'll see that How To articles can make $25 to $2,500 a year. If you manage a page like that for three years I think you get the idea: hundreds of dollars.

I suggest folks look at pages from a three year perspective: if I spend an hour on a page ($7-10 worth of an average writer's time in the USA), how much will I make in three years?

Something making only M$1 a month sounds like a waste of time... until you get to month 36 and you've made M$36 for what was $7-10 worth of effort. That is why the revenue share program is soooo much better for everyone. As you guys invest in the system we can all earn money together.
Asker's Rating:


Helpful Answer?  (2)   (0)   

Helpful: easyeboy, nichm

Tip jasoncalacanis for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
 
June 07, 2009 03:20 AM
Thanks for the personal answer Jason, I really respect you for answering them yourself and not getting some team to do it. Shows you actually use the product yourself.

However you didn't answer the average page views. I'm monitoring 15 pages that were created today, so I'll check back in a week and see what they average out.

I understand your analogy that over time it adds up, like interest in a bank. I don't think that work though for most people because they expect to do work and get a result right away. We'll just have to wait, it seems awesome so far.

Can't wait till next TWIST, and loving Mahalo 2.0 congratz Jason.

Report
 
 

Other Answers (1)

Sort By
 
June 06, 2009 08:03 PM
Sadly, the new system hasn't been active long enough for anyone to have any averages other than (I suspect) the Mahalo staff.

You can see a few comments and a bit of discussion in my question here:
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo2/are-the-traffic-stats-on-the-mahalo-pages-working-1

Personally, I'm playing the "wait and see" card right now to figure things out until I go full steam into putting a ton of work into the pages that I've committed to managing.

Best of luck!

Helpful Answer?  (1)   (0)   

Helpful: nichm

Tip robbrown for this answer
Permalink | Report
   Reply  
 
 
 
June 07, 2009 03:21 AM
I agree with your theory of waiting, I'm playing that game. But I'm sure I'll be spending my summers and free time creating pages ;)

Report
 
 
 
June 07, 2009 11:53 AM
Doesn't look like we'll have to wait too long, Nichm!

I think that the system is already starting to stabilize. I'm starting to work on my pages now!

Report
 
 
Buy Mahalo Dollars with Credit Card or PayPal

Top Members

This Week All Time
  • buddawiggi
    buddawiggi
    2nd Degree Black Belt
    25027 Points
    M$701.03 Earned
  • cfinke
    cfinke
    2nd Degree Black Belt
    23219 Points
    M$29.75 Earned
  • unwirklich
    unwirklich
    Purple Belt
    2323 Points
    M$131.55 Earned
   See All
 

Most Popular Tags

mahalo(1398)
iphone(449)
music(435)
google(324)
food(290)
beer(267)
online(266)
money(246)
apple(239)
movies(235)
aotd(233)
health(197)
video(196)
free(190)
dog(188)
   See All
 

Categories

Welcome New Members


 
 
Mahalo Dollars are the currency of Mahalo Answers.

Each Mahalo Dollar costs $1.

Once you earn more than 40 Mahalo Dollars, you can request to be paid via PayPal. Each Mahalo Dollar is currently worth $0.75 when paid out via PayPal. Learn More

 
 

Please log in to use this function.