MossyGlobe
A Curated Guide to Discovering America's National Parks
Out of the blue I received my first contribution on Buy Me a Coffee. I've been heads down on adding guides and improving my site design, so I haven't really paid a lot of attention to marketing my site. Now that I have 7 guides up and a design I am happy enough with, I plan on spending significantly more time on forming a marketing strategy to attract users. My traffic is extremely low as a result (10 visitors is a great day), but I was surprised to see I received a $5 contribution on Buy Me a Coffee the other week. It's not a lot of money obviously, but first time I've made any money on the internet and validation that Mossy Globe is helpful to some folks out there.
Bought the domain name, connected it, and am now live on the web with my first 3 guides. Gathering user feedback to improve the site, fixing bugs, and generally familiarizing myself with SEO, marketing, coding, email newsletters, etc. Plan is to keep on adding more guides.
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The feeling never goes away. I'm not big-time but we're basic cost-of-living profitable on online income. Still, I made a new website a little while ago, and last week earned my first $1.19 on it (after putting some Amazon links on) and it was still so miraculous that I sent screenshots to friends!
It's a significant step however small. I know someones grandad who framed the first dollar someone spent in his shop. I love the name Mossy Globe, good luck growing.
Congrats. The first coffee is the sweetest. Gives you some sort of satisfaction that earning from a day job never gives.
Agreed. I spent way more than $5 on a nice dinner to celebrate the moment. Felt like I earned it haha
Congratulation! It's very good feeling.
I was so surprised when I got my first €5 on buymeacoffee. And the guy even subscribed and I'm still getting the donation every month.
An amazing feeling of appreciation for your product.
Congratulations. I just visited Arches and Capitol Reef last week, wish I had known about your site -- bookmarked for next time!
Ah. Hope you got to do some of my favorite hikes/activities there at least. Both great parks that turned me into a lover of the southwest. Definitely realizing how hard it is without spending $$$ to get your website in front of people who might find it interesting.
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