Starting your first website can feel overwhelming.
You might be wondering where to begin, how to pick a niche, or even what tools you need.
Don’t worry – you’re not alone.
Because here’s the good news…
There’s a simple, step-by-step way to get started, even if you don’t know what a domain name is.
I’m going to break it down so it’s easy to follow.
By the end, you’ll have a clear roadmap to your first affiliate website, and a place to start earning online.
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Your niche is the heart of your website. Too broad, and you’ll struggle to stand out. Too narrow, and you might run out of ideas.
Wealthy Affiliate makes this simple. Their niche research tools show demand, competition, and profitability, helping you pick a niche you enjoy and that can actually make money.
With native tools like Jaaxy, you can start with a search term to find out if it is something worth pursuing. The tool can also help you find niche ideas relevant to your seed keyword.
Inside your business hubs, you can start an online business by using the Niche Finder Tool.
Just put in a seed keyword and click search. Or choose from the ideas in the recently searched section. If you still can’t choose, you can view other popular ideas.
In the above example, “protein powder” by itself is a broad niche (which could work) but you can get even more targeted with one of the other suggestions, like “plant-based protein powder”.
Ultimately, the niche that you choose depends on what you’re comfortable with, what you like, and what you know. The tools at Wealthy Affiliate will help you to validate if there is a good enough opportunity for you as a beginner.
Once you’ve picked a niche, it’s time to get your website online.
Setting up hosting and WordPress can feel tricky, but Wealthy Affiliate includes hosting and one-click WordPress setup.
No tech headaches. No extra costs. Just a ready-to-go site so you can focus on creating content.
On Wealthy Affiliate, the simple process naturally follows niche selection when you create a business hub.
In the screenshot above, you’ve found your niche. You can then go to the next step by clicking on the “Finish & Build My Hub” button.
This will take you to where you can start creating your website.
Here, a free domain is selected for you already. You can always connect a custom domain that you own later or buy one before continuing.
If everything looks good, the only thing you’ll need to do on this page is click on the “Build My Website” button.
Once your website is done (takes about 1-2 minutes), you’ll see the page above where you can start adding content or log in to change settings or further customize.
Content is king, but writing pages, blogs, and product reviews can take time. Wealthy Affiliate’s integrated AI tools help you:
- Brainstorm blog topics
- Write articles faster
- Optimize content for search engines
The Article Designer – Wealthy Affiliate’s AI-powered writing tool, let’s you create content fast. It offers templates for common blog post types such as reviews, listicles, comparison posts and more.
You can access it immediately after creating your website because it’s the next logical step. And you can also get to it from the research steps inside your business hubs.
The Article Designer is connected to your WordPress website so that when you’re done creating and editing your article, you can just send it to your website. From there you can continue editing and publish it when you’re done.
Wealthy Affiliate’s AI-powered article creation tools help you to create high-quality posts without losing your unique voice, and get your site ranking sooner.
A website without traffic is like a shop with no customers. Wealthy Affiliate’s marketing training shows you:
- How to get free traffic from search engines
- How to promote your site on social media
- How to start building an email list
- How to run cheap ads on Facebook
All lessons are step-by-step, designed for beginners.
Kyle guides you through the core training via HD video. You can discuss the lesson in the comments or in one of the classrooms related to the training.
This core training has helped thousands of members get started with affiliate to eventually achieving their earning goals.
Other training includes live classes which you’ll find in the “Video classes” section. These live classes explore a topic related to online business and you can watch all the past live classes in this section.
There has been a live class every Friday night with Jay (Magistudios) for as long as Wealthy Affiliate has had video training (more than 10 years).
Starting your first affiliate website doesn’t have to be complicated.
With Wealthy Affiliate, you get hosting, training, AI tools, and a supportive community – all in one place.
Plus, if you sign up through my link, you’ll get ongoing support from me anytime you need it. You just need to ask.