How do I get actual visitors to my new website?
Building a website as advised doesn't automatically bring in traffic, leaving owners with barely any clicks or customers. Paid ads are expensive and fail to generate users, making it difficult to figure out how to market effectively and get people to stay.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Getting visitors from Facebook accounts
- 2Trying paid ads
- 3Using referral links to saving platforms like Rakuten
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My small business is a website that helps people from all income levels save money on everyday things with things such as cashback hacks, where to find the best coupons and recommended credit cards. Along with a handful of side hustles.”source ↗
“But I’ve been getting barely any clicks, is there any advice for how I should market myself or get people to stay on my website and really absorb what I have to offer?”source ↗
“My friends advised me that my business needs a website, so I built one. The problem is nobody visits it.”source ↗
“I get a few visitors here and from my fb account, but nowhere near enough to bring in any customer.”source ↗
“I was told to run paid ads, but they are expensive, and still doesn't bring any users.”source ↗
Where this came up
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