Marketvice

Running a proxy site can be extremely profitable if you combine the right marketing tactics with the right software and hosting.  My proxies can make anywhere from $5 - $20 a day with Adsense and here are my secrets to running a proxy site.

Hosting

Proxy sites use a lot of bandwidth so you will need a good host that accepts proxy sites.  Most shared hosting services don’t allow Proxies.  I recommend TechEntrance - they have been around for a while and offer a really good service that is both cheap and has amazing uptime.   You can also try a VPS (virtual private server) or dedicated solution depending on whether you want to run a network or not.  Don’t try running your proxy site on your existing shared hosting account - you will get your account suspended and really blow your bandwidth budget.

Promotion and Traffic

Sending through quality traffic to a proxy is dead simple. Stay completely away from Topsites and you will be fine - I have never used topsites and all my proxies do well.  Start by stumbling your site using StumbleUpon and then head on over to Google Groups and find a group for proxies (there are lots).  And finally take a look at LinkedProxy which is a newsletter which you advertise in.  These three methods (repeated) will continue driving a good steady flow of visitors.

Sell Up

I recommend selling a proxy after running it for a few weeks.  This will complete your investment and make you some quick cash to expand your network.  Never get attached to a proxy - they get blocked by the schools eventually and its better to sell while its doing ok.

Optimize

Try a range of different themes, scripts and domains.  Don’t put all your eggs in the one basket.  Some themes will deliver better click through rates then others and some domains just don’t seem to work.  btw. I always use cheap .info domains as I have found that it doesn’t seem to matter whether you use .com, .net or .info domains.

SEO

Having your proxy listed in search engines will provide the best conversion rates on your ads and the best quality traffic.  Remember, use keywords in your title, have quality text on the page and submit it to Google for faster inclusion.