Last month I just started a file sharing website called CoderMaterial .
This is a website where I share programming documents because I am a programmer.
I know:
Making a file sharing WordPress website is also a pretty popular choice for many people.
Because it is relatively simple in terms of content. You have accumulated a number of files on a certain topic over the years. Now you want to share with everyone.
Simply post an article about the file you currently own. Maybe a couple of lines of introduction and review about it.
Moreover, you can also easily write articles around the topic on which you share files. When you have accumulated files on that topic, you also know a little about it.
Writing this content shouldn’t be a challenge for you. You also do not worry about running out of article ideas.
Your problem is just:
You are not very technical and WordPress savvy. You need a tutorial on how to make a file sharing WordPress website.
If so, in this article I will show you how to make a file sharing WordPress website. Along with that, I also want to discuss more about how to make money with this website.
Let us begin with.
Contents
Instructions for making a file sharing WordPress website
Step 1: Buy domain name, hosting, install WordPress, theme and plugin
These are the first things you need if you want to build a professional website of any kind.
On this blog, I talk a lot about choosing to buy a domain, hosting. So I just listed a few links for your reference. I have the link to the discount code on the right.
Regarding domains, you should choose one of the two leading providers in the world: Namecheap and GoDaddy .
Regarding hosting, you should choose one of two providers: A2Hosting and HawkHost . We all have reviews about these hosting services, you can use the search function if you are interested.
Install WordPress you can see here if you don’t know yet.
Regarding the theme for the file sharing WordPress website, I think you just need to choose the theme for the blog. No need for a special theme with tons of unnecessary features.
Like the ebooklaptrinh site, I choose the MyBlog theme of MyThemeShop. If you don’t want to invest in a paid theme, check out the list of free themes here.
Once the theme has been installed , you can move on to installing the plugin . I have a popular plugin in WordPress.
A few plugins that I think are needed:
Askimet (see instructions )
Yoast SEO (see tutorial )
WPForm ( to create contact form ), a social sharing plugin if the theme does not have this feature
WpDiscuz (plugin that powers WordPress’ built-in commenting system)
UpdraftPlus : website backup plugin. See instructions .
A cache plugin to speed up your website.
An image compression plugin
The iThemes Security plugin increases the security of your website.
Pretty Link Lite: used to shorten the affiliate marketing campaign. I will discuss more below.
Lock content locker: This setting is appropriate if you have some material that will appeal to your readers. In this case, you want readers to have to share the article on social networks to see the download link.
After building the website, remember to create a silemap and submit it to Google as instructed here. You also need to install Google Analytics to view statistics for your website.
You may be interested : Detailed instructions on how to monitor a WordPress website
Step 2: Build a monetization model and develop a website
Finish step 1.
You have solved the technical problems. Now we discuss in more detail the development and monetization model for the website.
Maybe you just built a file-sharing website out of a hobby.
But believe me: you can absolutely make money from such a website.
Of course, making money online is not easy, but it is possible if you are persistent.
Therefore, you should develop your website with the mindset of making money from the very beginning. Of course, you still need to strike a balance with providing value to your readers.
In general, readers also know that you need to have money to develop a website. So there is no need to hesitate when there are several ways to make money from your file sharing website.
So what are the ways to make money you choose:
Firstly, you can choose to shorten the link to make money. You refer to the link shortening services to make money here.
If your traffic is Vietnamese, choose 123link. It has the highest rate for the Vietnamese market today.
The form of shortening the link to make money is also a bit tedious if you are new to making a website. Because it needs relative traffic if you want to make money.
But this is still the easiest form and very suitable for file sharing websites.
Besides shortening links to make money, you can choose to make money from affiliate marketing . This form is faster to have money, but on the contrary, it is more difficult than shortening the link above.
Basically, you choose related products to your website theme to place banners, do reviews or simply point a marketing text link to the place of sale.
For example, if you make a website to share files related to IELTS, you can choose IELTS preparation courses from Civi. Just a few orders and you have the first income from making money online as a motivation.
In addition to the above two forms, you can also add additional channels to make money from advertising such as Adsense or Native Ad form if you cannot register for AdSense.
Native Ad you can refer to AdNow , PayClick . These forms are also only suitable when the website has developed for a while and the traffic is relatively large.
Of course, you can also choose a more advanced form of monetization like selling documents. But this form requires you to have a bit of credibility.
About how to make money from file sharing websites is like that.
We now discuss the content development model. If you already have the documentation, there’s not much to discuss.
In case you just have an idea for a website but don’t really have any documents to share.
No problem.
You can take advantage of other people’s archives. These days a lot of people have chosen Google Drive as a place to store documents and share for everyone.
These people don’t have a website, so they just publicize through the link.
As for you, you will have a website so you will attract traffic from Google.
You just need to get their documents.
A common way to find documents: use the syntax: site:drive.google.com “search keyword” .
In addition, you can search on 4share, fshare for popular data sharing repositories in Vietnam today.
After documenting the problem you solve next: choose where to store the document.
There are currently a few popular cloud storage services: OneDrive, Google Drive, Fshare, 4share.
Google Drive seems to be the most popular form right now. With Google Drive, you can integrate it into your website with the UseYourDrive . Doing this will increase the user experience so much.
You may be interested : how to embed PDF files from Google into WordPress website
There are many people out there for sale Google Unlimited accounts. But I have never bought it. You should also be cautious and consider carefully before buying.
I personally choose OneDrive. You can now sign up for a free one-year trial with massive storage .
If you like to use Vietnamese goods, Fshare also offers a storage package .
In the process of developing content, you also need to pay attention to onpage SEO issues to increase traffic from Google.
In addition, it is also a good idea to invest a little time in keyword research . Only then will you know what documents your readers are actually in need of. And is the keyword you target easy to eat.
Epilogue
That’s all the knowledge I know about making a file sharing website.
Making a file sharing website is an interesting experience. Instead of leaving the file on the local machine for me to use. You can store it in the cloud and share it with everyone.
You can completely turn a file sharing website into a business machine from this hobby.
What do you think about file sharing websites? How do you plan to develop your website? Please share more of your views below.
