Recently I bought a arcade games website. I did some link exchanges and submitted it to several directories. At this moment the arcade is getting nice traffic. In March it already got more than 1,000 visitors. Arcade Bubble already got 9 members and is growing fast. Their are 500 games in the database that can be played. The total game plays is 5,211 at this moment. When I bought it the total game plays was at 1,500.
Money: Their are only adsense ads on the site. The clicks are really low. Sometimes to low to be true. Take today: 7 clicks a few hours ago, money earned: $ 0,03. This is really low, that is less than 0,005 a click. I just checked again and now their are 11 clicks and the money is at $ 0,42. Guess their was 1 “high” click.
Traffic: As I said it already got more than 1,000 visitors in March. The total number in February was 1,800. I will break this number for sure in March. The traffic is coming from the top sites banners at the right. People have voted for the arcade and now it gets a nice flow of traffic. I hope this will hold on for a long time.
My opinion is: Arcade sites are worth it, because it don’t take that much time to create and maintain. I just check the site sometimes to see if everything is ok. If the clicks are going up in value (like $ 0,5 a click), than it might become a big earner for me 
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March 4th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I think using CPM would be i good idea
March 4th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Yeah, I have to agree with Bertus. I’ve been thinking of having some pop ups on my site. Nothing too bad, just small ones. That’d probably make me more money. Maybe you should think of something like that too.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
What script do you use and how much did it cost?
You might wanna try CPM as Bertus suggested. One I use is AdMedian - I made a few dollars last month but my traffic is hardly huge. If you’re getting lots of page views then it might be worth a try!
March 4th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
How about you SEO it so the keywords are higher value clicks?
March 4th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
You could probably try different ad placements on your website as well. See what works best
Unless they’re where you want them already
March 4th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I agree with you nomar, arcade sites are a good choice of site. You can also monetize the site with under-popups, or CPM ads or even some affiliates banners selling games or game related stuff.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:40 am
I agree with the other commentators about monetizing with CPM. I think the best advantage of an arcade site is the traffic. You have to harness that traffic. You need to create other text-based sites that are related enough so that you can funnel users over to a site that will get better rates. I would try and figure every way to funnel that traffic to higher paying properties. Trafffic is what everyone wants. You have to use it to your advantage and send it to where it pays more.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:54 am
I agree with the different ads placements. Perhaps you can add and vary them on the left and in between links as well.
March 5th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Sounds promising, Nomar. I can’t wait to get my project off the ground. Oh yeah…and what Gary said.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Yeah, the biggest problem with owning an arcade site is the ad payout. Popups are one way to go, but I think that could offend some repeat users who might go away.
September 25th, 2007 at 11:13 am
i fort it was wiked and ultra fast
