Infrared thermometers are a tool for measuring the surface temperature of objects you can't or don't want to touch. For example, if you can smell something hot in your server room you might not want to feel around with your fingers to see what it is. If you are making candy a spatter at the wrong time can give you a serious burn. Infrared Thermometers like this typically cost between $50 and $100. They are sold on Ebay, Amazon and other online stores from four or five major vendors. We have purchased four of them for testing and evaluation. Testing these infrared thermometers will be fun and provide the unique content the website needs to stand out from the crowd. Using our generic template system we expect to generate income in the following ways:
- There will be several pages of description and analysis for each of the four infrared thermometers we purchased. On each of those pages there will be an Amazon affiliate link directly to that product.
- There will be an Ebay EPN link directly to an identical product(s) for sale there.
- On pages which are not about a specific product there will be 2-5 results from an Ebay search on a more general, but related topic. For example, maybe a search for "candy thermometer" would interest visitors enough to click a link.
- Preliminary indications are AdSense ads, which are inserted into the middle of posts are much less specific. For example, one I have seen shows ads for other Fluke products. I don't know if they will convert or if the visitors who find the site will have such specific interests they won't be interested. I have to think G's targeting may increase over time so the CTR may improve too.
- The best use of Infrared Thermometers is not as obvious as it could be. We plan to run a lot of tests to see work out best practices for getting the most accurate and precise results. It is possible we may be able to produce a few videos showing how things are done. If there is enough interest they could be sold. If not they make good link bait.
All of the above income producing techniques scale, run unattended, and require no interaction with customers. Speaking as an introvert, that seems about perfect.
