Starter Story: Million-Dollar Years
Think of it like Shengcai Youshu back home—it used to be solid, but the redesign has made it pretty clunky.
Revenue breaks down to $640K from ads, around $400K from memberships and courses, and another $50K or so from affiliate marketing.
The growth strategy centered on strong SEO. They nailed down a repeatable SEO playbook, built out a minimal viable content template, then waited 30 days to see if that format cracked the search rankings. Once it did, they cranked out a bunch of content using the same template and refined it over time.
After launching, the site sat dead in the water for months. Half a year in, they realized most traffic was coming from search, so they doubled down on organic search—and now it’s pulling in 1.6 million visitors per month.
With that foundation, they launched SEO courses and a paid membership community, then layered in ad monetization.