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How The Wayward Home Makes Money

Blog and media brand covering van life, RVs, boats, and tiny homes

How did The Wayward Home monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

The Wayward Home earned revenue from advertising, including through its Mediavine ad network after reaching the required traffic. The site also participated in the Amazon Associates affiliate program and earned affiliate commissions. Reported figures include peak months of about $28,000 and roughly $20,000 per month in 2023 according to the founder.

Revenue sources

5 sources · grouped by how The Wayward Home makes money

  • Advertising revenue

    · 8 mentions · 7 sources
    “My van life blog earning through ads and affiliates takes a year-plus to build, but it can become the most passive income on this list — mine has earned six figures annually since 2019.”
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    “The Wayward Home publishes media and practical guidance about van life, boat living, RVing, tiny homes, and alternative lifestyles.Newsletters, blogs & media$20K/mofounder-reported 2023”
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    “How she got on Mediavine within six months of launching the blog...that website now has turned into a whole brand that's earning just shy of about $30,000 per month.”
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    “After just six months, Kristin joined Mediavine and started earning income from ads on her site.”
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    “I didn’t sell any digital products for many, many years, wanting more of a “news” type site with articles and advertising. ... Traffic = revenue, especially if you’re going after advertising revenue. ... After just six months, I had the required 25,000 monthly sessions to apply to the premium ad ...”
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    “The Wayward Home — A content business that started with low upfront costs, built up search and email traffic, and reached $28K/month during peak season.”
    medium
    “The Wayward Home reported peak months of about $28,000... Publishing”
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    “The Wayward Home 参与 Amazon Services, LLC Associates program。”
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  • Affiliate / referral commissions

    · 6 mentions · 6 sources
    “My van life blog earning through ads and affiliates takes a year-plus to build, but it can become the most passive income on this list — mine has earned six figures annually since 2019.”
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    “how she's getting into other monetization methods like affiliate marketing”
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    “When you buy something through one of the links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.”
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    “The Wayward Home participates in the Amazon Associates program.”
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    “This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more info.”
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    “Tooltester improved the economics by earning software affiliate commissions rather than relying entirely on ads, but still needed a very large audience. ... With affiliate marketing, we receive a share of somebody else's sale. ... As seen above with The Wayward Home, large SEO businesses can surv...”
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  • Course / training sales

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    “The very first course I created in 2022-2023 is called Niche Sites Made Easy: The Nomads Guide to Making Money Online, and in my first year, I sold $25,000 of this course.”
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    “but also courses, course creation, this sort of thing”
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    “I teach my exact system in The Facebook Traffic Goldmine.”
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  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 1 mention
    “I have started developing a course that I have and a couple other small digital products. And those bring in maybe 1200 a month.”
    medium

  • Sponsorships & partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “How to make money blogging? Bloggers earn through display ads, affiliate commissions, sponsored content, and their own products or courses. It takes a year or more of consistent publishing to build traffic — but an established niche blog can earn from four to five figures monthly. The Wayward Hom...”
    high

How 2,220 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — The Wayward Home’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    60%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    28% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    28%
  • Physical products
    25%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    16% ◀
  • Course / training sales
    12% ◀
  • Add-ons & upsells
    11%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    10% ◀
  • Advertising revenue
    9% ◀
  • Marketplace commissions
    5%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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