I am looking for a way to earn more but traffic and sales have been steady and not improving in a number of months. I was considering running ads on my site/store page but I don't know if this is a good idea. I have heard of people saying doing this killing their online business when it was still in the growing phase. I am a bit torn on what I should do here. Hoping someone can give me some good advice so I don't mess this up.

It can go either way. Sometimes it can hurt the site, sometimes it won't make any difference. I think it really depends on what kind of ads you use. I wouldn't flood your site with a bunch of them. Maybe test having one per page first and see how it does. You can also do embedded link ads which are less annoying for people.

Do the minimal and see what happens. You can always run more ads but you don't want to run so many at the start that it hinders people from visiting your site. I have seen people introduce them and lose a lot of traffic over it.

On 7/24/2026 at 8:45 AM, ChrisWP said:

You can also do embedded link ads which are less annoying for people.

I did not think of this. I might start with this kind of ad since you don't really have to see it unless you hover it. I will report back, I have to see what options I have.

Thanks for the input guys!

What ad platform are you planning on using? You never mentioned. You have a number of options, some require traffic minimums but some are for sure better than others. Not just for money and clicks but placement and being a good fit for your site.

On 8/3/2026 at 9:36 AM, jonasb23 said:

What ad platform are you planning on using? You never mentioned. You have a number of options, some require traffic minimums but some are for sure better than others. Not just for money and clicks but placement and being a good fit for your site.

I was going to ask the same thing.

I found that some are better than others. Some can actually hurt traffic too so it is important to know the kinds of ads and placement that will be involved. Some allow you to choose, others will put the ads where it thinks are best.

I think you should try and see what happens. If you can end up bringing in extra income from it, why not? I feel like a lot of websites use them in the early stages until they are more established and don't have to rely on them for earnings.