How does MMM make money off this site?

[bmjohnson35]

It didn't cost me anything to join the MMM forum. 
There is tons of free information available on the site and in the forum.
I see some ad's at the bottom of the page, but I don't get pop up ads that require any action on my part.
The ad's at the bottom are so non-intrusive that I don't even realize they are there. 

I'm certainly not complaining, but I am curious on how the site is financed and if there are other ways he gets profit from the site.

[ender]

Ads add up.

[the_gastropod]

He does ads and has affiliate links to services like Personal Capital, Betterment, Republic Wireless, etc. With the traffic this website generates, that adds up to quite a big income stream.

[former player]

Makes you think, though, right?  MMM can make good money off this site and the blog through non-instrusive, non-annoying ads, no need to scroll through or dismiss pop-ups.  Granted, financial ads for a targeted audience probably do better than most, but it does show that other sites are coining it in - or just being pretty shitty for not much reason.

[uniwelder]

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. I remember some time back, MMM saying he was making 300k/year from ads and particularly referrals when someone signs up for a service.

[ender]

Makes you think, though, right?  MMM can make good money off this site and the blog through non-instrusive, non-annoying ads, no need to scroll through or dismiss pop-ups.  Granted, financial ads for a targeted audience probably do better than most, but it does show that other sites are coining it in - or just being pretty shitty for not much reason.

This forum is also consistently down and often slow though.

Gotta keep that in mind ;-)

[marty998]

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. I remember some time back, MMM saying he was making 300k/year from ads and particularly referrals when someone signs up for a service.

The blog had quite a bit more traffic than the forum.

[Smokystache]

It looks like the blog continues to get about 2.5 million hits per year. I think the links to credit cards are one of his biggest income-producers. Most CC's provide $50-200 per referral - which adds up pretty fast when you have the kind of traffic he does.

[ender]

It looks like the blog continues to get about 2.5 million hits per year. I think the links to credit cards are one of his biggest income-producers. Most CC's provide $50-200 per referral - which adds up pretty fast when you have the kind of traffic he does.

A lot of them cap out though at a limit.

In any event he makes more than enough money off of advertising/referrals :)