We launched our first two sites in March 2026. By the end of the first month, we had 8 live sites, 85+ pages published, and all properties connected to Google Search Console with automated monitoring. Here's exactly what happened — the wins, the mistakes, and the real numbers.
The Portfolio at a Glance
Every site is hosted on Netlify's free tier. Every page is hand-coded HTML — no WordPress, no page builders, no monthly software costs. The only money spent was on domain registrations.
Site-by-Site Breakdown
Comborb (comborb.com) — NQ Futures Trading
This was our first site and it's the deepest. 22 pages covering day type classification, ORB strategies, VWAP frameworks, prop firm reviews, and our own trading indicators (Scalloper at $47, Context Engine at $27/month). The site also has an NQ Trader simulator app that's heading to the Play Store.
Pages: 22 | Niche: Futures trading | Monetization: Products + prop firm affiliates (TradeDay coupon code COMBORB)
Credit Score Reset (creditscorereset.com) — Credit Repair
15 pages of credit repair guides, secured card comparisons, and credit builder reviews. This is a YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) niche which means Google is extra strict about quality — so we invested heavily in content depth and added an editorial team bio for E-E-A-T signals. Full site redesign this month to match a corporate financial aesthetic.
Pages: 15 | Niche: Credit repair | Monetization: CreditCardBroker affiliates ($25-150/CPA), IdentityIQ (20% CPS), Wise, Skimlinks
Build & Fortify (buildandfortify.com) — Handyman Services
Local services site for Santa Rosa, CA. This one is already ranking — page 4 for "Santa Rosa handyman" with zero backlinks. Google Business Profile verified via video. 7 city pages targeting every suburb in Sonoma County. 16 pages total.
Pages: 16 | Niche: Local handyman | Monetization: Lead generation | Ranking: Page 4 for primary keyword
Tyler Digital (tylerdigitalco.com) — Web Design Agency
Our agency site — this is both a portfolio piece and an active business. 22 pages including 6 city pages targeting Sonoma County, 4 styled portfolio mockups, and SEO blog content. We've built a lead pipeline of 207 businesses, sent 75 cold letters, and have our first deal in the pipeline at $2,000+.
Pages: 22 | Niche: Web design | Monetization: Client services ($300-$1,200/site)
The Flip Sites — Grand Rapids, HomeTech, Ocean Roofing
Three sites acquired as flip candidates. Grand Rapids Web Design has 5 pages targeting West Michigan. HomeTech Plumbing targets San Jose with 1 page (needs buildout). Ocean Roofing targets Orlando with 2 pages and has historical backlink authority from the previous owner.
The play: build them out with city/service pages, get them ranking, then sell on Flippa or use as lead-gen assets. Combined cost so far: just the domain registrations.
What Actually Worked
Getting indexed fast. Every site was indexed within days of submission. The formula: clean HTML, proper sitemap, submit through Search Console manually, request indexing on your top pages first. We wrote a full breakdown in our indexing guide.
City pages for local sites. Build & Fortify's city pages are the reason it's ranking. Each page targets "[service] + [city]" and has unique content — not just the city name swapped in. Google rewards this because it's genuinely useful for people searching in those areas.
Zero-cost infrastructure. Netlify free tier handles all 8 sites. No servers to manage, no hosting bills, no WordPress updates breaking things at 2am. Plain HTML loads in under a second. Google loves fast sites.
What Didn't Work
Robots.txt mistakes. Comborb's robots.txt was pointing to Tyler Digital's sitemap for weeks. Google was literally looking at the wrong site's sitemap. We caught it during a deep review and fixed it — but that's time wasted where Google wasn't crawling our actual pages.
Duplicate content from subfolder structure. Three of our sites had their content duplicated in a subfolder (like /tylerdigitalco/index.html AND /index.html serving the same content). That's a duplicate content risk. We cleaned it up by removing the subfolders.
Thin flip sites. HomeTech has 1 page. Ocean Roofing has 2. They're not going to rank for anything competitive until we build them out. The domains are live and indexed, but they need 5-10 more pages each to have any real search surface area.
The Infrastructure We Built
The biggest win this month wasn't a ranking — it was building the operations layer. We now have:
- Chad HQ — a custom command center that pulls live GSC data from all 8 properties automatically via a service account API. Daily task prioritization, project tracking, deal pipeline, all in one dashboard.
- Automated GSC monitoring — every site's clicks, impressions, CTR, position, and indexing status pulled on page load. No manual CSV exports.
- Priority engine — tasks ranked by revenue potential. Revenue-ready items first (send invoice, follow up on proposal), then deploy tasks, then growth, then maintenance.
Month 2 Priorities
- Build out flip sites — 5+ pages each for HomeTech and Ocean Roofing
- Close the Ridgeline Roofing deal ($2,000+)
- Start Tyler Digital call campaign (50 leads ready)
- Launch Local Client Machine on Gumroad ($57)
- Submit NQ Trader app to Play Store
- Write 1 article per flip site per week
- Add individual affiliate card links to Credit Score Reset (not just landing page links)
Total investment so far: Domain registrations only. Everything else — hosting, tools, monitoring — is free tier or self-built. The entire portfolio runs on $0/month in fixed costs.