One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to create a website or blog to make money is thinking they need to come up with a completely unique idea.
This is where many beginners get stuck.
You don't always need to invent something that has never existed before. One of the easiest ways to come up with a good website idea is to look at what is already working, understand why people are visiting it, and then build your own version.
You can even start with a similar concept and add your own ideas, design, features, or improvements to make it better.
Remember that there are thousands of people thinking about similar ideas at the same time. The important thing is to get your idea out there, test it, and improve it while you are working on it instead of waiting until everything is perfect.
Build it first. Make it better later.
That's the mindset I think more people should follow.
In this article, we're going to look at 8 simple websites that can be created with AI and potentially monetized through display ads or other advertising methods.
You don't necessarily need years of coding experience to experiment with these ideas. With today's AI tools, you can build surprisingly simple websites much faster than before.
1. NeonWarp
NeonWarp is a great example of a simple website built around small games and a minimalistic design.
The concept is straightforward: visitors can play simple games directly on the website.
According to the traffic information I found, the website gets more than 15,000 visits per month, which makes it an interesting example to study.
It currently has several simple games, and this is exactly the type of project that can be created much faster with AI tools.
You could use tools such as Claude to help design and build simple games, create the website interface, and add new games over time.
The interesting part is that you don't necessarily need to create a huge gaming platform.
You can start with a few simple games, bring them together on one website, and then use SEO and display advertising to monetize the traffic.
Why leave an opportunity like this untouched when AI can help you build something similar in a relatively short amount of time?
2. ColorScreen
ColorScreen is another example of a website that looks extremely simple but can attract significant traffic.
The concept is straightforward: the website provides full-screen displays for laptops and computers.
Visitors can choose different colors or screens, including things such as black, blue, and other full-screen options.
It also includes different categories, including fake screens that can be used for pranks, such as a fake Windows update screen.
The website is simple, but that doesn't mean it can't attract visitors.
According to the traffic information I found, ColorScreen gets more than 50,000 visits per month.
This is a great example of a website where the functionality itself is very simple.
With AI, you could create a similar concept relatively quickly and then add your own features, categories, and design.
The bigger lesson is that a website doesn't need to be complicated to attract search traffic.
Sometimes, solving one very simple problem is enough.
3. Bored
Another type of website that can make money is a directory.
Directories can require quite a lot of work in the beginning because you need to collect, organize, and maintain information about different listings.
But once the website has a large amount of useful content, it can become a valuable resource.
Bored.com is a good example.
The website focuses on collecting funny, interesting, and unique websites from around the internet.
It gives visitors a place to discover websites they might never find on their own.
This type of website can be created with AI, although it will require more work than some of the simpler examples on this list.
You will need a proper structure for storing the websites and their information, and using a database or third-party service can help you build the project in a way that can grow over time.
Monetization
A directory like this can potentially be monetized through display advertising.
Another interesting option is offering sponsored or featured listings, where website owners pay to have their websites promoted more prominently.
Directories are one of the website models I find particularly interesting because the initial work can build an asset that continues to attract visitors.
I'll take a deeper look at directory websites in another article.
4. CelebHeights
CelebHeights is another interesting example because it combines a simple website concept with something people are constantly searching for: information about celebrities.
Celebrities already have huge audiences, and people search for information about them all the time.
Their height, career, statistics, and other personal information can all become search queries.
This creates an interesting opportunity for a niche website.
Instead of trying to create a general celebrity website covering everything, you could focus on a specific category.
For example, you could create a website focused on TikTok creators and cover information such as their height, follower count, career, or other publicly available statistics.
The idea is to find a specific audience, understand what they search for, and create a website around that search demand.
Monetization
A website like this could potentially be monetized with display advertising once it starts receiving enough traffic.
The important thing is that the traffic already exists because people are actively searching for information about popular personalities.
The opportunity is to build a focused website that captures part of that search traffic.
5. Should See This
Should See This is similar to Bored.com.
It provides a collection of interesting, incredible, and unusual websites that people can discover and share.
The concept is simple: instead of searching the entire internet for interesting websites, visitors can come to one place and discover them.
This is another type of directory that can be built with AI.
The main challenge isn't necessarily building the website itself. The harder part is collecting and organizing enough interesting websites to make the directory useful.
Monetization
The monetization model can also be relatively simple.
You could offer website owners the opportunity to pay for a featured listing or better placement on the website.
If your directory sends visitors to other websites, those website owners may have an incentive to pay for additional exposure.
This is one of the interesting things about directories: you can potentially monetize both the visitors and the businesses or websites that want access to those visitors.
6. Spend Bill Gates' Money
One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about celebrities and their wealth is:
What could you actually buy with all that money?
That's the idea behind the Spend game on Neal.fun.
The website gives you a large amount of money based on a celebrity's estimated wealth and lets you spend it on different products.
It's a fun and educational way to understand the scale of extremely large amounts of money.
And this is where the idea becomes interesting for someone building websites.
You could create a niche version around a specific celebrity or public figure.
For example, you could build something like:
"Spend LeBron James' Money."
The website could give visitors a large budget and let them spend it on a wide range of products.
People could then keep buying things just to see how quickly they could spend the entire amount.
Neal.fun is also a great source of inspiration because it shows how relatively small interactive websites can become interesting internet businesses.
You don't necessarily need to copy the exact game.
You can take the concept, apply it to a different subject, and create your own version.
7. Moonoji
Moonoji is another excellent example of a very simple website built around one specific piece of information: the current phase of the Moon.
The website presents the current Moon phase as an emoji.
It also provides information about things such as illumination, zodiac signs, and general knowledge about Moon phases.
This combination is interesting because the website isn't only displaying one piece of information.
It also provides additional content that can answer questions people commonly search for on Google.
That's an important lesson for simple websites.
You can start with one small tool or piece of information and then build useful content around it.
The result can be a very simple website with multiple opportunities to attract organic search traffic.
This is a formula that can potentially be adapted to many other topics.
8. Daily Haha
Daily Haha is an interesting example if you're interested in the meme, funny pictures, and humorous content niche.
The website has a large collection of funny images and other entertaining content.
According to the traffic information I found, it gets thousands of visits per month, making it another useful case study for a simple content website.
This type of website can be created with AI-assisted development, especially when it comes to designing the website and organizing the content.
You could build a website around funny memes, images, quotes, or trending internet content.
You could also combine the content with other features, such as a meme generator or articles explaining why certain memes are popular.
Monetization
Daily Haha already uses display advertising, which makes sense for this type of content website.
If you can build enough traffic, display ads can become one potential way to monetize the visitors.
The key is not necessarily creating something complicated.
It's about creating something people want to visit, share, and come back to.
What Can We Learn From These 8 Websites?
Looking at these examples, there is one thing that stands out:
A website doesn't have to be complicated to become useful or attract traffic.
Some of the websites in this article are built around simple games. Others are directories, interactive tools, celebrity information, or simple content websites.
The technology behind many of these ideas is no longer the biggest barrier.
With AI tools, you can build a first version of a website much faster than you could a few years ago.
The real challenge is finding an idea that people actually want to use or search for.
That's why I think you should spend less time trying to invent something completely new and more time studying what is already working.
Find a website that gets traffic.
Understand why people use it.
Build your own version.
Then improve it.
You don't need to build the perfect website on day one. You need to build something and start learning from it.