Quickstart: your first site

This walkthrough takes you from a niche to a published affiliate article. It uses the Affiliate Marketing model as the example, but the flow is the same for every model.

Don't let the settings scare you. The wizard has a lot of options, but only two fields are ever required: Niche and Plan name. Everything else has a sensible default or is resolved automatically when articles are generated. If you're unsure about a setting, leave it alone.

Before you start

• Too Much Niche is installed and your license is activated — see Activate your license.

• Content Egg is installed. For this affiliate walkthrough you also need Content Egg Pro with at least one affiliate network configured (e.g. the Amazon module). See Why TMN needs Content Egg and Free vs Pro.

1. Start a new plan

In the WordPress admin sidebar, open Too Much Niche → Content Plans, then click + New plan.

The Content Plans screen with the + New plan button

2. Fill in the Basics

The wizard opens on the Basics step. This is the only step that needs your input:

• Plan name — anything you'll recognize later.

• Niche — your topic, e.g. Standing desks for home offices.

• Primary monetization — choose Affiliate Marketing.

• Affiliate networks — recommended: pick at least one (e.g. Amazon). This tells the planner what you'll promote and pre-fills your product source for generation. You can change it later on the plan.

Everything else on this step — market, language, tone, site stage, and so on — is optional. Leave it on the defaults and TMN fills in sensible values.

When you're done, click Next: Scale.

The Basics step — Plan name, Niche, Primary monetization, Affiliate networks

3. Click through the rest of the wizard

You can accept the defaults on every remaining step:

• Scale — leave Plan scale on Auto (recommended); TMN sizes the plan to your niche. (Prefer to set the size yourself? You can — but it's not required.)

• Silo — internal-linking defaults are fine for a first site.

• Scan — for a brand-new site there's nothing to scan; just continue.

• Review — check the summary, then click Generate plan.

Building your Topic Map runs on our servers and usually takes a few minutes.

The Review step with the Generate plan button

4. Review your Topic Map

When planning finishes, your plan opens with its hubs and article nodes — each with a format, an intent, internal links, and a target publish date.

Have a look around. You can edit titles, skip nodes you don't want, or add your own — but you don't have to. See Edit your Topic Map when you want to go deeper.

A generated Topic Map (hubs and nodes)

5. Generate your first article

Open Content Queue (or stay on the plan), find a node, and click Generate.

The button shows progress as it works (Generating…); a single article takes a couple of minutes. When it's done, the article is saved to WordPress as a published post.

Product source: the Content Egg modules products come from are set in the plan's Article generation panel, pre-filled from your plan settings — so you normally don't need to change anything. If Generate is blocked with Not set — required for generation, pick a module there (or attach products to the article manually).

A queue row with the Generate button and progress state

6. Review and publish

Click Edit Post to open the article in the WordPress editor. Review it, make any tweaks, then Publish (or schedule it for later).

That's your first article live. Repeat Generate for the rest of the queue, on whatever schedule you like.

Where to go next

• Affiliate marketing — get the most out of the model you just used.

• Edit your Topic Map — shape the plan before generating.

• Generate & publish articles — generating on demand, credits, and Premium models.