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Originally Posted by cometojames
wow how many do yu have and do you to pay for each of them becuase that would be alot of money what willthey be one
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At the moment I have eight or nine websites altogether. I rent a dedicated server which costs $150 per month, however before I was paying $220 per month before I downgraded. That works out at something like $8 per day, roughly.
I can put as many websites as I like (within reason) onto my server, which is pretty cool. I will have to fork out for a second dedicated server at some point though because there's only so much one server can take before it begins to chug along at a snail's pace.
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Originally Posted by Tsuyu
Yeah, domains costs a bit. And this forum software aint free either, and we love ol' Steve for paying for the whole shebang. But don't worry, there are ways to get some cash from websites as well, so I HOPE we don't ruin the Powell familiy's economy..  |
Domains are quite cheap, actually. You can buy them for around $9 nowadays which is pretty darn good. I buy in bulk, too, which means I get an extra discount on top, as well as private registration. A great place to pick up a domain name is Godaddy (
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vBulletin forum licenses can cost a ton but fortunately DD was kind enough to go halves with me. So he definitely deserves just as much credit as me for this place being here. Fortunately I get a little bit extra off every purchase of a vBulletin license which means I'll probably only be paying around $120 for the next license.
It's true that there is a whole lot of money to be made with websites however it certainly isn't anywhere near as easy as one might hope. Roughly six months ago before my dad passed away my websites were doing absolutely fantastic and AdSense was pulling in some very attractive income on top of the job I had working for my dad. For some reason though AdSense earnings have been absolutely terrible for the past few months and I can honestly say that the line between how much profit is coming in and how much is going out to cover dedicated server costs, domain name renewals (though to be fair I only have to fork out once a year for renewals), vBulletin license renewals, PhotoPost Photo Gallery renewals and probably a few other things I've forgotten to mention. The fact that I was screwed out of my job doesn't help either.
WALL 'O TEXT.
