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DiSpy · #3 04-09-2007, 10:26 AM

Don't plan on it... I've got a board with over 20k members and way more posts than you... It makes me maybe $10-$20/month, and costs me about $500/month.

I do it because I enjoy it, not to make money. (It's my hobby)

Some people make money on their boards, but do you really want a site with crazy ads pasted everywhere and interstertials whenever anyone clicks to browse around? I know that I avoid sites like that like the plague. I just have a few tasteful ads here and there, and that's it. I am however about to start offering subscriptions for premium services, but keeping the cost of these subscriptions to $1/month. I'm hoping this will help cover my server costs a bit, but not planning to actually make any type of profit ever.

...as Paul M stated, I hope you aren't doing this for the money... lol

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