I make money on my site
http://www.everything2stroke.com I just started a membership program and have had about 10 people sign up. I have 1600+ members in 1 years time (not sure if thats good for the first years stats). However I do make stickers and T-shirts that are related to my site and sell them on ebay which become a great way to attract attention to the site. I don't actually profit because buying new products site Maintenance and hosting fees(which I own the hosting company and pay myself) add up and leaves my site with 0. Which sucks but I never figured I would make money from the site. I however use my site to create business for my Webhosting company. So I guess in the long run my pocket gets fatter.