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    Is 2.5k$ on domain name worth it? Facts inside

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    A fancy domain can be worth it if has certain branding advantages. I don't think 3dprinting.info has any branding benefit. In fact, I would say the opposite. This brand is forgettable and doesn't differentiate you from the masses. It's not easy to remember (versus 3dprinting.com, and is it...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    There are tools to estimate traffic and revenue like SEMrush, etc. (very very crudely, SEO only) for any site, so some data is already out there in raw form. But yeah, exactly. A website is more of a proper "business", which is why I find it appealing. Books have some advantages too, but some...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Thanks for the post. There's a bunch of data on authorearnings.com (site seems to be down at the moment), too. I don't think such a list exists, but another interesting list would be earnings by webmaster. No one is going to release their complete numbers, though. Plus many people own multiple...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    That's exactly what I meant that commercial success in fiction is about being the same but different, whereas nonfiction was limitless. Of course, there's some variation by genre, but generally, if you want to make money, you learn to be creative within the confines of reader expectations. It's...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Right, open loops are important at all scales, within a chapter, within a book, across a series of books. It's intimately tied to the idea of pacing.
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    This is really the only thing that matters for making money with fiction, although they don't always tell you things truthfully or at all. Everything else is secondary or unpredictable.
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    I'm very risk averse, which is paradoxically why i would jump ship to look for better opportunities. I lead a pretty frugal life, but you're one accident or health problem away from being bankrupt and left for dead. It's likely that someone important to me will have cancer or some other major...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    I am more niche, although there is crossover into umbrella genres. Really, anything other than romance is small for indies, at some level. Thrillers is fairly big, but not for indies. Romance has its own issues and breaking out there will be a lot tougher. Shifting there is one option, but...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Yeah, if nonfiction doesn't make more money (over the long term), it's a failure. But at the same time, I put a ton of energy into trying to expand the market of my current fiction, and it isn't going anywhere. I beg to differ on selling myself short. If I had an entry level position at FAANG...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Hey! Are you another writer or artist, haha, I wonder how many are around here. I think much what you are talking about applies to certain sectors of art. Sure there's some mysterious force that causes certain art to resonate with individuals. But: 1) I'm not in the business of predicting...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    For nonfiction, I kind of view the whole space of digital publishing (web + books) together. Fiction websites generally make very little money. The author of Worm is probably one of the most popular Western web novelists, and last time I checked he was making only 5-6K a month. Fanfiction, the...
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    Writing my first Non Fiction eBook

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    Hey, read your thread since I'm thinking about shifting from fiction to nonfiction. Just want to warn that the Promotion part may take a lot more work (which I'm sure you may already know/suspect). So if you ping your LinkedIn contacts, get a trickle of sales, and then nothing, don't give up...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Yeah, I'll treat writing fiction as a day job now. I poured a lot of extra energy into seeing if I could take it further, but the answer was no. I could write volumes about the things that failed. My energy will be pushed towards testing other things to replace my day job. It could be as...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    You may be right as well. I appreciate your perspective and your willingness to speak up if you think something's off. I like the real talk and disagreements that pop up on this forum. An echo chamber of Care-Bear hugs isn't going to help people succeed. I don't see nonfiction as a magic...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Well, I have no problem starting over to pursue something else. I had a job before that practically everyone else would envy from the outside. But it was stupid, for reasons I don't need to go into, and it didn't even satisfy my reasons for taking the job in the first place. I walked away from...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    Hi fellow writer! Maybe I should have specified, I am interested in writing problem-based non-fiction, which would address some of the points you raised. I don't consider Malcolm Gladwell or his genre to be problem-solving. He is an entertainer, and his genre has the same novelty requirements...
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    Hello from longtime lurker and writer

    I've been lurking here now and then. I finally decided to sign up. I'm a married guy with a toddler currently self-employed as a fiction writer. I spent a long time in academia, got fed up with it, dabbled in some website development/affiliate marketing (the typical...), and settled into...
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