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what do you think of the ad-based revenue model?
Hate it.
It's predicated on huge traffic. With huge traffic you will need huge infrastructure. And you're faced with the chicken/egg connundrom -- how on earth do you get traffic if you have no revenue to finance ad spend?
Just to give you some ideas ... the "ad based revenue" that this forum makes would just barely pay my electric bill, assuming it wasn't summertime. I've focused on this revenue model for 7 years, traffic has grown year by year, at a nice linear pace, and it barely makes anything worth writing about.
The membership revenue (different revenue model) that this forum makes would be sufficient enough to simultaneously finance a $1M mortgage and a Lamborghini Aventador. I've focused on this revenue model for 18 months and it has made more $$ in 18 months than 7 years of "ad based revenue"
One revenue model, IMO, makes thousandaires.
The other, makes millionaire/billionaires.
That is of course, you end up the next Instagram success story. Those stories are few and far between.
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