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Does anyone here run their own website and make money off it?
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macfantn
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Sep 14, 2008, 09:38 PM
 
just curious, if anyone makes money from the web. Perhaps on selling a product, or advertising.
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Sep 14, 2008, 09:49 PM
 
Yes. Publishing books and renting out a furnished apartment to visitors to Toronto.
     
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Sep 14, 2008, 09:57 PM
 
cool, i want to start a small web business to make extra cash, just not sure what to do.
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Sep 14, 2008, 10:44 PM
 
Have skills? Advertise them.
Have goods? Sell them.
Have real estate? Rent it out.
     
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Sep 14, 2008, 10:46 PM
 
Yes, I do.
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Sep 15, 2008, 12:17 AM
 
Isn't the owner of whatismyip.org on macnn?
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Sep 15, 2008, 02:04 AM
 
Well, "making money" is sometimes a struggle, but, see my sig? That's my website.
     
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Sep 15, 2008, 04:28 AM
 
Originally Posted by macfantn View Post
cool, i want to start a small web business to make extra cash, just not sure what to do.
All you have to remember is that a web site is just the front end for any business - there's nowt special about a web site.

So take the web out of the equation, then think about what kind of business you want to create.
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Sep 15, 2008, 04:38 AM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
All you have to remember is that a web site is just the front end for any business - there's nowt special about a web site.

So take the web out of the equation, then think about what kind of business you want to create.
Google seems to have done quite well from its 'front end'.
     
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Sep 15, 2008, 04:45 AM
 
Originally Posted by philm View Post
Google seems to have done quite well from its 'front end'.
Well good luck finding a time machine to go back 15 years and compete with them.
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Sep 15, 2008, 11:09 AM
 
Originally Posted by philm View Post
Google seems to have done quite well from its 'front end'.
Actually, it's the database, algorithms and advertising platform that have served Google so well. If all they had was the search interface without a legitimate service business behind it, they would still be mooching a school server.
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Sep 15, 2008, 09:14 PM
 
Yes.
     
   
 
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