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Freebase Dali · 03-28-2012, 07:56 PM

Any website that gets a lot of hits is worth advertising money. The more hits, the more valuable the website. Which is why I think the current owners are holding on to it. Letting it grow so they can flip it for more than they bought it for.

blastingas10 · 03-28-2012, 08:09 PM

I don't ever see any ads on this website.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-28-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

I don't ever see any ads on this website.

They only show up if you're not logged in.

The guy who founded the site was a guy called Rockefella Skank in 2003. He sold it to GregB who was one of the moderators after less than a year. He went on to run the place for another 3 or 4 years.

GregB sold the site to the current owners sometime in 2007, I remember seeing the sale on some site where you can buy & sell websites. If I remember correctly it was sold for around the region of $6000 which GregB used to fund a trip to Hawaii.

midnight rain · 03-28-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

If I remember correctly it was sold for around the region of $6000 which GregB used to fund a trip to Hawaii.

Classic MB moment, can't believe someone even found it out.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-28-2012, 08:29 PM

It was Murder Junkie who found out that little gem.

GuitarBizarre · 03-28-2012, 08:42 PM

See? The forum administration isn't getting worse, its always been bad!

blastingas10 · 03-28-2012, 10:20 PM

Interesting. There needs to be an MB history thread

How much money do you think this website brings in?

Freebase Dali · 03-28-2012, 10:43 PM

Probably doesn't bring in much, considering the small number of adverts for non-members. But it does grow in value as the site gains hits, so the money it costs to keep the site running is justified by the return when selling.

blastingas10 · 03-28-2012, 11:19 PM

And how does it cost money to keep the site running? This is all confusing to me. I always wondered how to make a forum and if I could make one. But it seems there's more to it than I thought.

Freebase Dali · 03-28-2012, 11:26 PM

Well, I don't know exact amounts, but you have to consider that they pay the datacenter that has the servers that have the forum software and databases on them, and they own more than one site, all of which bring in heavy traffic, so bandwidth costs are going to be high... It's not something just anyone can afford at this level.

03-28-2012, 08:29 PM	#55 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It was Murder Junkie who found out that little gem. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-28-2012, 07:56 PM	#51 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Any website that gets a lot of hits is worth advertising money. The more hits, the more valuable the website. Which is why I think the current owners are holding on to it. Letting it grow so they can flip it for more than they bought it for.

03-28-2012, 08:09 PM	#52 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	I don't ever see any ads on this website.

03-28-2012, 10:20 PM	#57 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Interesting. There needs to be an MB history thread How much money do you think this website brings in?

03-28-2012, 10:43 PM	#58 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Probably doesn't bring in much, considering the small number of adverts for non-members. But it does grow in value as the site gains hits, so the money it costs to keep the site running is justified by the return when selling.

03-28-2012, 11:19 PM	#59 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	And how does it cost money to keep the site running? This is all confusing to me. I always wondered how to make a forum and if I could make one. But it seems there's more to it than I thought.

03-28-2012, 11:26 PM	#60 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Well, I don't know exact amounts, but you have to consider that they pay the datacenter that has the servers that have the forum software and databases on them, and they own more than one site, all of which bring in heavy traffic, so bandwidth costs are going to be high... It's not something just anyone can afford at this level.