Originally Posted by borked

I only quoted a section, but everything this guy said is the truth - I spent ~18 months developing a site 5 years ago -very hard work on and off. People laughed that knew me but all agreed the idea was solid. It just took a lot of time to get off the ground. I took the hard way - all myself no investors nothing. Very very niche based because I saw the hole and what I developed filled the void. Now there are many copycat sites in my niche, but mine is the largest. 0% overhead as it's all 100% robot-driven, (takes some hours each month to keep the robot in check) and so all is 100% profit. One day, it will get bought out I'm sure due to the type of site it is (not its niche) and it will then fail, I'm sure, but I don't give a damn, because it's been a free and easy ride - just don't go for the obvious niches ;)