Paysite Owners - Let's talk

[rapmaster]

I'm a senior graduating college and my partners and I are starting up a paysite. We've bought content, have a design, have a long ass business plan, etc.

But I really want to talk to a sucessful paysite operator about the business... If any of you paysite operators could spare 10-15 minutes on ICQ to help out a young entrepreneur I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks

[Dianne22]

good luck!

[limitedcat]

Hey Rap,the most succesful paysite owners are not in the business of giving away trade secrets in order to create competition, plus they don't have time time to hang out on the boards all day. I was lucky enough to get a job with a small website in 2000, which has grown to a paysite that makes a million plus a year. My old employer used to tell me how careful he was about hireing. He would only hire certain people, guys who were smart but poor , unambituous even, guys with wifes and families. He did this because he did not want employees to learn the biz and eventually start are own paysite(competition)!!!! He felt these type of indivduals posed the least amount of threat. Money makes people very strange. My only advice to you, if you want in the Biz, make sure you got a huge bank roll, at least 50 k. If you are buying content make sure it's exclusive or you wasting your money.Good Luck

[RedShoe]

Originally Posted by limitedcat

Hey Rap,the most succesful paysite owners are not in the business of giving away trade secrets in order to create competition, plus they don't have time time to hang out on the boards all day. I was lucky enough to get a job with a small website in 2000, which has grown to a paysite that makes a million plus a year. My old employer used to tell me how careful he was about hireing. He would only hire certain people, guys who were smart but poor , unambituous even, guys with wifes and families. He did this because he did not want employees to learn the biz and eventually start are own paysite(competition)!!!! He felt these type of indivduals posed the least amount of threat. Money makes people very strange. My only advice to you, if you want in the Biz, make sure you got a huge bank roll, at least 50 k. If you are buying content make sure it's exclusive or you wasting your money.Good Luck

Let me guess, you were the copy editor for the company?

[rapmaster]

Originally Posted by limitedcat

Hey Rap,the most succesful paysite owners are not in the business of giving away trade secrets in order to create competition, plus they don't have time time to hang out on the boards all day. I was lucky enough to get a job with a small website in 2000, which has grown to a paysite that makes a million plus a year. My old employer used to tell me how careful he was about hireing. He would only hire certain people, guys who were smart but poor , unambituous even, guys with wifes and families. He did this because he did not want employees to learn the biz and eventually start are own paysite(competition)!!!! He felt these type of indivduals posed the least amount of threat. Money makes people very strange. My only advice to you, if you want in the Biz, make sure you got a huge bank roll, at least 50 k. If you are buying content make sure it's exclusive or you wasting your money.Good Luck

Obviously a lot of people don't want to help, but I've already received some responses so there are people out there.