How much does it cost to put up a Tube site?
 

How much does it cost to put up a Tube site?

As someone with little experience or knowledge on this subject and with the hosted tube idea. I was thinking. How much does it cost to put up a Tube site?

Script.
Content from sponsors.
Hosting.
Time.

Some scripts are very cheap. Content for nothing. Hosting, can't be a factor really to stop people. Time, well this is an unknown so offer me advice please.

Then you're in control, promote who you like even your own sites, don't sell traffic via a middleman and be in complete control.

If you already have one, redirect to this Tube from unused domains. Or just clone it.

Why do you ask us? You got all the answers.

No I don't and never claimed to have. Especially on something like this.

about $10 for a domain and a hosting account then signu with hostube and become a billionaire in less than 2 weeks !

Paul,

I have built full tubes for several clients.
A high quality tube includes unique video titles, scene texts, model biography pages, scripts, design, and more.
If you want your own full tube contact me via ICQ 266942896

I'll go over pricing and show you examples of my work.

about $75.

You can do it free paul.

I can do it for you if you want.

Wrong - You DONT need hosting - Just set your DNS to point to HostedTube and thats it... Hence the word 'Hosted' in their name :) :thumbsup

Some make money via tubes, some dont, so it cost you different on the end

You are correct :thumbsup

scratch hosting just buy a domain and become a billionaire tube owner !:1orglaugh

20 bucks.,

:1orglaugh

Dirt cheap if you use sponsor clips, you just have to pay for the script (unless you use the free Nubiles script), domain and hosting.
I could see it getting very expensive if you buy content as you'd have to buy one hell of a lot to make it compete with the established tubes.

May I inquire why you are asking Paul?

Is it

a) so you can do your own tube
b) so you can slag off PimpRoll

Thanks

To make a real one? $2000 for script and design. $500 a month in hosting to start. $1000 in traffic first month to start. Host your own videos. Get sponsors to submit the videos to you with unique descriptions, most programs have a guy doing tube submissions for them. Make sure you get 5+min clips, pref 9-11min.

As this goes you will have to upgrade hosting pretty fast ofc and also buy more traffic.

I really hope when I am retired I dont have to worry about this shit anymore.

between ten and a hundred thousand dollars.

Cheap? You guys have actually any idea of how much manpower it takes to RUN the whole thing?
Tubes aren't only a script you put into automatic mode.

Cheap if you want cheap results, yes.

:thumbsup

How much does it cost to build a car ?

You have got to be fucking kidding me. How long is a piece of string?

You should at least be able to put together a plan of what you want to achieve, then whip out a calculator and come to an approximate number. You could even come to a number by using an abacus or counting pterodactyl eggs like when you were a kid.

It costs you $8 if you use www.hostedtube.com. I believe we even offered to buy you a domain as well, Paul. So the true cost to you would be $0. Only your 5 minutes to configure your tube how you want it in our system.

one THOUSAND dollerrrz

Like most things you get what you pay and work for.

Yeah exactly. What annoys me is that people that don't run tubes think that these things can just run on automatic pilot.

PaulMarkhamTube.com ?

:1orglaugh

Target acquired. 50 cent pundits have launched. Time to duck and cover.

Why has nobody just made up some bullshit precise numbers for him to put in a spreadsheet and extrapolate to the point of ridiculousness and then say magazines were better?

he's not planning to run one. he's just trying to formulate a point for one of his stupid arguments. i'm guessing something about affiliates because he is still butthurt he spent 10 dollars on a banner and no affiliates signed up to his program and used it.

You won't be able to make it successful because you have no idea about traffic so it doesn't really matter.

Quoted for truth.

I appreciate that it's an open ended question, still I have a lot of content to use for full length. Can probably get a lot more, hosting I have and unless I get a lot it will do fine. As someone said there are people submitting themselves. As for design, :1orglaugh

I know it's not a lot of money seeing some who have done it, so probably not going to break the bank.

just got an idea that might make a Tube slightly different than the norm. So fishing around for some budgets.

:1orglaugh

So whats this "slightly different" tube? A limited paytube with your content? Good luck :1orglaugh

well you have the hard part done, the great content. now it's just the easy part, the traffic. good luck.

Paul,

Barefootsies broke it down not to long ago, here is a copy and paste, I'm sure if you hit him up, he can elaborate more on the numbers.

"$1500.00 MechBunny CMS

$500-1000.00 Design + Integration

With MB you can do both traffic tube sites, as well as Pay Sites if need be. There are also some different little add on's provided by da Konrad if interested. The cost will vary from a few hundred to $500.00. You can also have Keyston do a custom player for something like $500.00. "

under $3000 for all you need. Talk to Konrad

It's less then that now - $999 cms, and you can get even a non-exclusive template for like $50-200 nowadays, $500ish for a custom design

Thanks guys, that is a bit lower than I was quoted on ICQ.

Nicky if your thinking goes as far as a Tube with only or even with my content. You don't think very hard.

If you think I will tell everyone, then you're not thinking at all.

The prices it's coming down to seem to show why so many can afford one.

Can't wait to hear all your excuses when you fail. :2 cents:

the problem is there are soooo many tube sites.

I have seen the same said about TGP's and paysites for years now. lol

But people still launch them every day! However it isn't overnight things succeed.

Who said anything about thinking? Please don't flatter your self thinking I did that for you. I was simply making a joke about your content surviving a paytube model...

But I'm sure your idea is grand. Talk to Sleazy he might need a traffic partner for YesSignals.

1K for the script, 500 for the design... and then?

Now you need someone who knows what they are doing to provide quality exclusive content, video player improvements, on-page SEO work for the site, backlinks, along with a lot of other work if you intend to actually build any traffic to the site. Posting 'sponsor content videos' that use duplicate titles and text with little or no SEO work done on your site makes it no better than 10000s of other partial tubes and is not going to rank you for much.

If you do not intend to do *all* the work needed to build a successful tube, I'd strongly recommend you go with a HostedTube.com site instead. There is a huge difference between a properly made full tube and a hostedtube, there is almost no difference between a partially made full tube and a hosted tube.

1) A Well made full tube will run you 5K and up (unless you do much of the work yourself)
2) A Partially made full tube that has no real chance of success is 1-3K
3) A HostedTube is $7 for the domain and no BW or management costs

You are looking to outsource all the work, correct?
Build a full tube the right way, or get a hostedtube instead and save your money. :2 cents:

I really hope when I retire I can stop working.

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This is a business motherfucker, not a luxury sedan. :321GFY

too complicated. the magic of paul's content will pull in surfers like a cookie buffet would to a fat kid.

I set one up a couple years ago, was about $200 for the script, dedicated server can run from 100-300 a month or more depending on what you're looking for. I would suggest 10 or 100 mbps unmetered bandwidth included for a tube site.

some good info in this thread anyway.