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How much traffic is necessary to generate $1000 per month in advertising revenue?
One of my new ventures is a site that will be Stack Overflow for predictions. Hopefully it will be a high traffic site with many inbound links and targeted keywords.
Assume all the risks bear out ...
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How long was it before you started generating revenue?
For a software business, how long did it take to get:
Your first $1 in revenue?
Your first $100 in revenue?
Your first $10,000 in revenue?
Your first $100,000 in revenue?
Intent
Hopefully we can ...
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Is advertising still a viable revenue model these days?
Based on your experience, is advertising still a viable revenue model these days? I know that Google makes money from their ads systems. But what about other site like Facebook? I heard their ads ...
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How Much Can I Sell My SaaS Product Currently Earning Me $2,000/month?
I have a web service targeted at web designers that currently earns about $2,000 per month in revenue. It is a SaaS business and my customers have been with me for years and we are growing (albeit ...
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How to make revenue and user acquisition projections for product which is not launched yet?
How can you make revenue and user acquisition projections before launching your product?
And are they worth anything?
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Accurately Estimating the revenue of an internet company like StackExchange
This question is a bit of an abstract thought experiment, so if you do not like such things I encourage you to stop reading.
I tend to have no intuition on the profit and revenue of internet ...
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iPhone app revenue sharing between developer & sales/marketing guys
I'm a solo developer working from home who has developed an iPhone app which is currently available in the App Store. Sales & marketing is not something I know much about yet so sales have been ...
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I'd like to know if owners of sites like Onstartups.com and Startups.com have any revenue off of these websites?
and if not is there a possibility of having revenue from a site like this one?
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Is it better to have more revenue with smaller profit margins, or less revenue with higher profit margins?
I currently have a web site that generates $100K in revenue per year with very little expense - hence most of that revenue is pure profit.
When I'm ready to sell the business, do you think it would ...
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Do you need to “be a company” to make money online?
A friend and I have a great startup idea which we plan to put into action at the beginning of the summer. We've also worked some revenues into our business model by allowing users to pay for some ...
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The business of free
This is a question there in mind for long time. There are hundreds of free services in web which doesn't have any ads or anything. It's totally free. Angels are raising fund these company and ...
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Do companies get taxed on money deposited by owners?
I just started a business (startup) and wanted to do the right thing by having a bank account for the company and putting all the business expenses on the business account. Now, I am in NY and I know ...
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Will Open-Sourcing my SaaS solution positively impact revenue?
I have yet to go public with my SaaS startup, and am considering releasing it under an open-source license.
Below are some thoughts I've collated in answer to this question:
No
As competitors ...
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Business model for a White-labelled service
I've been asked by a client to create a White-label service similar to an existing product I have. The service will have the client's logo on it. The customers they bring to the service wouldn't be ...
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Which websites successfully make money just from ads?
I'm wondering how many websites are actually successful at making money purely off ads. Clearly the search engines do, but apart from them can you point out specific sites which have successful ...
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Online advertisement revenue sharing
I would like to know some details about online advertisement revenue sharing. I am planning a website in one particular vertical i.e. fashion jewelry. I am planning to attract user with revenue ...
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How much Apple will cut my revenue from selling items (e.g. shirts) in an iPhone app?
I'm developing a "free" iphone app for selling shirts based in an Asian country.
The payment method is by credit cards or wire transfer, not by Apple's in-app purchases.
Does Apple allow this kind of ...
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How to handle tiny income streams?
As a site owner, I often get emails from random people about doing blog posts, asking for promotions, etc. This amounts to a tiny income stream, often at random timing and rate.
The transactions are ...
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How to find the market size, expected revenue etc. for any start up idea? for eg market size of online flash banner creator websites
I have seen many website which create flash banner ads online and you can directly download the customized flash banner, thought it is not a new business idea I feel I can add some unique feature to ...
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How to choose a Ads solution for website or mobile apps that uses the profiled data?
We have a website and some mobile apps which generate significant number of daily views (say 10M).
The main feature of these projects is that, in most cases, you know a lot about users interests, ...
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Software For Tracking Monthly Revenue / Expenses / Traffic / Users for SaaS Startup
Anyone know of any software which I can input expenses, revenue, traffic, users and other things that are important to a SaaS start up and it will generate some graphs and basic overviews.
Right now ...
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Revenue sharing in Software Product Collaboration
My friend and I are planning to collaborate in developing a mobile application. We are on to the discussions on the revenue sharing. Following are details to be considered.
My friend is the owner ...
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'Best' revenue sharing models for the web?
Although not running a charity, I like the moral/ethics surrounding revenue sharing business models, as I am socially aware, and like the idea of sharing money meritocratically amongst those who ...
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IRS taxes with 0 revenue in first year
I created a corporation last fall and made no revenues (or expenses) in 2009. I obtained an EIN from the IRS and they asked me to file form 1120 for 2009.
What is the best way to do this? is it ...
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How much is this site worth?
I own a site that on which I "practiced" SEO. It isn't a real business. I only make money from it by putting Google AdSense and right now it makes just under $100 per month and growing, although I ...
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whats the link between unique visitors and estmated revenue?
I know this is one of those 'how long is a piece of string' type questions. Yes, I also know it depends on the market segment/space etc, etc.
However, I still need to ask this questions, as I need to ...
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Looking for current data on realistic ad revenue for a user generated content web site
We're launching a user generated content web site in late 2Q. I'm looking to get a realistic view of revenue opportunities from impressions and per click ads.
The site will serve members across ...
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Revenue from iOS apps with Apple's iAds
I have a free iOS app with about 2000 daily active users. I just submitted an app update that includes Apple's iAds. Now I'm curious about how much revenue I can generate with this user count.
I ...
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Ads or no Ads for a web app?
I'm just about to release my first publicly available web app, and I'm wondering what type of revenue model to use.
Basically, the entire idea of the app is that it does not require log ins, so, ...
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startup just entering revenue phase
Company looks like this:
investor = input money only 30% share
founder/developer (me) = input money ( about 1/2 what investor has ) and tons of sweat equity 1+ year 40% share
developer = sweat ...
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Public transit app: possible revenues and IP issues?
I am looking at developing a website sort of like ones that NY-area commuter railroads have, showing train departure times and tracks. One major transit hub near me has no central location for this ...
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How to share income of selling iPhone apps with a friend/partner
I plan to develop an iPhone app with my friend. Each of us is specialized in different parts of the app. For example, I am responsible for interface design and server-side programming while my friend ...
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Lead generation
We are building a web app where lead gen will be a major component. I would like to get more information about implementing it
What are the best ways to incorporate lead gen in the ...
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Monetizing your website: how do you setup an affiliated vendor?
I have two websites that have to do with health. I originally made them just to practice SEO, and since now I am an SEO guru, they get lots of traffic.
The problem is that those sites only get ...
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What is a fair revenue split for a boardgame brought onto the iPad
I would like to bring an existing boardgame onto the iPad. The owner of the boardgame and the idea behind the game is positive for negotiations and asked me to find out what a fair market / revenue ...
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How many visistors to get a business going?
I know that this question depends on what kind of business one is in.
But if you where to get a healthy business out of a website based on advertising how many monthly users would you need to have, ...
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What is the current trend for software start-ups?
I had this question in my mind long ago. Now I'm daring to ask that. ;-)
What I have learnt from current trend is that, "Internet or e-commerce is the only field for the software start-ups to get ...
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Please explain to me , how does software like SMPlayer or VLC or UMPlayer do revenue (all open source)
as software developer, i can't understand how does software's like SMPlayer or VLC or UMPlayer
do there revenue , they all open-source they all downloaded Millions of times they all
professional ...
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Splitting up revenue
My partner and I decided to split up a partnership (things just weren't working out between us). We have some apps on the market that are still generating revenue, we decided the best thing to do was ...
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Where do I find company information for revenue projections?
I'd like to get the information for Groupon or another web 2.0 company to see their revenue, subscriber, traffic, etc. curves for our business plan financial projections. They are a close model to our ...
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Money Maker - Android/BlackBerry/Windows Phone?
As per the recent report published by Distimo, very few developers are actually making money (by selling apps) in Android store. The figures actually look quite depressing for android developers ...
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Is this break down of startups by stage normal?
Ran across this breakdown of startups applications (roughly 7000 "startups" in the database) that appears to show that less than 10% of startups looking for funding have any revenue. Seems hard to ...
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Sharing ad revenue with partner on same website
I am considering starting a website with a partner. Revenues will be purely ad related.
Is it ok to use two different Adsense IDs on the same website/webpages? I mean:
would that comply with the ...
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Pre-revenue Start-up valuation
How do I value a 5 yr old Pre-revenue start-up which has developed a Carrier and network independant Instant Communication Platform for mobile users.
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VC funding and determination of a revenue model
In a recent group chat hosted by Joel Spolsky regarding the Stackoverflow Series A funding round, Spolsky was asked:
"How do you envision making a profit?"
to which Spolsky replied:
"...the whole ...
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Where to seek the right sales executives working on a revenue share basis?
We're a startup company providing payment services/network/platform, we are similar but not like conventional payment service providers. The product has just been developed, compliance is underway - ...
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Rev Share Models for Product Development
What is a common Rev Share model? We are starting a new product and have a limited budget for development. Is there a standard/recommended formula for determining "share value" that we can use to ...
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How to decide advertisement budget for a new start up company?
We have developed a platform here in India for consumers which they can also rate and review. We also provide latest informative articles, "how to" guides, etc, to educate customers. Now, we want to ...
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How do I determine the optimal price to maximize profit from a contest?
We are trying to setup a contest at my school where contestants have to pay to enter and compete. We have enough money to cover a grand prize, as well as other minor prizes. According to my naive ...
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How to estimate revenues with several business model options?
How would you estimate the revenues on a business plan if you have several possible business models (i.g. Freemium and/or Advertisement). The revenues could be generated by one or a combination of ...
