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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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I know you do this site for fun, but why not make a little extra money off of it?
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16123
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cuz he's not a sellout
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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| username wrote: |
| cuz he's not a sellout |
Making money online isn't selling out.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24869
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Plus there's no feasible way to put ads on the site and have them be fairly unintrusive without a complete redesign. And on the one hand, part of me likes running the site ad-free. But another part of me would love to make the site profitable so I could quit my job and spend all of my time writing articles and playing video games.
Another issue is that I'd have to figure out Valdronius' cut of any incoming money. Since he's a math major, I'd probably let him to write the algorithm. And since he's smart as hell, he'd probably use complex equations that I'm too lazy to analyze to give himself an 80% cut.
Actually, he's not a prick, so he wouldn't do that.
But figuring out his cut would still be difficult.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Syd,
While I certainly don't speak for everyone, I wouldn't mind a NON-flashing banner ad or side bar ad if it means that you get some profit.
I certainly don't think it makes you a sell-out.
I would hope that the site could at least pay for itself instead of costing you 100-200 bucks a year.
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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Yea seriously, make some cash, write some articles, play some fucking games. Quit being an emo punkass from south park who refuses to conform.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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You could add some ads in the forum too. I'm sure you've seen a few that have them on the top and bottoms of the pages. Some other unobstrusive stuff is ads for Gamefly and otehr video game businesses, since you do articles on them anyway they'll seem like they belong there.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16123
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i was just kidding about the whole selling out thing.
if he does add an ad or two, the forums and the articles wont change at all, so he wouldnt be a sellout.
now, if he gets some ads from video game companies and they dont allow him to talk crap about games or make him write reviews in a certain fashion, then he would be selling out. basically, if he changes what the website is about to assimilate to whatever the ad people want him to be.
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
Posts: 2578
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I'd love to sell out. I just wish I had something to sell. 
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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| DarkMaze wrote: |
| I'd love to sell out. I just wish I had something to sell. |
T Shirts?
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
Posts: 2305
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| DarknessDeku wrote: |
T Shirts? |
T-Shirts would be an excellent thing to sell over the internet. They're easy to ship, too. Open an ebay store and sell your wares.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
Posts: 6160
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I say go crazy with the adds man. Give me so many popups that my computer crashes.
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Mitch
Joined: Jun 04 2008
Location: Alabama
Posts: 296
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You could sell shirts that say "I'm sydlexic"
Or would that be insensitive to dyslexic people?
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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| Mitch wrote: |
You could sell shirts that say "I'm sydlexic"
Or would that be insensitive to dyslexic people? |
Let's take a poll and ask them.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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| Mitch wrote: |
You could sell shirts that say "I'm sydlexic"
Or would that be insensitive to dyslexic people? |
Probably not something I could wear to work.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24869
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How about shirts that say FIHGT SYDLEXIA!
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
Posts: 2305
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Let's have a t shirt design contest.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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I'll buy the SYDLEXIA IT'S DEFINITELY A WEBSITE T Shirt. 
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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I would buy a "SydLexia: Pop Culture Ate My Brain" shirt.
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DarknessDeku is already assimilated by the bots.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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| DarknessDeku wrote: |
| I would buy a "SydLexia: Pop Culture Ate My Brain" shirt. |
Agreed
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Posts: 1319
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Syd: go ahead and add some ads. My only request - text-only. Forget about all this flash crap. You can't close some flash ads on browsers other than IE and they are annoying as hell.
T-shirts? I'd totally buy every fucking design. It would be like Pokemon. Maybe by that I'd buy meself the obvious honour of having my own article posted on the website.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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I agree. Text ads only. Or rotating banners, those shouldn't get in the way too much if they're in good places.
Check Google, whatever Yahoo uses for theirs, and so on. I'd put them on the forum and not the main site though.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
Posts: 3280
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| Nekkoru wrote: |
| Syd: go ahead and add some ads. My only request - text-only. Forget about all this flash crap. You can't close some flash ads on browsers other than IE and they are annoying as hell. |
Or talking ads. They suck.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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I think the most obvious way to make money from this site is to find vendors, merchants, and websites that specialize in old school gaming, or even rent games out. Commisson Junction has a few vendors I think, there's Gamefly who has a CPA program, Blockbuster or other major rental sites may also have affiliate programs that would be great to use here...
The NES Championships going on would probably have produced a good spike in income from these sources if it were already here 
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I'd buy a t-shirt if you don't charge as much as a concert T.
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