SR20 Forum - BLAH!

[Aaron Mosher]

There can be a considerable amount of money in sites like that - the old
i-club-cum-NASIOC (performance subaru site)has enough revenue that it's the
owner's full-time job.  He might even have an employee or two.  I doubt
sr20forum.com has as many users or as much traffic as NASIOC, but the site
could be worth something in a portfolio.  Incremental costs, ad sales across
sites, etc.

It's the classic internet model of give it away for free until we're
addicted then charge!  Of course, often that doesn't work and people just
start another one!

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> [mailto:se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org] On Behalf Of Wayne
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:46 AM
> To: se-r at lists.deskmedia.com
> Subject: Re: SR20 Forum - BLAH!
> 
> Matthew Ostlund wrote:
> > Someone started a new one yesterday with a goal of recreating the 
> > simple layout and ad-free years of the forum.
> 
> So who owned (pwned, huhhuh) it before?  And who bought it?  
> I'm surprised there's enough money in such a thing to bother.
> 
> I'd heard there was a legal spat over 
> NissanPerformanceMag.com a while back as well.  NPM is a 
> really polished looking site, but I'd still assumed it was 
> just enthusiasts' labor of love, not big business.
> 
>    -Wayne    '06 RSX-S / '93 SE-R / '93 NK2k / '90 Miata
> 
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