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Why do people create sites like these (from a financial perspective)? Do they have anything to gain? I assume they have to pay a lot in terms of space. Is there
by ernestipark 16y ago
Why do people create sites like these (from a financial perspective)? Do they have anything to gain? I assume they have to pay a lot in terms of space. Is there something I'm missing?
- dotBen 16y agoAny reason from "just for shits and giggles" to "getting credibility in a community" (like HN). I run a url shortener - it costs me time and money that I will never get back directly. Hopefully it gives me some credibility in the community but other than that it is just a fun side project.
- jarin 16y agoSome of them have made a good amount of money through advertising (e.g. Imageshack). It seems like the market is probably a little saturated by now, so unless you've got some killer feature or a base of users to market to (Imageshack started off on the Something Awful forums) it's probably not worth it.