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Generally when I want to learn something new I'll build a new side project (or re-build an existing one) to support the learning process. This time I wanted to
by Implicated 6y ago
Generally when I want to learn something new I'll build a new side project (or re-build an existing one) to support the learning process. This time I wanted to include my partner in the project so I built something that would require some manual moderation of content.
I built a 'hookup' website and have monetized it with a single affiliate offer/link.
It's made a few thousand in the last 18 months or so, with almost no promotion (posted something about it on reddit once).
Like someone else in this post commented, the way that the 'adult' industry is pushed out of the banking/credit card world makes it pretty tough to monetize sites of this nature.
- jcun4128 6y agoI was curious about this, I suppose if you're taking direct payments vs. say adsense, if you separate your name from the business. So if someone tried to track who ads belong to, wouldn't find the owner/operator of the site. Maybe that's just standard practice. I've been thinking about that myself eg. privately registering domains and somehow not having my name tied to ssl certs, etc...
- Implicated 6y agoEven adsense is tough with adult content sites (last I checked, which was probably over a decade ago). Specific affiliate offers that are relevent to the audience are far more profitable.
- jcun4128 6y agoHmm that's a good idea(affiliate offers)
- M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y agohow did you manage the difficulty with payment processing? are you still able to put up ads (Google AdSense?)
- Implicated 6y agoI don't accept payments of any sort - the entire site is free. No premium options, no payment details.