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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
Let's bring this down to 'reality' for a moment, shall we? yes, we can discuss Microsoft or Google or any GIANT COMPANY that is now successful and analyize how they started.....so what? None of us on here are Microsoft or Google (or facebook or and of the other 'free' examples listed above, and I know Microsoft isn't 'free' just pointing out a GIANT company).
So: how many of US - webmasters making, say, UNDER 1 million a year in income, are 'getting rich' (comparatively)? I mean, how many of US would consider OURSELVES 'successful' if our business model is giving away our shit for free? Hmmmm?
Using Google, Facebook, Wordpress et al as examples is useless. IMHO
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Our Industry has a lot of multi-million dollar a year affiliates running free sites, free traffic, free logins, giving away free content, using ads/upsells, or whatever to cover the grap. I can't say how big MFP is, no idea really... but it's probably safe to guess it's that big.
An $85k+ a month affiliate isn't the most common thing, but they are around... even more in mainstream.
The lesson with google/facebook is, if they are free, if huge models like wordpress are free... then it works, all over, big or small, any niche, any industry. But just because you create another wordpress, exactly like they did... it doesn't mean it will be successful, free or paid.