Originally Posted by pompousjohn

Camsites - volume is higher, but margins are lower, you can actually lose money running a camsite if you aren't careful. And, you have to manage people on an ongoing basis which is something static pages don't have to worry about.

Let's say you use the standard cookie cutter rates for everything:

Performers at 50%
affiliates at 30%
processing like CCbill at 15% with a 5% hold for 6 months. - that's 100% right there.

So you need to find a way to cover all your overhead and personal expenses with that 5% hold and somehow defer those costs for 6 months, or you need to sell some add-ons or pay out less.

And you got scheduling, payroll, all kinds of stuff other sites don't have to worry about.

Pimping aint easy.