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JA$ON · 10-09-2014, 09:56 AM

We have a few tubes, they don't do a huge amount of revenue, so they don't get a TON of attention compared to other projects, but one thing I will say. As long as you get a decent rate on BW, you will be ok on that front. Traffic means higher BW bills, but it also means higher revenue....they rise and fall together (assuming you are monitoring the traffic well). Thats easy to figure out.

Its storage thats the silent killer. We own a TON of content and put it up as fast as we could on the CDN. Long before any real traffic had built up. BUT in order to build traffic, you need all that content. I guess its a catch 22.

Again, Tubes are not really my business and we sort of let them ride on auto pilot. If you are good at other things I would advise AGAINST it. To do it right gets expensive and the chances of having them ever blow up to any much beyond break even is a REAL long shot....

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edit: One thing I would remember to do...clean out your DB. Our storage bills were getting NUTS because we have clowns uploading huge vids to promote their programs and they would have under 50 views. After its been up awhile, run through, look at the large files that are not getting ANY traction and clip m'. I think we ended up bringing our bills down by 5k a month just cleaning out a lot of that crap

10-09-2014, 09:56 AM
JA$ON Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: I'm from Downtown....Im from Mitch & Murry Posts: 1,329	We have a few tubes, they don't do a huge amount of revenue, so they don't get a TON of attention compared to other projects, but one thing I will say. As long as you get a decent rate on BW, you will be ok on that front. Traffic means higher BW bills, but it also means higher revenue....they rise and fall together (assuming you are monitoring the traffic well). Thats easy to figure out. Its storage thats the silent killer. We own a TON of content and put it up as fast as we could on the CDN. Long before any real traffic had built up. BUT in order to build traffic, you need all that content. I guess its a catch 22. Again, Tubes are not really my business and we sort of let them ride on auto pilot. If you are good at other things I would advise AGAINST it. To do it right gets expensive and the chances of having them ever blow up to any much beyond break even is a REAL long shot.... 2c edit: One thing I would remember to do...clean out your DB. Our storage bills were getting NUTS because we have clowns uploading huge vids to promote their programs and they would have under 50 views. After its been up awhile, run through, look at the large files that are not getting ANY traction and clip m'. I think we ended up bringing our bills down by 5k a month just cleaning out a lot of that crap Last edited by JA$ON; 10-09-2014 at 10:00 AM..