Originally Posted by TheDoc

Lets figure this out..

100,000k a program makes each month minus its own promotion/traffic from in house sources. Remember we are talking about webmasters and traffic they produce from sales or branding through type-ins / return visits.

15% of the money is type-in traffic, not counting self promo traffic as I said.
So the program earns an extra net of $15k

So we start with $85,000
60% to webmasters $51k paid out
We are left with $34,000

$6,000 to bandwidth
$15,000 to content (5 sites x $3k per site)
Total $21,000

$34,000-$21,000 = $13,000

5 sites, 10 galleries a week for each site $20 a gallery
$2,500 in galleries + $500 for extra BS like banners / ads
$3,000 for one or two employees being a cheap ass
$500 a month for a low point for rent and business costs
$2,000 each month for one GFY ad, no ads in other places
Total: $8000

$13,000 left over - $8000 = $5000
$5000 net + $15k from type-ins = $20000

So we ended with 20% net, with type-in traffic, and being very cheap on bills. We didn't pay the owner yet either.... oh shit.. and taxes.. yeah, fucking taxes.

Any questions?

Why do you think so many big & small companies have started to go over seas, drop staff, drop offices, etc..

It's wide spread and starting to happen very fast.. Because the NET isn't as great as everyone seems to think it is. In house traffic makes up a huge amount, years of being around, a great site with amazing word of mouth can really make numbers jump. But lets face it, most programs don't have a BangBus.