How much $$$ did you use to start your BIZ? - GoFuckYourself.com

Bobo · 03-20-2002, 03:40 PM

When you started your adult site, how much did it cost you? Are you light years ahead of those good ol' days?

I invested $100 in getting my sited hosted after saving that money using banner ads on free hosts - I had no costs using free hosts.

A month after, I was paying $400, next month $1000 and the rest is history.

I wouldn't be as confident doing that now as I did then (in 1999). Hosts seem more unreliable (they were then too) then before and it seems that nobody gives traffic like they use to. You either have to pay for it or follow so many rules that you can't make money or get traffic to your site anyway.

funkmaster · 03-20-2002, 03:43 PM

$85 for a domain, and $99.95 for virtual hosting ...

Rod · 03-20-2002, 03:45 PM

0$

I started working for a friend (in the adult biz), THEN I bought domains + virtual hosting package to begin...

pipp · 03-20-2002, 03:48 PM

I payd about 150$ for a domain name and 1 year hosting back in the beginning of 1998. 20mb storage 5 gigs of montly transfer

Freako · 03-20-2002, 03:48 PM

I steal bandwidth from @home and use only public domain content.

Gemini · 03-20-2002, 03:51 PM

We bartered livestock back in the mid 90's to get started. Of course we rustled them! I drove the truck and he gathered the critters up.

Martin · 03-20-2002, 03:51 PM

5 bucks..

Jamie · 03-20-2002, 03:57 PM

Back when domains were free and I stole the content from your sites, so $0

Life was a lot of fun back in 97'

tha_timinator · 03-20-2002, 04:05 PM

once upon a time... a long long time ago...

i started a fansite about a supermodel (= 'public domain content') on the free bannerless space that was included with my free access account...

yes yes i too was an 'i want it all 4 free'-kid once

Bobo · 03-20-2002, 04:12 PM

HAHAHAHA! I love the livestock comment

Rod, I know so many people that got there start like you...working for somebody in the biz and branching out on there own.

I'm only in this business still because it pays slightly better than anything else I can get working elsewhere, but the greatest benefit is working for myself, on my own time, on my own terms. Nothing beats being your own boss

miguel7 · 03-20-2002, 04:13 PM

$0 and with debt...

Bobo · 03-20-2002, 04:15 PM

Miguel,

I do remember a few guys starting out just as I was. They were doing a different type of site than me. One guy in particular...I dunno, he was never able to get his site to catch on. He was doing a 'Big Titty' TGP type thing.

He went offline, then came back online with his own domain in 2000 and sent me the addy. It was last updated in April 2001 and is still up. I tried emailing him but no reply. Kinda feel sorry for him, ya know.

kane · 03-20-2002, 04:34 PM

I started with $0 using sponser content and freehosting. I bought my first content CD from a company that went out of biz a while ago. It had 3500 pics in 10 categories and they only wanted $35 for it and that included the license. . . no wonder they disappeared

Evil Chris · 03-20-2002, 04:36 PM

We were making 2K+ per month on clicks alone from Webpower in 95/96...
It was fucking crazy then...

[Labret] · 03-20-2002, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamie
Back when domains were free and I stole the content from your sites, so $0

Life was a lot of fun back in 97'

So true... so true...

kmanrox · 03-20-2002, 05:14 PM

i robbed lensman when he was in the Bronx, now here I am =-/

Ragnar man · 03-20-2002, 05:24 PM

well actually it was 0$ one of my friends was actually running a hosting company so i ordered a lot of celeb domain names wich where submitted to yahoo for free most of them are still there i started with hosting of 45 bucks i believe a few months later it was already $300 but the profits where amazing high for this time yahoo traffic rocks

Juicy D. Links · 03-20-2002, 05:34 PM

Just a dollar and a dream.................

quiet · 03-20-2002, 05:50 PM

$0. my free university web space came in handy back in '96 ;)

Brad Mitchell · 03-20-2002, 09:33 PM

Shit. Am I the only one that spent like 100k to get in this business? Hrmmm. Well, hindsight is 20/20! I guess it's all good now but it sure did suck that first year in business. LOL

Brad

UnseenWorld · 03-20-2002, 09:50 PM

I started out after a bankruptcy, flat broke. However, I got through my bankruptcy with a camera. Started selling photos in packs of 10 for $25 mail order. Went online about five years ago when my lab complained my negs were getting beat up from so much processing. At this time I was doing freelance graphic design and copywriting for print media. I was one of the first photographers on the WWW. I charged money to get into galleries of photos of individual girls. When XPics became dominant, I started doing WWW-oriented work full time and rode XPics until it imploded. Three years ago, I opened up my pay site, GirlsDotCom.com. A year after that, I decided to start selling my photography to the world at large, and that's the way it's been ever since. No particular investment other than to pay expenses as they happened.

Pornwolf · 03-20-2002, 10:08 PM

Unseen, that had to be the most in depth short biz history I've seen anyone write anywhere. You coulda gone into the Cliff's notes business if pics didn't pan out!

LiveDose · 03-20-2002, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
$0. my free university web space came in handy back in '96 ;)

haha too funny, yeah I remember a good amount of edu porn sites back then...

Bobo · 03-21-2002, 01:04 AM

Sin, did you honestly invest 100k when you started? Where did come up with that kind of cash.

Fuck, if I had that to begin with I would never have gotten into this.

I was fucking broke and I was learning html as I went along.

Truthfully, I wish I could be making as much as I do doing something else. I can't tell anybody what my 'business' is...porn just isn't a nice thing to talk about with the neighbours.

kangaroo · 03-21-2002, 01:28 AM

705 bucks per month

Sexymail · 03-21-2002, 02:41 AM

When i started in '97, i paid some scammers by the name of JWS back then, but since then they have went out of business, about 3k to do some scripting and design and make it nice and turnkey for me.

I ran that sucker into the ground within 5 months and went to jail for 1 yr over some other BS, and when i got out, i got a job for about a year. Then decided to get back into porn.

This is when i was a bit older and a bit smarter and my capitol at the time was near 0. I shot some content, whored it out and saved up a little at a time to invest in other small projects, now life is good.

THE END

Jakke PNG · 03-21-2002, 03:10 AM

I won't say. But it's less than 100k.

tradermcduck · 03-21-2002, 07:44 AM

I started with a bikini site in the good old times when tripod PAYED webmasters for using their free webspace. Webmasters got $1 CPM - those were the days :-)

Theo · 03-21-2002, 07:56 AM

$30 domain and hosting package from acidhost (suddenly dissapeared). No money ........

ldinternet · 03-21-2002, 08:00 AM

$0

i wish my expenses were still $0 per month.

shoot to thrill!

Amputate Your Head · 03-21-2002, 08:15 AM

Standard response: A 12 pack, a buffalo wing, and a prayer.

Real response: Approximately $12K in hardware & software (and miscellaneous) and 6 months worth of time and effort setting up actual physical gear and non-tangible foundation. (remember... *start-up* costs... )

(this estimate has been trimmed to only include actual straightforward startup costs from the day the word "GO!" was laid in stone.... it does not include the time invested in years of practical experience, research, ongoing operating expense or the almighty learning curve. Would be damn hard to put a price tag on all that....)

it's been a damn fun ride so far..... things are ever changing.... and you must be ever adapting.... you gotta ride that fucker like a big ass wave off the North Shore.

(or be eaten by a shark)

Juge · 03-28-2002, 09:25 AM

$0.00

I used free pics and free hosting.

Damn.

Why can't it be that easy now?

Krutoy · 03-28-2002, 10:07 AM

i started with a dream, and...................... wait a sec i am still in that dream, i dind't move no where ??

mule · 03-28-2002, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Juge
$0.00

I used free pics and free hosting.

Damn.

Why can't it be that easy now?

Actually, it still is. That's how I started off 6 months ago, then moved to paid hosting from the profits, and even *gasp* bought some content later. I'm not rich by any means (yet) but I'm making a more comfortable living out of it than any job I've had before.

Jakke PNG · 03-28-2002, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
[B]
(or be eaten by a shark)

I will probably be eaten by a shark soon. It would be just my luck.

SNOW · 03-28-2002, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gemini
We bartered livestock back in the mid 90's to get started. Of course we rustled them! I drove the truck and he gathered the critters up.

I know GEM and this is a true story LOL

Brad Mitchell · 03-28-2002, 02:35 PM

Bobo

The money that I invested in about the first 8 months was about 100k. I started by buying someone's business... I got defrauded but that's another story. I was 50k into that purchase before my lawyer did his tricks. Most of the money I used to fund my business was the highest risk loan possible - I used my credit cards. Fortunately, I had excellent credit and about 140k available on various Visas and Mastercards - lol!

I did whatever I had to do to keep my business going!!

Brad

Juge · 03-31-2002, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mule

Actually, it still is. That's how I started off 6 months ago, then moved to paid hosting from the profits, and even *gasp* bought some content later. I'm not rich by any means (yet) but I'm making a more comfortable living out of it than any job I've had before.

Oh, hey, wait a second... you're right!

Ted · 03-31-2002, 09:19 PM

I started out by spending nothing, as I made a little bit of money on free hosts I put it into domains and hosting.

My only regret is that If I had bought a domain and got a proper host to start with then I would have left my day job six months sooner

bhutocracy · 04-01-2002, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SinEmpire
Bobo

The money that I invested in about the first 8 months was about 100k. I started by buying someone's business... I got defrauded but that's another story. I was 50k into that purchase before my lawyer did his tricks. Most of the money I used to fund my business was the highest risk loan possible - I used my credit cards. Fortunately, I had excellent credit and about 140k available on various Visas and Mastercards - lol!

I did whatever I had to do to keep my business going!!

Brad

lol credit cards are THE instant small porn business loan!..

140k tho.. not exactly a small business.. phew.. how many cards is that spread over???

Rictor · 04-01-2002, 12:48 AM

For the first few months...nothing...then $15 a month (got kicked off of course) at some paid host for AVS...then $200 for 2 domains at Network Solutions and $60 a month hosting (got kicked off there too)...then I forget how much for some content cds...then I went back to free hosting and didn't spend another penny for a couple years (except on domains).

Paul Markham · 04-01-2002, 03:05 AM

Forgive me I'm confused.

YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OPEN A WEBSITE???

We thought it was all for free.

Jakke PNG · 04-01-2002, 03:20 AM

Actually.. I spend all my money on adult sites. So the correct answer is not $# but 100%, and I started with 0$, ahh.
All my income goes out to expanding. Gladly I have a GF to pay my bills.

pornJester · 04-01-2002, 06:35 AM

i started with a piece of twine and a leaky water jug, and the rest is history

Xa Graphics · 04-01-2002, 06:49 AM

NickieBabe · 04-01-2002, 07:20 AM

Hey...
We girls paid nothing..
We had an 3some with some webguy and he bought every thing for us

Kisses
Sandra & NickieBabe

03-20-2002, 03:40 PM	#1
Bobo Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,253	How much $$$ did you use to start your BIZ? When you started your adult site, how much did it cost you? Are you light years ahead of those good ol' days? I invested $100 in getting my sited hosted after saving that money using banner ads on free hosts - I had no costs using free hosts. A month after, I was paying $400, next month $1000 and the rest is history. I wouldn't be as confident doing that now as I did then (in 1999). Hosts seem more unreliable (they were then too) then before and it seems that nobody gives traffic like they use to. You either have to pay for it or follow so many rules that you can't make money or get traffic to your site anyway.

03-20-2002, 03:48 PM	#5
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03-20-2002, 03:57 PM	#8
Jamie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: CelebPay.com Posts: 2,517	Back when domains were free and I stole the content from your sites, so $0 Life was a lot of fun back in 97' __________________ CelebPay: Promote Celebrity Reviews i/c/q - :1851935

03-20-2002, 04:05 PM	#9
tha_timinator Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 590	once upon a time... a long long time ago... i started a fansite about a supermodel (= 'public domain content') on the free bannerless space that was included with my free access account... yes yes i too was an 'i want it all 4 free'-kid once __________________ CELEBRITYSTART.COM

03-20-2002, 04:36 PM	#14
Evil Chris OG Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 3rd from the Sun Posts: 13,233	We were making 2K+ per month on clicks alone from Webpower in 95/96... It was fucking crazy then... __________________ It PAYZE to post on GFY chris at payze.com \| Skype chriswrp

03-20-2002, 03:43 PM	#2
funkmaster So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: shell beach Posts: 7,938	$85 for a domain, and $99.95 for virtual hosting ...

03-20-2002, 03:45 PM	#3
Rod Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: MTL, QC, CAN Posts: 1,243	0$ I started working for a friend (in the adult biz), THEN I bought domains + virtual hosting package to begin...

03-20-2002, 03:48 PM	#4
pipp Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Where the sun don't shine Posts: 1,185	I payd about 150$ for a domain name and 1 year hosting back in the beginning of 1998. 20mb storage 5 gigs of montly transfer

03-20-2002, 03:51 PM	#6
Gemini Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: o-HI-o Posts: 7,183	We bartered livestock back in the mid 90's to get started. Of course we rustled them! I drove the truck and he gathered the critters up.

03-20-2002, 03:51 PM	#7
Martin "Assassins" Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: At home Posts: 17,277	5 bucks..

03-20-2002, 04:12 PM	#10
Bobo Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,253	HAHAHAHA! I love the livestock comment Rod, I know so many people that got there start like you...working for somebody in the biz and branching out on there own. I'm only in this business still because it pays slightly better than anything else I can get working elsewhere, but the greatest benefit is working for myself, on my own time, on my own terms. Nothing beats being your own boss

03-20-2002, 04:13 PM	#11
miguel7 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Czech Republic, Brno Posts: 139	$0 and with debt...

03-20-2002, 04:15 PM	#12
Bobo Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,253	Miguel, I do remember a few guys starting out just as I was. They were doing a different type of site than me. One guy in particular...I dunno, he was never able to get his site to catch on. He was doing a 'Big Titty' TGP type thing. He went offline, then came back online with his own domain in 2000 and sent me the addy. It was last updated in April 2001 and is still up. I tried emailing him but no reply. Kinda feel sorry for him, ya know.

03-20-2002, 04:34 PM	#13
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I started with $0 using sponser content and freehosting. I bought my first content CD from a company that went out of biz a while ago. It had 3500 pics in 10 categories and they only wanted $35 for it and that included the license. . . no wonder they disappeared

03-20-2002, 05:14 PM	#16
kmanrox aka K-Man Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Gutter Posts: 29,292	i robbed lensman when he was in the Bronx, now here I am =-/ __________________ Crypto HODLr Crypto mining Angel investor

03-20-2002, 05:24 PM	#17
Ragnar man Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NL / USA Posts: 95	well actually it was 0$ one of my friends was actually running a hosting company so i ordered a lot of celeb domain names wich where submitted to yahoo for free most of them are still there i started with hosting of 45 bucks i believe a few months later it was already $300 but the profits where amazing high for this time yahoo traffic rocks

03-20-2002, 05:34 PM	#18
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Just a dollar and a dream.................

03-20-2002, 05:50 PM	#19
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	$0. my free university web space came in handy back in '96 ;)

03-20-2002, 09:33 PM	#20
Brad Mitchell Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southfield, MI Posts: 9,812	Shit. Am I the only one that spent like 100k to get in this business? Hrmmm. Well, hindsight is 20/20! I guess it's all good now but it sure did suck that first year in business. LOL Brad __________________ President at MojoHost \| brad at mojohost dot com \| Skype MojoHostBrad 71 industry awards for hosting and professional excellence since 1999

03-20-2002, 09:50 PM	#21
UnseenWorld Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 5,279	I started out after a bankruptcy, flat broke. However, I got through my bankruptcy with a camera. Started selling photos in packs of 10 for $25 mail order. Went online about five years ago when my lab complained my negs were getting beat up from so much processing. At this time I was doing freelance graphic design and copywriting for print media. I was one of the first photographers on the WWW. I charged money to get into galleries of photos of individual girls. When XPics became dominant, I started doing WWW-oriented work full time and rode XPics until it imploded. Three years ago, I opened up my pay site, GirlsDotCom.com. A year after that, I decided to start selling my photography to the world at large, and that's the way it's been ever since. No particular investment other than to pay expenses as they happened. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

03-20-2002, 10:08 PM	#22
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	Unseen, that had to be the most in depth short biz history I've seen anyone write anywhere. You coulda gone into the Cliff's notes business if pics didn't pan out!

03-21-2002, 01:04 AM	#24
Bobo Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,253	Sin, did you honestly invest 100k when you started? Where did come up with that kind of cash. Fuck, if I had that to begin with I would never have gotten into this. I was fucking broke and I was learning html as I went along. Truthfully, I wish I could be making as much as I do doing something else. I can't tell anybody what my 'business' is...porn just isn't a nice thing to talk about with the neighbours.

03-21-2002, 01:28 AM	#25
kangaroo Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 112	705 bucks per month

03-21-2002, 02:41 AM	#26
Sexymail So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 350	When i started in '97, i paid some scammers by the name of JWS back then, but since then they have went out of business, about 3k to do some scripting and design and make it nice and turnkey for me. I ran that sucker into the ground within 5 months and went to jail for 1 yr over some other BS, and when i got out, i got a job for about a year. Then decided to get back into porn. This is when i was a bit older and a bit smarter and my capitol at the time was near 0. I shot some content, whored it out and saved up a little at a time to invest in other small projects, now life is good. THE END

03-21-2002, 03:10 AM	#27
Jakke PNG ex-TeenGodFather Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suomi Finland Perkele Posts: 20,306	I won't say. But it's less than 100k. __________________ ..and I'm off.

03-21-2002, 07:44 AM	#28
tradermcduck Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Europe - By the way I know my nickname sucks ;-) Posts: 2,362	I started with a bikini site in the good old times when tripod PAYED webmasters for using their free webspace. Webmasters got $1 CPM - those were the days :-)

03-21-2002, 07:56 AM	#29
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	$30 domain and hosting package from acidhost (suddenly dissapeared). No money ........ Last edited by Theo; 03-21-2002 at 07:57 AM..

03-21-2002, 08:00 AM	#30
ldinternet Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 8,245	$0 i wish my expenses were still $0 per month. shoot to thrill!

03-21-2002, 08:15 AM	#31
Amputate Your Head There can be only one Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 39,075	Standard response: A 12 pack, a buffalo wing, and a prayer. Real response: Approximately $12K in hardware & software (and miscellaneous) and 6 months worth of time and effort setting up actual physical gear and non-tangible foundation. (remember... start-up costs... ) (this estimate has been trimmed to only include actual straightforward startup costs from the day the word "GO!" was laid in stone.... it does not include the time invested in years of practical experience, research, ongoing operating expense or the almighty learning curve. Would be damn hard to put a price tag on all that....) it's been a damn fun ride so far..... things are ever changing.... and you must be ever adapting.... you gotta ride that fucker like a big ass wave off the North Shore. (or be eaten by a shark) __________________ SIG TOO BIG

03-28-2002, 09:25 AM	#32
Juge Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,917	$0.00 I used free pics and free hosting. Damn. Why can't it be that easy now?

03-28-2002, 10:07 AM	#33
Krutoy Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: newyork Posts: 211	i started with a dream, and...................... wait a sec i am still in that dream, i dind't move no where ??

03-28-2002, 02:35 PM	#37
Brad Mitchell Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southfield, MI Posts: 9,812	Bobo The money that I invested in about the first 8 months was about 100k. I started by buying someone's business... I got defrauded but that's another story. I was 50k into that purchase before my lawyer did his tricks. Most of the money I used to fund my business was the highest risk loan possible - I used my credit cards. Fortunately, I had excellent credit and about 140k available on various Visas and Mastercards - lol! I did whatever I had to do to keep my business going!! Brad __________________ President at MojoHost \| brad at mojohost dot com \| Skype MojoHostBrad 71 industry awards for hosting and professional excellence since 1999

03-31-2002, 09:19 PM	#39
Ted Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 830	I started out by spending nothing, as I made a little bit of money on free hosts I put it into domains and hosting. My only regret is that If I had bought a domain and got a proper host to start with then I would have left my day job six months sooner

04-01-2002, 12:48 AM	#41
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	For the first few months...nothing...then $15 a month (got kicked off of course) at some paid host for AVS...then $200 for 2 domains at Network Solutions and $60 a month hosting (got kicked off there too)...then I forget how much for some content cds...then I went back to free hosting and didn't spend another penny for a couple years (except on domains). Last edited by Rictor; 04-01-2002 at 12:49 AM..

04-01-2002, 03:05 AM	#42
Paul Markham Too old to care Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: On the sofa, watching TV or doing my jigsaws. Posts: 52,943	Forgive me I'm confused. YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OPEN A WEBSITE??? We thought it was all for free. __________________ Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500. PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70