Ask HN: How can a community website make money to sustain itself?

1 pointsby trapped12315 anni fa3 comments

I am thinking of creating a community website to undertake community improvement intiatives. I am curious to find out what options are available in order to make sure that the site is able to sustain itself. The possible options I am thinking of are -

    Asking for donation
    Google Ads
    Referral links to Amazon etc.

Are there any other means of making some small revenues for these types of websites.

3 comments

rcavezza15 anni fa

local business ads - extremely well targeted and higher cpm than Google ads. Also maybe you can get government funding of some kind.

trapped12315 anni fa

Thanks for your reply. Is there some ad network specially targetting local ads?

rcavezza15 anni fa

most do but you don't get a premium - i would call 10-20 businesses in your town.