Funding a website without selling user data or advertisements
I have been reading hacker news for quite a while and love what I've found on this site. I am thinking of starting a website but I am having a funding problem. I do not want to sell user data and I really do not like advertisements. I would like to be able to offer the service for free but I also need to be able to pay the bills. Has anybody had any success with alternate funding models? How would I go about making this work?
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Donations.
Sell stuff that people will pay money for.
Get a 2nd job.
Kickstarter project with overblown promises.
Really, we'd all love to do something and have all the costs magically paid for, but there's no magic solution.
Really, we'd all love to do something and have all the costs magically paid for, but there's no magic solution.
How about a freemium model. Some services are free and for some better services you charge something,
read this http://www.getelastic.com/7-business-models-for-monetizing-d...
what is your website about?
what is your website about?
If you want to check it out you can at symposium.dyladan.me
I don't have any ssl yet though so i'd be wary of putting in any passwords you share with other sites if you are going to sign up.
I don't have any ssl yet though so i'd be wary of putting in any passwords you share with other sites if you are going to sign up.
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As I understand it, Dwarf Fortress survives entirely on donations and Hyperbole and a Half survives entirely on selling products. The author of the second isn't comfortable with either donations or ads.