trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 My family is in a **** financial situation, my parents bring home practically $0 every month, and I was wondering whether I could set up a webby for some $. Besides pr0n, what can I do that can make some bucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganpugh84 Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi, I am sorry to hear about your unfortunate financial problems. I hope that they are resolved soon. Regarding making a website... The problems with websites to make money is you need quite a bit of money to back it in the first place. You need to take into account that you will need good hosting (and bandwidth) as well as advertising. Neither of these are free (not if the website is going to make profit anyway). Also you need to have something that nobody else has or that you have the cheapest available service (if it already exisits). Also it will take a long time for the site to start making any profit because you will need a consistent userbase to keep the cash coming in. You did not mention if you (or any brothers and sisters) have a job (or if you are old enough to have a job?). If you don't have a job but are old enough then I suggest you give that a try. It might not be the best job in the world but if you need cash any job will do. Also what about your local council or government? I assume you live in a western country? If so I think all governments have systems to help people. My partner and I are both 19. I work full time and she works half time and we have a 21 month old daughter. We receieve help from the government for things like child care and reduced TAX and other charges such as Council Tax. If you ever want to chat send me a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 Actually I'm only around 13. I think I could persuade my dad into setting up a PayPal account and he will handle the payments. Any ideas for what kind of website I could make? I think a donation system *could* work? Also, I have about 3-5GB of transfer and 80MB of space with MYSQL PHP and stuff as my resources... My friend hosts me for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**marisa** Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 the problem is that it just costs a huge amount of money to just provide a service... for example, amazon hasn't made any money from selling books yet... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 the problem is that it just costs a huge amount of money to just provide a service...for example, amazon hasn't made any money from selling books yet... :blink: I was thinking of making a website specialising in smilies, and out of goodwill, they could donate? And if people REALLY like them, I could consider making those better smilies in a paid access system too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**marisa** Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 unfortunately there is already a huge industry... http://www.google.com/search?q=smilies&sou...=utf-8&oe=utf-8 i dunno :unsure: the problem is that every1 is looking for a quick money fix... Off topic: how did 100 posts happen in 24 hrs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 woah, 24 hours and 100 posts?! I was thinking of having huge networks and links, I would try out for about few months... and of course I'll make them unique, so unique that other websites don't have them... I have the patience though... I can't think of anything else that I'm good at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I dont forsee a donation system working. At 13 shouldnt your parents be looking after you? Not one to pry, but a 13 year old taking on these responsibilities is just wrong. I'm willing to offer help with any site you make, I'll certainly advertise it on my personal sites and should get you a few hits if nothing else. There are literally thousands of free smilies out there, as well as emoticon creators that you can download. Best of luck with this if you choose it, but you may need to think of something else. Web layouts are usually a good idea, your local library should have some books on php / asp scripting, making php backbones can certainly bring in the cash. Best of luck, I'll certainly advertise you whatever you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted January 7, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 7, 2004 trenzterra, sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation. I as well am willing to help out where I can in your puisuite of a site. If you need some high bandwidth, high storage hosting for cheap, checkout http://xitocreations.com. I pay 10 a month for hosting + a static ip. Just a thought. Good luck in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Off topic: how did 100 posts happen in 24 hrs? Perhaps you accidentally left yourself logged into NeoWin and your boyf spammed the boards while you were away? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 I guess I'll try smilies for a while. I'll probably design about 100+ smilies first. If anyone wants to help me in getting a huge database up please PM me too. Thankss for all your support :) Actually I'm killing two birds in one stone. I don't know what to create too, and I like creating websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 I just made a smiley, it was originally meant to be an alien, but then it didn't look like one... Even me myself don't know what it looks like now. What do you think it is? I thought it looked nice as a nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Thinner neck, bigger head.. Drugs are bad... mmmmkay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Give it some dreds :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenzterra Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 What are dreds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 dreadlocks - afro-carribean-jamaican style. Basically black hippies who dont wash fashion their hair into thick long clumps that looks nothing but silly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Here's a prime example of someone with dreads... ...brought to you by http://www.howtodread.com :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 lol - as I said... nothing but silly :) Nice find ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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