Created a rewards based image hosting / sharing site feedback or advise

aasimenator

aasimenator

MCITP 2008
Reseller
Herald
Hi,

So each year I try to create an internet startup and fail miserably due to my own faults. there were plenty of failed businesses.
eg.
angrysync.com - a dropbox /google drive like site.
yourserverguru.com - Server support
eserverguru - same as above
365hostingsolutions.com - dedicated / vps servers
alphasystemsinc.com - back when i thought of starting my own business.
24sevensolutions.com - old business site after alphasystemsinc
24seven.pro - current business site - nothing done on it for the past 2 years
wackytechtips.com - Blog which is actually doing decently, i upload howto guides for server, news and many more.

and my most recent one is imagebros.com

This i created an image hosting website where users can share their images and also earn money, now usually every other image site have been doing this but they pay only for adult content, where as i am going to pay for any image if its not claimed in copyright. I have spent some money & time building the site up and its almost ready. I am offering free personal accounts right now with unlimited storage for a limited time.

There are different Tiers for rewards and each tier has a list of countries, people can earn upto $6 per 1000 views which is also the highest. I have inserted popads.net as the affiliate from which i will be earning also installed adblock detection so the site will not load if adblock is detected.

since this is a new launch you can request features you'd like for me to add or provide feedback to change something you didn't like.
 
Pop-ups are fine since everyone is doing it nowadays but...
installed adblock detection so the site will not load if adblock is detected.
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^detrimental to the site's success. You barely started and have already enabled anti-adblock measures. If your users post original contents then its understandable but they won't. The only site which I think is popular enough to do is imgur but even they don't do it.
Hope your cash reward payment will be feasible enough.
 
You have spend a fortune on ur startup it seems. Are you doing this full-time or in spare time ?

I would suggest blog too as your site can promote more for original contents by letting them know best techniques to create original ! Just a suggestion [emoji5]

By the way how much you are paying monthly on rackspace cloud server ?
 
@princeoo7
not really, domains are cheap to buy, and i put in the effort to create and host sites (i know a thing or 2 about web designing) only thing i suck at is marketing and sales after creating these businesses.

I do already have a blog like i said which is my original content guides based on Windows servers, tutorials etc. but those too i dont get much time to do.

as for how much it costs. well its free for me as the rackspace account is of my clients and i manage it so the owner has given me rights to use and create as many sites as i want on their cloud rackspace account as its unlimited storage unlimited bandwidth etc.. but if i had to purchase one it would be approx 100-150 usd$
 
aasimenator said:
@princeoo7
not really, domains are cheap to buy, and i put in the effort to create and host sites (i know a thing or 2 about web designing) only thing i suck at is marketing and sales after creating these businesses.

I do already have a blog like i said which is my original content guides based on Windows servers, tutorials etc. but those too i dont get much time to do.

as for how much it costs. well its free for me as the rackspace account is of my clients and i manage it so the owner has given me rights to use and create as many sites as i want on their cloud rackspace account as its unlimited storage unlimited bandwidth etc.. but if i had to purchase one it would be approx 100-150 usd$
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Lucky one to cloud account for usage for free :D
 
Well I really feel that you jump the boat too much. You seem to lack the enthusiasm to do it long time if you don't make any $.
As Sam Altmann said, make a product which people love. The money will come later.
 
well @iPwnz i do agree with you, but heres the thing after creating site what now?

i am good at the technical stuff and i got my site working in a weeks time and got everything setup. now what? how do i drive in customers so they and i can make money as well.

i contacted a few uploaders on KickAss torrents but i got banned for spamming same thinh happened on the other famous sites.

I believe my core audience is these uploaders who will upload screenshots of their torrent files and drive in views. i dont mind keeping this going as i have invested around 10k in this project. but leaving things running doesnt mean that users will come in automatically.. i have to find a way to attract users which is why i was offering the rewards on all images instead of just adult content.
 
Now that you mention it torrent files uploaders would be a great area for you.
I think that you can start by doing it yourself. You know what to upload...ahemm..ahemm.. :D
What they currently use already have tons of ads anyway.
 
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