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Originally Posted by Pseudonymous
Good money isn't making 1500-2000 a month, or atleast not in the original posters view.
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I'm sorry I disagree, that is exceptional money if someone has only invested $5000 in their site slash program.
That means that they will have broken even in 3 months or less. Can you think of any other business model, online or offline where a new legal business venture starts and can break even in such a small amount of time? I can't off the top of my head.
As I mentioned above, we have a client right now working on a selection of tube style sites and an affiliate program, I can be certain that as long as THEY don't screw anything up, they're gonna be making pure profit within 3-6 months max, possibly sooner.
They didnt have anything when starting this project, no domain names, no web hosting, no site design, no content, to date on 'inventory' alone, they have spent less than $3500, that includes 30 domain names, 12 months of hosting and enough content to see them through 6 months of updates to their members areas. This client could have gone the route of what is being described by a few people in this thread and blown through $10,000 plus to achieve exactly the same thing, t they didn't because they are micro managing their finances and budgeting accordingly, they have an idea of how much the sites are going to cost them in the 1st year, they have a goal of natural affiliate growth of only 5% every quarter, with a sales goal of 2 a day, bare minimums, realistic sales goals for a company with next to no experience in adult.
If they meet their sales goals of 2 sales a day, at $30 a month for a membership, they stand to make $1800 a month, that isn't even counting rebills and new sales on month two. After 2 months, they will have made their initial investment back, plus still have content on hand so they realistically do not have to reinvest for content for 6 months. Around $12,000 in revenue for 6 months on a project that is costing them less than half of that... If they meet their expectations which I feel they will because they have the drive, determination and motivation to make it happen.
The thing is, these guys have taken the time to find out information, listen and digest that information, put it to use and actually shop around for products and services they need to open, manage and maintain their new business venture. Sometimes going into things with a set budget is a good thing, even if that budget is low because it means you will actually spend that extra 30 minutes looking for all the available options to you instead of just buying the first thing you find that does what you want.
Ultimately time will tell with this company whether they can achieve their growth and revenue goals but from what I have seen of them so far, they aren't operating based on 'perception' and actually have a pretty solid understanding of the basic principles of business, buy supplies below sales cost, find deals on supplies, negotiate terms with suppliers.