How to monetize a filesharing site?

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james12

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Dec 27, 2008

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• Jul 18, 2009

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I own a filesharing site, but I don't know how to monetize it.
I thought about pay per install/zangocash.
What do you think is there a better way to monetize it?
If someone has a good idea, I will share revenue.

The site has 1500 daily visits.

 

bzy39

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Jan 15, 2009

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• Jul 18, 2009

• #2

well, if you could concept it like share cash or see other site like uploading, easy share etc

 

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SpamRaider

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• Jul 18, 2009

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You could make people sign up to download stuff and sell there details to the film and record industry for $10 a lead (only a joke)

 

Mr.Whitehat

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• Jul 18, 2009

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pm me the sitename. we can do some brainstorming

 

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MajorProblems

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• Jul 18, 2009

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Try implementing a 10 second wait before downloads, and placing some PPC ads around the page, might get your user to click on them before downloading.

 

Black_Hat_freak

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• Jul 18, 2009

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Charge for better speed and larger file size.

 

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• Jul 19, 2009

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Charge for better speed at BH_freak said, also maybe put up Zango/another PPI. Some people see Zango and immediately close the window however, so it's a risk.

 

bzy39

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• Jul 19, 2009

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or you can use BlackHatCodeBreaker or CPA lead

 

koshiro

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• Jul 19, 2009

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You probably need a lot more traffic to actually make some good money from display adverts... and there's a lot of competition for premium services.

CPA offers like sharecash would be a good quick earner if you don't mind annoying users.

 

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stealthisblog

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• Jul 19, 2009

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I would suggest having full page ads or PPC ads. CPA would work but it would annoy users and get you a very, very bad rep and chase users away, plus it would screw people from smaller countries. If you have some type of premium download they can buy with paypal (its easy to setup) where they don't have to wait 30 seconds or so you can end up making the same amount as you would with CPA offers, which is what most uploading websites do.