How much does dp make?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Gomar, Jan 1, 2008.

  1. #1
    I heard before people say the owner of dp, is a millionaire. But how much can this forum actually make. Just curious. Its probably one of the biggest forum in the world.
     
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  2. darkar12

    darkar12 Active Member

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    Well, hmm....I'd say it has made over 1 mil easily...
     
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  3. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    It makes like 15k/month
     
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    arabSquad Well-Known Member

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    #4
    yep i bet something like w3bmaster said .. there's no way it would be earning a million .. specially with the ad revenue sharing feature
     
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  5. houselistedfree

    houselistedfree Peon

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    But still 15k is nothing to laugh at? Wish I would have thought of it.
     
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  6. Gomar

    Gomar Well-Known Member

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    15k a month is not much at all. Considering the maintenance of mods it needs. And a large decidcated server and probably 24hr maintenace on that too.
     
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  7. Shazz

    Shazz Prominent Member

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    #7
    Its not an official business :eek:
    So thats still not bad
     
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  8. Gomar

    Gomar Well-Known Member

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    Ya... But there are thousands and thousands of people trying to make forums and most fail. DP is one of the ones that has the most success ever. Look at it , there's basically 2000 users on the forum on all times 24/7. And it only makes 15k a month?

    That basically to me means, forums ain't worth the risk considering the risk/work/payout ratio.

    I would expect dp to earn more than that, it probably spends a few thousand to run this site per month so the profit ain't that large really.
     
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  9. Shazz

    Shazz Prominent Member

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    I wonder how much in donations...
     
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    Overclock099 Notable Member

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    #10
    If Shawn millionaire, he will not asking for donation..;)
     
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  11. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    #11
    Not anything is made for the money

    Shawn has olso other businesses so this was made as a hobby and with a pasion

    A hobby making 15k that's the great part
     
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    garythomas9323 Banned

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    #12
    15k :eek::eek: lol...a lot more for sure !:cool::cool:
     
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  13. wragge11

    wragge11 Guest

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    #13
    Didn't Shawn purchase a new server like a year ago for a couple hundred $$$,$$$.$$?

    Dan
     
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  14. Matsuri

    Matsuri Peon

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    #14
    That is the most important part. I respect that.
     
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  15. deluxdon

    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    #15
    Discussed so many times here at DP but only shawn can give proper answer for this :p

    15k to 20k/month IMO ;)
     
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  16. wragge11

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    #16
    Agree with you, DP is growing all the time, I guess 25k a month by the end of the year!

    Forums are VERY hard to make money off with AdSense!
     
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  17. ZooYork

    ZooYork Peon

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    #17
    15k a month not bad
     
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  18. Gomar

    Gomar Well-Known Member

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    Well, I would of just expected more than 15k for one of the biggest forum on the Internet. I know how hard it is to make money with adsense on forums. Conversion rate is like 0.001%
     
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    Yes, it's true. Making money & getting click thru, especially from webmasters is very difficult to get.
     
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  20. Rohit patel

    Rohit patel Prominent Member

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    #20
    Well DP should be make money from $15k to $20k per month. Most of money from Google Adsense.
     
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