The Image Hosting Sites Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Yevgeny, Jun 7, 2008.

  1. ColorWP.com

    ColorWP.com Notable Member

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    #21
    Yes, image hosting business is over saturated, but you can still make money there with good advertisement. Also, as far as I know, CPM advertisement tends to work better on those sites, because the visitors don't click much, but only look on the image.
     
    ColorWP.com, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    #22
    what CPM ads to use in imagehosting site cause adsense is not going to work well...any CPM ads other than Adbrite??
     
    myadsense, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    #23
    I run one hosting site atm
    hostpic.info - its for my personal uses,because others are too slow
     
    macglobin, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    #24
    Hey guys, I just started IMGIR.

    finding ways to promote it now I guess.
     
    gerritpoel, Jun 16, 2008 IP
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    #25
    The first thing that you have to do is fix the script. :)

     
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  6. ColorWP.com

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    #26
    Doesn't open here.

    You made a good work mate. The layout is great and you have chosen a nice favicon.

    Good luck with it!
     
    ColorWP.com, Jun 18, 2008 IP
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    #27
    Thanks man, I have been working on it. Going to find ways to promote it soon, however i'm not home at the moment.

    Anyways, any tipps on promotion?
     
    gerritpoel, Jun 21, 2008 IP
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    #28
    The best way to kick start an image hosting site is by uploading adult images and posting them at popular, high-trafficed adult forums (yes, some people/hosts may consider it unethical/unallowed, but it really does bring some nice amount of traffic). Another way is by uploading and posting interesting celebrity pictures, which tend to be a lot of popular around the internet.

    And the best tip, always find a way to mention your site in a related discussion. For example, see where I got my site with almost no effort from my side - Image Pik :) After a few months of laziness and letting the site sit there (I did some of the above promotion methods at the start), the site makes a few cents everyday. I know that this is not much, but considering AdBrite is not so good as it comes to high earnings and high CTR and I can not use AdSense since I am banned. Multiply this and let each of the sites grow and you will see the potential...
     
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    #29
    mrgee - do you mind sharing what are the sites you post pictures to to drive the traffic in?
     
    Yevgeny, Jun 24, 2008 IP
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    #30
    Mrgee got some good advice.
    I'll try and follow those, got any sites to recommend?
     
    gerritpoel, Jun 26, 2008 IP
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    #33
    I working on quite a few things at the moment, but have always been interested in an image site, so will look into it further when i get time.

    How profitable is it really though ? - for example how many uniques do you need to get a day to make $1/day.

    :)
     
    tommygswfc, Jul 25, 2008 IP
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    #34
    It all depends on your niche of images.
     
    thefreebielife, Jul 26, 2008 IP
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    #35

    Where do you enter the ad-code into the script.
    I've had a good look through, and its really strarting to pee me off!

    Tom :)
     
    tommygswfc, Sep 5, 2008 IP
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    #36
    Its probably good to know a bit about code, becuase your sites where vulnerable and have been hacked and defaced.
     
    Dollar, Dec 23, 2008 IP
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    #37
    till now i think yabsoft has better script for imagehosting

    you can see my image hosting site at imagesfox.com the template is little bit different cause i make some change

    i hasn't fully optimize the site cause i`m still using share host, cause i`m afraid if i optimize the script the host will suspended my site lol
     
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    #38
    When I had a image hosting site I use only google ads and as for seo I commented on webmaster forums.
     
    river, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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