I am thinking about creating a site for the teen (preteen as well) market, what kind of site would you consider. I am not interestd in the traditional social networking and gaming sites. Any ideas. I am talking about content site more than community, though that could always be integrated ata later stage.
Dont try and sell anything, teens and preteens dont have paypal and credit cards, the only thing i'd see if your not willing to do games and social networking is a forum. So your profit would have to rely on adsense. Or just think, when teens aren't on myspace or facebook where are they. Well me as a teen can tell you that im looking for ways to make money of the internet, but im one of a kind. Most of my friends go on myspace and hotmail, very few on games, or else they dont go at all. i hope i've helped you a little.
Take a look at my site, www.dadidu.com , I tried to do something different, the main target for this site is preteens but anybody can enjoy the cartoons and stuff, they are pretty funny, I think. It has games but pretty basic ones since I wanted the focus of the site to be on the characters, my business model is based entirely on them, take a look at it, I hope you can get some ideas for your project. Good luck.