At present I am working on a website. I am pondering how's best to at least collect some monies to offset the web host charges.
Here's about my site:
a. Having google map pre-loaded with all amenities/services information.
b. Public can add comments on any business listings.e. Like gothere.sg, they can search something like whores at Geylang, chillies crabs at East Coast ...
c. Members can add property listings for rental/sales. Like streetsine.sg, they can add properties listings for rental/sales...
d. Members can add business listings like yellow pages.
e. Public can locate on Google Map by postal code, businesses, project name...
f. Webhosting charges expected to be in the range like 50USD / month.
g. I wondering how best I can collect some monies at least to offset that 50USD/month overheads.
h. I am choosing between a membership subscription model and advertising revenue model.
i. Seriously will someone pay to put up a listing?
j. If I choose advertising revenue model, how much I can probably collected from there?
k. If I put up a donation button, what could be the chances someone will indeed donate some monies?
l. I would like to put up my url, however it still under development, I shall up up the link once I had completed Alpha testing. The site will be something between gothere.sg (without the route suggestion) and streetsine.sg (without the sms)
m. All constructive comments are welcome.
i. - You know... people will want to see the % and the no. of audiences to your website....
k. - Very hard. Asian people is just not like ang mos who will really donates.