Income-generating website ideas?

[Ralphie]

That's great business ideas.....but if he charges ANYTHING to sell on this forum....then NO ONE will sell shit here.

If im going to pay to sell, why would I use cb7 when I can pay to list on Ebay and get a MUCH wider audience?

I can see the whole "cb7 related so its narrowed down" approach but people who search the classifieds here ALSO use Ebay so your getting more for that 3% on ebay Id say.

Plus on here there is NO security.....so if he charges 3% then when people scam....he HAS to deal with it WAY more then he does now(and he doesn't want to be bothered, hence the separate sections)

[Ralphie]

To make extra money I would do something totally seperate from this site.

As is, all proceeds from here I believe go to keep the site running etc....id assume that goes for the proceeds from the gold/bronze etc memberships...

The site is great because of how it has always been....not sure if trying to make money off of here is going to be lucrative and could end up hurting the site in some fashion.

[GeoffM]

This seems on par with everyone elses dreams:
Small initial investment in a repeating payout scheme.
Continue to make these small schemes until you have a lot of small ones each paying you a little each month.

My current plan?
Pontiac has houses that sometimes go for as little as $100.
I wanted to buy a few of them, fix them (I DO know how) then rent them.
Beyond the inherent risks of renting, I know it will work. My coworker does it.
So, $1500 initial investment, then $700 a month? Can't go wrong there.


Edit: It hasn't paid out yet, but the ads I put over my videos on YouTube are another great way to make money.

[GeoffM]

To make extra money I would do something totally seperate from this site.

As is, all proceeds from here I believe go to keep the site running etc....id assume that goes for the proceeds from the gold/bronze etc memberships...

The site is great because of how it has always been....not sure if trying to make money off of here is going to be lucrative and could end up hurting the site in some fashion.

The ads do provide some money.
Not saying everyone should do this, but he'll get more if everyone clicks on them.
Trust me.

[toycar]

3% would cost someone 1.50 for selling a $50 item. Its not like he would be raking in the dough on the percentage.

Also, he could charge the buyer rather then the seller. Still, the fee would be minimal-and honestly this is probably the worst of my ideas.

He could easily set something up just like TASAuto.com using a drop ship warehouse supplier to supply his parts- and provide accord specific parts and middle man the sales on the back end.

Im not sure if you are familiar with drop shipping partnerships, but basically he just makes the sale and handles the money-then forwards the information the the company holding the items and they ship it for him.


The reworking parts shit could be outsource. I bet a member on here would black house headlights for him, another could make custom grills or re-work fog lights.

Again, for a fee, everyone making a little money so he is not over committed to anything.

Then, he would be able to corner the CB7 market with what people want and he is already aware of what people want.

Maybe kick everyone out of the classifieds in the first place and just call it "Part store" or something like that.

Ebay charges to sell as well. Sure its to a much broader audience, but if it doesnt sell it costs money and people generally go to ebay to get shit cheaper, so it would be appealing to the seller to try a smaller market for a better price. Maybe he could stipulate the fee specific to the sale, and be the authority on the sale just like paypal is for ebay to be sure its legit.


Other reasons the site would be beneficial for him to solicit to, is its already his market. Its HIS market. No one elses. He could stop anyone from selling anything here, and then the only stuff being sold through here could be from him. Anything from ball joints to control arms to H22 short blocks or whatever.

Again, these are just "What if's" but I would consider marketing to the audience thats already here.

Also, if a supplier was difficult to find he could register as mechanic with a local parts store that sells quality stuff, and only order items that someone else has already paid for. Being registered as a business would get him a big enough discount that all he would have to do is sell it for retail and he would make money. I have a mechanics account at Napa and Oreillys.

Who cares if he gets it from napa, and sells it to someone else for a small fee.

Atleast the buyer can trust his judgement and know the part is quality.

[toycar]

So lets say he partnered with this company

http://www.yarkuza.com/

and made his own web page or section on the forum-selling all of the accord specific parts he can get his hands on using generic images.


Once an order is placed, he forwards the shipping information to yarkuza and they ship it for him.

At the end of the month, they send him a bill and he pays it. The difference between what he charged, and what yarkuza charged him=his profit.


Pretty simple if you ask me.

Nobody getting swindled, just basically selling car parts without ever seeing them. Buy for 1 sell for 2.


Maintain the margin on your sales and as volume increases, you'll make money. Keeping the prices competitive while keeping what you offer quality would be the hardest part for Deeve. He would have to keep up on some sort of quality control, and paying his invoices and forwarding the information to the drop shipper.

Thats it though.

The company I listed is probably a bad example, i didnt even look to see what they offer. They are a drop shipping wholesaler though, and thats what Im talking about.

[1990accordex-r]

Not really too sure where the money goes from ads on this forum, but how they laid out their site is pretty neat... I guess. Ads everywhere.
http://www.revscene.net/ and http://www.revscene.net/forums/index.php?s=.

Each sub-forum is open for Businesses to sponsor, Businesses each get their own sub-forum for their products etc.. I've seen deals like 'Mention you are from Revscene and get X% off our product/service.' I'm sure the forum gets a decent cut from those sales.. A few of the 'Internet Marketers' for dealers also are able to make their own account and sell a car through the site http://www.revscene.net/forums/66945...sor-coupe.html
Note the member's title of 'Licensed Dealer'. I'm sure they all have to pay a rate for that.

[deevergote]

To make extra money I would do something totally seperate from this site.

As is, all proceeds from here I believe go to keep the site running etc....id assume that goes for the proceeds from the gold/bronze etc memberships...

The site is great because of how it has always been....not sure if trying to make money off of here is going to be lucrative and could end up hurting the site in some fashion.

That is true.
That's why I don't care to turn it into a money maker. I COULD make a good deal of money on this site, perhaps without really sacrificing the integrity of the community... but I come here to be a part of a community. I come here to relax and enjoy discussing cars (and other crap) with you guys. I don't want to make it about the money!
The ads on this site are actually unpaid (top right), or they belong to Pandemic to go towards the cost of hosting. Adsense banned me for life for clicking on my own ads.


Yeah, it's everyone's dream... but I'm thinking I could invest a bit of time to make very little money... just a trickle, but a steady trickle. If I can manage to do that with some sort of formula, and find a way to repeat the process, I might be able to get a couple extra bucks in my pocket for next to nothing.



A drop-shipping type site might be interesting, though it would probably be a bit complicated to set it up effectively.