Re:Billionaires Build
by bccdee on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:12AM
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I know. I've set up websites before; I am aware that it doesn't take that much money to get it running.
But what about advertising? Branding? Anything that a $5 droplet can do, someone else's product can probably do too -- you don't have the tech advantage. Do you stand out with UX? By doing the legwork yourself? All of these take manpower, and that means capital.
It's not the website that costs money to make; it's making that website profitable.
Re:Billionaires Build
by ericd on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:50AM
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Yeah, if you don’t have any resources, you do everything yourself. Paid advertising can be useful for scaling, but you don’t need it for getting the first few users, and usually you’re shooting for being good enough to get word of mouth spread.
But what about advertising? Branding? Anything that a $5 droplet can do, someone else's product can probably do too -- you don't have the tech advantage. Do you stand out with UX? By doing the legwork yourself? All of these take manpower, and that means capital.
It's not the website that costs money to make; it's making that website profitable.