Ask HN: Next Step for Monetizing our Site

Re:Ask HN: Next Step for Monetizing our Site by run4yourlives on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:44PM (#480472)

Before understanding the best option, you should examine your user base a little more.

10K a day sure, but what's the breakdown? Do you have 2K that visit the site 5 times a day, every day? That lends itself well to the subscription model. Are most of your visitors in and outs from google, with no recurring vistis? Ads might be the better option here. Are most of your visits coming from .edu domains? There may be an opportunity for school sponsorship here. Etc, etc.

You need to fit your monetization model to your particular user base.

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Re:Ask HN: Next Step for Monetizing our Site by proee on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:47PM (#480487)

That's great information. Does Google Analytics break down if they are coming from .edu domains or do I need more powerful analytic tools? Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: Next Step for Monetizing our Site by run4yourlives on Friday February 13, 2009 @04:55PM (#480502)

I'm not sure to be honest. I think it may. You're basically looking at a reverse DNS lookup, and that's not exactly accurate, but might put you on the right path.

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