Screw Me! I give up!

[amanda11]

I am efffin sick of not getting my piece of the pie.

Quit your fucking bitchin' and come get it.

Hint: nothing is stopping you from copying your friend's idea - hire some guy living in Thailand to photograph and takes vids, upload vids on youtube, do some forum marketing, open that recurring membership site. Copy his exact process.

 

[S M W]

there is no website... this thread is BS. how many times was it asked and left un-answered.

 

[CrownDemon]

Yeah, quit bitchin'..you won't get troubled when you copy your friends idea,..

 

[iamjon]

My friend that is a network administrator...(cisco routers and switches) knows nothing about I.M. or web development.

When you say he knows nothing about IM, his bank account proves you wrong.

Sounds like you've got the same problem that I've struggled with in the past which is confusing your "internet skills" with the ability to sell stuff online.

 

[thebigo]

I would really evaluate the 10k domain in todays market and see what the value really is. If value does exist, then you could have an advantage over others in that niche.

The domain age can also play a factor...if it is older than some of the top players in your niche then with proper development you could one day be considered the authority.

NOTE: this of course will REQUIRE a lot of work and TIME. A large authoritative site is not built overnight.

That being said, if you give up then you might as well just keep your day job as you will never make it in this biz or any other for that matter.

 

[bizkiller]

damn your friend is creative? and you are not?

 

[jdomaha]

I've had about 80 sites/domain names that haven't made more than pocket change. Some of them have made nothing, but that's my fault.

I've had 4 sites so far that I've really banked with. Enough to make me look at the other 80 sites and go "Well, I know what doesn't work for me, I won't do that again."

You've learned some expensive lessons. You won't buy expensive domains anymore. You won't buy directories because you don't have the initiative to cold-call businesses and sell space. Figure out something else to try. I would guess that everyone interested in IM has at least one kind of moneymaking method they'd be able to handle but that they could actually make money with. The trick is just to figure yours out before your inertia runs out.

If you're smart, you'll look at what your friend is doing and learn from it. Off the top of my head, the first thing that comes to mind is that I'd suggest building a network of those sites with a common, slick theme that adds value to the guys interested in the niche.

 

[nvanprooyen]

Two failed attempts is not nearly enough to throw in the towel. If it is, you are in the wrong business. Here's what Edison had to say when a reporter asked him about his "failure" when trying to invent the light bulb:

"Young man, why would I feel like a failure? And why would I ever give up? I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp."

Then, after 10,000+ total attempts, success.

Stop whining, get comfortable with making some mistakes along the way and keep pushing forward. All it takes is one success to change your entire world. If you don't have the intestinal fortitude to do that and expect things to come easy...accept your fate, throw in the towel, work a day job like the "common man" and try and enjoy your life as much as possible.

 

[Gooddeal]

you must be friend of justin dupre

 

[Hpwandrew]

winners never quit and quitters never win.

 

[developerz]

The fact is you spent way too much, and built two crappy websites... suck it up and move along..

 

[brilliances]

your friend is a legend. he has turned something he loves into a profitable business.

sounds like you need to spend more time and less money on your ideas.

 

[tygoldberg]

this is all over the web, but it's worth repeating:

A common list of the failures of Abraham Lincoln (along with a few successes) is:

• 1831 - Lost his job
• 1832 - Defeated in run for Illinois State Legislature
• 1833 - Failed in business
• 1834 - Elected to Illinois State Legislature (success)
• 1835 - Sweetheart died
• 1836 - Had nervous breakdown
• 1838 - Defeated in run for Illinois House Speaker
• 1843 - Defeated in run for nomination for U.S. Congress
• 1846 - Elected to Congress (success)
• 1848 - Lost re-nomination
• 1849 - Rejected for land officer position
• 1854 - Defeated in run for U.S. Senate
• 1856 - Defeated in run for nomination for Vice President
• 1858 - Again defeated in run for U.S. Senate
• 1860 - Elected President (success)

then he went to the fucking movies.........

 

[zany zoroaster]

I love how all the 17 year olds are telling you to be assertive and take control of your life.

I recommend that you follow the advice of assessing the value of the domains, and trying to sell them. I'd say sell the two websites and start fresh, because you have this $10k gorilla sitting there and taunting you, it's just making you feel like crap.

How do you feel about your day job? Usually it's way easier to be motivated if you are successful in + loving your main career.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

I've had about 80 sites/domain names that haven't made more than pocket change. Some of them have made nothing, but that's my fault.

I've had 4 sites so far that I've really banked with. Enough to make me look at the other 80 sites and go "Well, I know what doesn't work for me, I won't do that again."

QFT. I can't tell you how many "great ideas" I've had that turned to shit either because the ideas were shit to begin with, or poor execution on my part. Fuck it - you move on with what works. Don't throw good money after bad though, get as much of your money out of bad investments as you can and move on.

so you have the technical skills but sucks at ideas and marketability and he's great at marketability but suck at the technical stuff?

Sounds like a partnership.

Is there a reason you guys don't come together like Voltron? There has to be something you can offer him to help make both of you more money, especially if your skill sets are different.

 

[BeerNuts]

He probably goes overseas to fuck underage girls and is telling other people how to do the same for $9 a month. Typical Thorlson Method.

This is all i can think of.. these "girls" you are talking about on his site exactly how old are they? and why wont you post the link so we can all pay $9 to see thousands of dirty 3rd world hookers?

 

[Russ86]

I smell a troll, just sayin'

 

[kingofsp]

During that time they look at photos from that place, watch videos from that place, get teary-eyed thinking about their favorite hookers they half in love with in that place, they make hooker slideshows on youtube with Travelling Wilburies or Journey as the background music

I lol'd so hard at this

 

[Magic Hat]

Stop trying to make a website that will make you money, and focus on a website that will be useful to other people.

 

[kingofsp]

Also lol @ his friend's site being so successful that even in the thread he made bitching about it, half of us just want to know where to send our $9.