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Originally Posted by JefersoN
If someone knows a good script, wanna sell, or setup this for me here is my ICQ#164-38six
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If you do buy a new script, don't get someone else to set it up for you unless they are your full time employee or the company that hosts the script. You need someone who knows how the script is running at your side 24/7. Since I am assuming you are a new webmaster working alone, I'm guessing that a "full time employee" is beyond your means at the moment. This means you have nominated yourself as the guy in charge of the script. Before you set it up, learn how it works, learn how to troubleshoot, and learn how to set it up (I don't necessarily mean learn to code - although that is always your best option - I mean learn how the script you buy works and how to manage it).
There are three reasons I say this:
1) When things go wrong there has to someone who can deal with it instantly not "tomorrow" or "next Tuesday". Delay will kill your site (see my example to Cleo in my last post). And with tube sites there are so many that if yours is down for a day, your regulars will simply switch allegiance to your competitor.
2) If you are paying someone to do all this work you are going to find that for every $1 you make, you will be paying out $2, which will send you bankrupt!
3) If you don't have the dedication and work ethic to learn how to run the script yourself you do not have the dedication and work ethic required to succeed in this business. Despite the moaning and bitching you read on boards like this one it
is possible to make a good living out of running websites, but it is not a quick easy job, it requires a lot of work, a lot of effort, and a lot of your time. If you are doing it as a hobby and don't expect to make any money then fine, fit it in to your life as it suits you. But if you want to run a website seriously and make money, then you have to do it the other way round, and fit your life in around your website.
When I started out (way back last century) I was doing a regular full time job, then coming home and working on my websites until bedtime. Getting up in the morning and fitting in another couple of hours before leaving for work. In total (day job and WMing) I was working well over a hundred hours a week, every week. You won't have to do that forever, but if you are not prepared to do it for a few months (or possibly longer), give up now and save yourself from disappointment later.