What Makes A Paysite Go Choke?

[DJilla]

Originally Posted by Far-L

Who has closed due to 2257 issues? I hope no respectable U.S based companies - that has been around longer than Joan Rivers... everyone in the states should have been prepared for it to some degree... yes, the changes made it even harder to deal with but that is why multiple groups are challenging it.

Without going into a list here, I can't tell you the agravation and time I've spent rearranging my pages and links over the last few months. No doubt most of them are 2257 related, but over the last year personally I've also noticed more than a handful just go "poof" and from all the reasons listed here my feeling on the most common reason (besides business practices) and this is just a feeling, it seems to be related to the WM just not being able to weather:

a) not making a gazillion dollars like he/she thought they would... quick and giving up and

b) great at the technical but can't keep producing enough content or can provide content but no clue about the technical.

"Homegrown" is actually kind of a model for me to study. You have had great staying power. Not overly slick, super niche, constant content and a connection with surfers.

Finally, one of the things I like about this business that I think chews people to pieces is that it is just plain "competitive" to the level of a nightmare