What's the point of opening your own pay site?

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Originally Posted by Toby

When you do the math don't forget the rebills. $25- $35 per initial signup is chump change. Non-exclusive content is relatively cheap. If you have an existing network of traffic to drive to it, a well designed and maintained pay site can do very well.

Rebills from own traffic is the best income. I closed a paysite with around 300 members in February last year. After 18 months I still have around 60 members on recurring. I am thinking about reopening the site again in the near future once I install a content management script.