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Old 08-08-2008, 12:56 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Hey Stumpy that box joke was really funny dude.

OK to the question at hand I would like to throw in forex & stock trading. I made around 160K between 2002 - 2006 in that niche. I was selling software and a subscription based service to guys who wanted to bet on the forex markets at a site called betonmarkets ( LoL they had a good name ). Anyway with the changes in legislation I sadly lost all my USA client base but that does not bother me atleast not after I have been drinking alot it doesn't.

Seriously I think the party is what you make it in any niche and you just need a good plan you can implement and STICK TO until it works. You can make enough to live off the net and then some but most of the BS about how easy it is makes my stomach turn. Me and my brother David are still excited about arcades!

200M people in the USA alone how many of them never been to an arcade in their life?

How many arcades leave money on the table I can eventually pick up?

How many other sites can I launch and feed with similar demographics once I get my Arcade popping?
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i just launched an adult site a week ago, will let you know how it goes......very naughty
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digitali16 I own stockcorp.net if you wanna get back in the game
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Thanks for the offer Waza one single arcade and this script is keeping us to tied down now. We do still own digital-intuition.com and the software. We recoded it for forex trading on the conventional market I just got to get back in that scene and market it. Arcades help because I am learning alot about marketing and traffic but FX was a lot more lucrative with less than 5% of the traffic LOL but I am still young in this arena.
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Digitali16 Thats exactly what I am doing right now.. learning the ropes and having some fun in the mean time. I found that sites other than arcades really bored me.
Writing all those articles everyday made me sick,lol
I have made loan related,domain name, fitness sites,ecommerce and more. The adsense payouts where heaps better but not as much fun.

$3-$5 a click down to $0.05 - $0.90 a click did hurt a little but what I am learning from arcade sites Im sure will boost earnings from other sites x10
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Fair enough - I definitely got a leg up and some help - no denying that I would never attribute any success I have to anything but the people around me being super generous with their help and knowledge.

That being said, it doesn't change the fact that there is money to be made in the arcade industry, and that money is far from tapped out. I'm just saying that while it's always good to find little nooks and crannies to make money in, the venue isn't as important as the strategy and business model that you follow. No industry will make you any money if you don't do things in a way that will make you successful. On the other hand, even a "saturated" market like arcades can be super lucrative if you have a great plan and implement it well.

As I said before though - just my 2 cents. Maybe I'll think differently in a year's time after me and my family are out on the streets living in a box because my arcade crashed and burned

Wish I had some friends like that stumpy...Maybe one day you can give a person like me a legs up on what you learnt or hook me up with some of these friends.



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if you do find a niche make sure to look into it. Make sure there is a good enough market for what you are going to promote. Here is a video from youtube http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NDoQjDLcd5o I found it pretty interesting
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