Industry as a whole, % of websites actually successful

[RawAlex]

Define successful.

Example: If I buy a domain for $10 a year, and pay another $10 a year to host it, and it generates $30 of revenue, it is "successful". But that won't pay my weekly coffee bill.

If I buy 10,000 domains in the same circumstance and do the same thing, then I would make 100k a year.

Success per website is a relative thing.

I would say that about 80% of the people posting at the zoo and about 30% of the people attending Internext aren't making more than beer money at best.

[KevinG]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Define successful.

That got me thinking and prompted a search where I found this on a jobs website.

» Six Figure Jobs ($100,000+)
» High Income Jobs ($80,000 - $100,000)
» Upper Middle Income Jobs ($50,000 - $80,000)
» Middle Income Jobs ($30,000 - $50,000)
» Entry Level Jobs ($10,000 - $30,000)

I think most people consider their finances confidential. And some may even have a psycho-ex like someone I know.

Therefore, all I will say is my online endeavors have me in one of the top two. I wouldn't classify either one of those as "rich", but it doesn't suck either.

Anyone else?

[Greg B]

Nice Kevin!

I've been busting my butt fine tuning this and that and doing art for other webmasters and looking at different strategies. I'll decide on my revamped affiliate program within a week or so.

I have that last hurdle to be back up there and it's only a matter of time.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by KevinG

Anyone else?

The only thing I ever say on public forums in regards to my income, is that "I earn a comfortable living".