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Originally Posted by Sam Yeah like Slaterface said, allow anyone to submit info, and yep full time job alright. Hellokitty, I meant the pubs clubs gig areas send in the info not just comedy management, who could send stuff in as well. I dunno $10 a week from each venue/management for any amount of space - cos that's where the papers make the big bucks and confine the less afluential to one liners. Look I don't know how much it costs to host a domain and you'd want to make a bloody reasonable wage, but even on the Gold Coast there's probably at least 6 venues a week showing comedy times that by (hopefully) the amount of towns/cities that could come on board - you'd have to make something and good luck to the person who'd bother to take on the info and place on the net under States, Towns etc. for easy reading. At 10-20 bucks a week per month guaranteed, reissue deal monthly, it'd have to work and the venues only need to sell 2 drinks to make up the dosh. Ok so I don't know much, but somewhere someday Comedy Info On Line could be a reality. |
I hadn't actually considered that venues might be willing to advertise in such a way... But if you're going to ask them to fork out to list on the site, you won't get all the info, since some people will just not bother because it's another obstacle in the way of getting the info out there, plus there's no guarantee that their potential patrons will go to the site, and so forth.
And affording the website is one hurdle... But unfortunately just because you build it, doesn't mean "they" will come. And without people visiting there's no reason for people to pay any attention to the site.
Webhosting with Server101 costs:
- Basic 'no-frills' account (php, cgi, no mysql database, 3GB bandwidth, 70mb space) $175.20 a year
- Premium account (php, cgi, mysql database, 8GB bandwidth, 200mb space) $339.60 a year
MOSH is run on the account a level above the premium one (bandwidth restrictions used to be lower, we had to go up a level, hoping to go down one if possible), but the premium one is the account I personally would consider the minimum in terms of space, bandwidth and features (particularly the mysql database).
I can get it cheaper because I have a reseller account... But there you go. You need to find a way to consistently make about $6.50-$7 a week out of the site. And that only covers costs.
So either you charge people to list their stuff on the site, possibly losing some people's gig listings because they don't or can't pay... Or you list everything for free and probably not cover your costs.
Either way, I'm not sure you could turn it into a job-job, but you could probably make yourself enough work to make it look like one?
