How does ChatRoulette.com make money

Recently, I blogged about how Andrey Ternovskiy and ChatRoulette.com were put in the spotlight. Interestingly after that, this blog received traffics from "how does chatroulette make money" keyword searches. ChatRoulette.com is a free site and does not charge any fee for its content.

So how exactly does ChatRoulette.com make money? From its popularity and members based. When a site reached certain level of popularity, there will always be interested parties eying the site to convert its popularity into money.

For ChatRoulette.com case, the money making potential is from the size of its members. And to investors, it is always the number game. Nobody look at an empty room. Entrepreneurs favor crowded rooms where the crowds can be converted into paying customers. Ka-ching !

The simple lesson in this case is that, your site can make money so long as you can attract the traffic. And how much money your site can generate will depended on the size of your visitors (or readers) and popularity. As a start, read Common online advertising techniques and strategies and see how to improve your blog popularity. You will never know that even some Stupid Ideas can make money for you.

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