how do the guys at giantbomb make $ from this website?

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i see no ads of any kind...

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#2  Edited By Krypton

I was wondering the same thing....

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#3  Edited By Gerbil

I'm pretty sure they just sell our email addresses to viagra resellers.

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#4  Edited By ravensword

Merchandising! Giantbomb the Tshirt! Giantbomb the Lunch Box!  Giantbomb the Breakfast cereal! Giantbomb the Flamethrower!

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#5  Edited By Scizorz

well if there looking for money to keep teh site up and im more than happy to pay money if its extra features, exclusive stuff.

I am more than happy subscribing and paying for something that i really like to show them my support and tell them "yes i like this stuff, keep up the good work!"

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#6  Edited By LouChou
Gerbil said:
"I'm pretty sure they just sell our email addresses to viagra resellers.
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That's the main way.

I imagine they're resting on their own savings until investors come along and click that glorious "advertise" button at the top, at which point they'll be set.

that wont be long, i imagine, given Giantbomb's already huge popularity for such a new site.
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#7  Edited By thebeast

They will no doubt be advertising (see the 'Advertise' link on the front page for contacting their advertising guy).
Unfortunately, this is the most acceptable way to monetise a site (short of selling all our e-mail addresses) - but hopefully they'll know how to keep it unobtrusive.

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#8  Edited By Flexiable

What about Whiskeymedia? Relying on "daddy's money"?

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#9  Edited By DaveF

I heard they had a tree which, when given enough water, grew money.

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#10  Edited By Jax

There is only ONE, and I mean ONE website out there that makes almost 0% profit....

Youtube.com

Google spends $2.1m a day on server fees alone. The only reason they bought youtube was because it was competing against Google Video. Yet they're rich anyways, and they make profit from their search engine. So it doesn't matter to them.

But you need profit, and ad's is one of the only ways.

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#11  Edited By Locke
DaveF said:
"I heard they had a tree which, when given enough water, grew money.
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When you get over 2000 wiki points they send you a seed.
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#12  Edited By Caje

I know that ads are inevitable, but I really hope they are just images and not those annoying flash ads.

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#13  Edited By Jax
Caje said:
"I know that ads are inevitable, but I really hope they are just images and not those annoying flash ads.
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Firefox baby.

Adblock Plus.
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#14  Edited By DaveDog
Locke said:
"DaveF said:
"I heard they had a tree which, when given enough water, grew money.
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When you get over 2000 wiki points they send you a seed."
runs to phone, calls boss, quits job... runs back
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#15  Edited By LouChou
Jax said:
"There is only ONE, and I mean ONE website out there that makes almost 0% profit....

Youtube.com

Google spends $2.1m a day on server fees alone. The only reason they bought youtube was because it was competing against Google Video. Yet they're rich anyways, and they make profit from their search engine. So it doesn't matter to them.

But you need profit, and ad's is one of the only ways.
"
Seriously? Youtube doesn't turn a profit?
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#16  Edited By SlowHands
Gerbil said:
"I'm pretty sure they just sell our email addresses to viagra resellers.
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YES!
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#17  Edited By DaveF

Maybe we should add the money growing tree to objects?
They had one in Sims 2.

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#18  Edited By Caje
Jax said:
"Caje said:
"I know that ads are inevitable, but I really hope they are just images and not those annoying flash ads.
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Firefox baby.

Adblock Plus.
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I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but half the time it doesn't give me the option to adblock them. Occasionally there is that little "Block" button in the corner, but it doesn't show up often.
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Ah, come on, guys...  Whiskey Media? You know how they make their fucking money: shinin'! They're runnin' the shine in them there hills!

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#20  Edited By Disgaeamad
Scizorz said:
"well if there looking for money to keep teh site up and im more than happy to pay money if its extra features, exclusive stuff.

I am more than happy subscribing and paying for something that i really like to show them my support and tell them "yes i like this stuff, keep up the good work!""
Agreed. As long as they don't pull a Gamespot and remove any reason for us to subscribe, other than the glorius coloured usernames.
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#21  Edited By Breezy

selling their body for sex
haha

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#22  Edited By Celegus

They snuck in and stole one of Nintendo's money printers at E3. Ninjajeff!

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#23  Edited By Randolph

Jeff's runs this place on DDR competition winnings and the money Ryan makes on the side as a professional male stripper.

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#24  Edited By RowdyRob

GiantBomb prints money...

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#25  Edited By Locke
Jax said:
"There is only ONE, and I mean ONE website out there that makes almost 0% profit....

Youtube.com

Google spends $2.1m a day on server fees alone. The only reason they bought youtube was because it was competing against Google Video. Yet they're rich anyways, and they make profit from their search engine. So it doesn't matter to them.

But you need profit, and ad's is one of the only ways.
"
I see ads on youtube all the time now though.
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#26  Edited By dillonator

Your wfie wil love ur new CYALLISVIAGRIA

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#27  Edited By Feanor

This site seems like it will be the Imdb of video games.  The way that site survives is adds.  But I am sure it will be a combo between merch and adds.

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#28  Edited By Jax
Locke said:
"Jax said:
"There is only ONE, and I mean ONE website out there that makes almost 0% profit....

Youtube.com

Google spends $2.1m a day on server fees alone. The only reason they bought youtube was because it was competing against Google Video. Yet they're rich anyways, and they make profit from their search engine. So it doesn't matter to them.

But you need profit, and ad's is one of the only ways.
"
I see ads on youtube all the time now though."
There are ad's but they make no profit. Almost none off Youtube.


One days worth of server fees for hosting all of the videos on youtube costs them $ 2 million. PER DAY.
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#29  Edited By farmer
LouChou said:
"Jax said:
"There is only ONE, and I mean ONE website out there that makes almost 0% profit....

Youtube.com

Google spends $2.1m a day on server fees alone. The only reason they bought youtube was because it was competing against Google Video. Yet they're rich anyways, and they make profit from their search engine. So it doesn't matter to them.

But you need profit, and ad's is one of the only ways.
"
Seriously? Youtube doesn't turn a profit?"
I have to imagine they turn on a profit, simply because they were bought for some ungodly sum (two billion of either dollars of pounds, I don't remember). There are plenty of ads; perhaps those more-than-cover whatever fraction of the $2.1m is youtube.

EDIT: Just checked the wiki. Seems a cited source indicates a $1m per day bandwidth cost, and that it does not, in fact, make a profit.
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#30  Edited By xplodedd

who knows, they'll make it.

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#31  Edited By Pikapichu

It'll likely be supported by ads. I guess it's something that they're still working on. Or maybe they're hoping that this site will get bought out by and somehow be merged wtih Google. That'd be epic!

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#32  Edited By Kimbodja

Heck don't know how they do it, but they do it good!

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#33  Edited By RVonE

Farmer said:

"LouChou said: I have to imagine they turn on a profit, simply because they were bought for some ungodly sum (two billion of either dollars of pounds, I don't remember). There are plenty of ads; perhaps those cover whatever fraction of the $2.1m is youtube.
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While wikipedia isn't always reliable, according to the information there youtube is not profitable. Another fun fact: in 2007 youtube supposedly consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube

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#34  Edited By farmer
RVonE said:
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Farmer said:

"LouChou said: I have to imagine they turn on a profit, simply because they were bought for some ungodly sum (two billion of either dollars of pounds, I don't remember). There are plenty of ads; perhaps those cover whatever fraction of the $2.1m is youtube.
"

While wikipedia isn't always reliable, according to the information there youtube is not profitable. Another fun fact: in 2007 youtube supposedly consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube

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Source is cited.
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#35  Edited By RVonE
Farmer said:
"RVonE said:
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While wikipedia isn't always reliable, according to the information there youtube is not profitable. Another fun fact: in 2007 youtube supposedly consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube

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Source is cited.
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So it must be true, right? Just kidding :)
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#36  Edited By JoblessTerence

Hopefully they don't have full page ads. Those are just OBNOXIOUS!

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#37  Edited By RVonE

Yeah, but eventually they will have to create some sort of revenue, right? While they have repeatedly stated that they do not plan to have some sort of subscription model, I would definitely subscribe to this site if it ever gets to that point. How about you guys?

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We will all eventually receive a bill for all the podcasts we have downloaded....

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#39  Edited By MissileWarriorz

who knows but I wouldn't worry about it the site is great

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#40  Edited By RVonE
MasterOfPenguins_Zell said:
"We will all eventually receive a bill for all the podcasts we have downloaded....
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lol! And I would pay!
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#41  Edited By MrBrightside91

They've actually just infected all of our minds in some way and we're all now hypnotised into sending moneyz to a secret PayPal account.

Or adverts.

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#42  Edited By Termite

Wow youtube doesn't make a profit........

Anyway, I have to assume they have plenty of money to begin with, and that they are just waiting for ads

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#43  Edited By KillaMaStA

Im sure they have a way of making $.Perhaps their robbing banks from their free time?

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#44  Edited By treefity350

They made Luchadeer: The Game

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#45  Edited By Guiltyspark

teen hookers

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#46  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

Its only in beta at the moment. I'm sure there will be ads on the final version.

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#47  Edited By Hats

They have said previously that its going to be add based id imagine back ground images of a set game and banners at some point.

But they could go the paid subscriber  route also gotta make that $$$

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#48  Edited By RVonE
Hats said:
"They have said previously that its going to be add based id imagine back ground images of a set game and banners at some point.

But they could go the paid subscriber  route also gotta make that $$$
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On the other hand, I guess Giant Bomb's content doesn't lend itself well to some sort of subscription model.
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#49  Edited By get2sammyb

I also want to know how this site is going to make money. The Bombers must be pretty in debt by now.

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#50  Edited By altdimension

Personally I would like to see some kind of extra membership? Like Giant Bomb: Complete? I'd be more than happy to pay for extra features on the site.