Who Pays the Bill?

[Choctaw]

I am posting here because everyother place I try and post it tell me "Choctaw you don't have permission to post" So not to be breaking any rules...I just wanted an answer and this place was the only one that would let me type in a message.

I have watched many forums come and go. Sometimes it is a lack of interest and people just don’t participate that causes it. Other times, It is a lack of finances. My question here is simple. With all the postings we see and the enormous collection of information using lots of Band-Width. I am wanting to know who pays for it all? Where does the support for this forum come from, WHO pays the bill.?

Choctaw

 

[GoCubsGo]

Arn pays the bill. Gets cash from contributions and ads mostly I'd presume. It works because it's a site worth coming to most of the time. I have to ask ... who cares? Right?

 

[SilentPanda]

You can't make any new threads in the News and Article Discussion but you should be able to reply to threads. Very few people can in that area and actually I don't even know if moderators can as I've not tried.

The only other areas you might have issue with would be the Politics forum and the Marketplace. You should be able to post and create new threads in most of the other subforums.

You might take a glance at the How Do I Post? entry in the FAQ, especially looking at the I Can't Post area a bit below that.

 

[belvdr]

My guess would be Arn, the owner.

 

[rdowns]

You might find this interesting



http://247wallst.com/2009/02/23/the-twenty-five-most-valuable-blogs/

 

[dmr727]

It depends. Arn loves to pull the old "Damn, I forgot my wallet in the car." trick, so one of us ends up getting stuck with the tab.

 

[Paul B]

"MacRumor’s revenue is running about $3.8 million. The company has a tiny staff and should have an operating margin of close to 70%. MacRumors is worth about $21 million at 8x operating income."

Wow! congrats, Arn.

 

[angelwatt]

Though to some, this may just seem like another forum-based web site, it's become very profitable. Arn has even been interview on CNBC in the past a couple times. He gave up being a doctor to focus his efforts here. That should tell you the bills are being handled well.

 

[rdowns]

"MacRumor’s revenue is running about $3.8 million. The company has a tiny staff and should have an operating margin of close to 70%. MacRumors is worth about $21 million at 8x operating income."

Wow! congrats, Arn.

I don't buy those numbers. The site certainly makes money but not $3.8 million. This site is not properly monetized.

 

[SilentPanda]

The company has a tiny staff

You callin me TINY?! *puffs up*

Although if you don't count the volunteer staff the number is quite small.

 

[angelwatt]

Although if you don't count the volunteer staff the number is quite small.

Would the volunteer staff consist of those of us who report posts, or are we just the wannabe-staff?

 

[GoCubsGo]

You callin me TINY?! *puffs up*

Although if you don't count the volunteer staff the number is quite small.

Staff doesn't mean volunteers when you're speaking in terms of company size, normally. I dunno how big you are, physically.

 

[jaw04005]

If you want to know more about Arn and Macrumors' history. He was interviewed by Leo Laporte on MacBreak Weekly a few years ago.

http://twit.tv/mbw99

And this article from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/technology/21blogger.html?_r=1