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Re: Brickshelf L.L.C.
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:38:11 GMT
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message
news:Gs45GF.2s2@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Ray Sanders writes:
> >
> > A few days before the change at BrickShelf, I happened to be looking at • the
> > server stats. IIRC, the daily usage from the prior *day* was something • like 25GB
> > of traffic. Most hosting sites stop quoting at 100GB/month, so • extrapolating
> > from their 100GB + $x.xx per additional MB left me with a large number,
> > somewhere in the vicinity of $10K/month. Now, maybe my numbers here are • messed
> > up somewhere, but it would appear that we have been getting a tremendous • free
> > lunch for quite a while.
> >
> > Ray
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> You hit the nail right on the head. The hosting does cost thousands of • dollars
> per month. That had been subsidised entirely by my employer (who also • used the
> bandwidth, rack space and servers). This new situation (employer trying • not to
> go out of business) presents an interesting business challenge.
How about selling directly to LEGO? I wonder if they would be interested in
purchasing your site as an add on to their own?
You have to figure that one of the main questions on the LEGO Opinion site
is "Would you like instructions?" It seems like a nature fit for LEGO to
purchase Brickshelf and integrate it into the main LEGO.com site.
Of course if LEGO doesn't want to buy your site outright, they could always
advertise on it. Unfortunately, that seems like preaching to the choir.
--
Grant Giandonato
ggiandonato@comcast.net
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http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/ggiandonato/
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| (...) You hit the nail right on the head. The hosting does cost thousands of dollars per month. That had been subsidised entirely by my employer (who also used the bandwidth, rack space and servers). This new situation (employer trying not to go out (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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