Your Contributions, our Costs in a chart!
About a week ago a chart showing how your contributions have been supporting the community was requested. Well here it is.
I should preface it by making a few points. February, wasn't really a bad month- it's just that January and December were special because of the server drive we did that netted an extra $1,000 - and the launch of our donation system - which meant there was more revenue pouring into the system in those months in particular. Also, February is a short month. Taken as a whole, and compared to other months - February was a great month.
Our costs are made up of paying for 4 servers sitting in a rack somewhere in Virginia - and our CDN costs. We use the CDN to cache static images like thumbnails and other graphics.
If it looks like we're bleeding money- take heart- this chart doesn't include our advertising revenue which kind of fills the gap. To be honest though it's a close thing- and we we tend to to just scrape by. The nice thing is though that we're not in debt! (unlike a typical silicon valley start-up, which we are not)
Thank you again to everyone who has supported this community - it helps us to know there are people out there who believe in the Sift as much as we do!
I should preface it by making a few points. February, wasn't really a bad month- it's just that January and December were special because of the server drive we did that netted an extra $1,000 - and the launch of our donation system - which meant there was more revenue pouring into the system in those months in particular. Also, February is a short month. Taken as a whole, and compared to other months - February was a great month.
Our costs are made up of paying for 4 servers sitting in a rack somewhere in Virginia - and our CDN costs. We use the CDN to cache static images like thumbnails and other graphics.
If it looks like we're bleeding money- take heart- this chart doesn't include our advertising revenue which kind of fills the gap. To be honest though it's a close thing- and we we tend to to just scrape by. The nice thing is though that we're not in debt! (unlike a typical silicon valley start-up, which we are not)
Thank you again to everyone who has supported this community - it helps us to know there are people out there who believe in the Sift as much as we do!
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dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
Feel free to jump in with questions if you have any - but remember - IANAA - (thank goodness)
FedquipSo we can get a better picture of what is needed. Is there a third chart for advertising revenue?
Farhad2000Missing : Sift Addiction Costs.
rottenseedI wish I could help out more
This is definitely a site I believe in.
Arsenault185Stop Lying. These "costs" that the chart refers to are their 5 story homes and 16 fancy cars, whose trunks are filled with drugs. Oh, and dead hookers. We can't forget the dead hookers.
gorgonheapWell looks like things are picking up a bit. One day I see videosift as the 'you tube' of video aggregators.
schmawyHey breaking even or coming close to it is quite an achievement. I agree with Mr. Heap that this will turn into something even bigger.
*SiftBot for president 2012*
winkler1>> Missing : Sift Addiction Costs.
You said it! I'm starting to use RescueTime - quick demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udGGoDrCtE&eurl=http://www.rescuetime.com/ to measure where time goes. With wife away for a week it's a haze. Current FFox tab count: 29 (down from 39)
antCoral Cache: I hope you're not using non-port 80s since my employer blocks non-default ports.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
No we're using CacheFly for our CDN - all port 80 and transparent on our own domain static1.videosift.com
blankfistWhy don't you guys turn the ads on for charter members? That might bring in a few extra dollars for the cause.
fizziksAt the risk of being nit picky, how come the vertical axis is not labeled? Not that I think the Sift-Lords would manipulate the numbers, but in its current form, this chart doesn't really explain anything.
How do I know these "costs" aren't actually measured in puppies and baby seals? Oh man, that's it isn't it? Siftbot's power requirements are so large they can only be fulfilled by feeding it cute baby animals and endangered species!!
WHAT HAVE I BECOME A PART OF!!??
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