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Post#1 » by fantom » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:41 pm

http://www.buythebucks.com/


HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


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Post#2 » by trwi7 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:46 pm

That's right. Tickets would go on sale so many hours before the game and only be available at the ticket window.


You would have a lot of pissed off people that didn't get tickets.
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Post#3 » by Profound23 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:49 pm

trwi7 wrote:
That's right. Tickets would go on sale so many hours before the game and only be available at the ticket window.


You would have a lot of pissed off people that didn't get tickets.


If the team was good, this would work.

It would be like that episode of South Park where nobody wanted to go to the amusement park, Cartman bought it and band everyone from going then had to let a certain amount in every day. The Supply and Demand would be up due to the media coverage of the different style of ticket sales, again that could only work IF you had a good team.
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Post#4 » by Matches Malone » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:28 am

How exactly does this work? If we click on google ads, he gets money? Somebody explain, because this sounds interesting.
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Post#5 » by MickeyDavis » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:31 am

StikWitEM wrote:How exactly does this work? If we click on google ads, he gets money? Somebody explain, because this sounds interesting.


If you click on a google link and then buy a product he gets a commission.

While the idea of a buy the Bucks website is cute, the only purpose this serves is giving cash to this guy. Anything to make a "buck" so to speak.

Contact him directly if you wish, Richard Leick. Rich@epicontheweb.com
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Post#6 » by DocGonzo » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:36 am

it'll be a short experiment. Asking people to click on your ads violates Google's terms of service, so he'll have his ads pulled when they catch wind of it.
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Post#7 » by bayrdbandit » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:48 am

it's something like 1c for every hundred clicks (or something ridiculous). i'd be surprised if he even managed to raised enough money to buy the team's towels.

he might be better off asking for donations and pledges to buy the bucks.
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Post#8 » by EastSideBucksFan » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:01 pm

Dude, they wrote a blog on JS about the site

A new "Buy the Bucks" Web site
By Don Walker
Friday, Feb 15 2008, 05:15 PM
A Milwaukee Bucks fan has started a new Web site to try to raise capital to buy the Bucks from team owner Herb Kohl. That would be a long shot, but fans have become increasingly unhappy with the team's performance this season.

You can find the site here
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Post#9 » by kebzach » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:05 pm

EastSideBucksFan wrote:Dude, they wrote a blog on JS about the site


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Post#10 » by midranger » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:21 pm

MD, are you getting paid anything to be a mod? I remember way back when, when I had taken over for GTG, he said something about a salary coming at some point. I was just wondering if that ever happened.


Also, how much are the guys who built this site reeling in. In general terms of course. Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Any idea? It doesn't even have to be this site specifically, but a site equally busy. I have some friends trying to start up web sites with ad based income, how big does it need to get before it is worthwhile?
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Post#11 » by MickeyDavis » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:49 pm

I don't get paid. But it's a good idea! I would image this site makes some decent money, it has a huge amount of traffic which is what you need when your revenue is ad generated. There are different ways to generate revenue with a site like this. Paid advertising, companies pay to have their ads on your site. The more traffic you have the more you can charge. Or a google adwords type program. If visitors to the site click on a banner and then buy something, the site gets a percentage. And there are also affiliate programs that work the same way as google. You sign up (Commission Junction is the largest affiliate program), put banners of companies on your site, and earn a commission if people click and buy.
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Post#12 » by ACGB » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:13 pm

I am pretty sure that specifically telling people to click the Google ads like this has done is against the Google terms of service when you sign up for the ads and they can refuse to pay you anything.

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