ZeldaUniverse.net for Sale

[Jack]

So. Lame.

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I bet ZU's founder is KICKING himself for giving the place up.

And I'll state my philosophy again: anyone who runs a fan site for profit is in the game for the wrong reasons.

[Darth Wyndisis]

Whew... that is pretty stupid.  He sold it and the new owner changed it?

[Jack]

The original founder, Lars, sold it to this guy named Lee a few years ago. Now Lee is selling it himself, and apprently for a tidy profit. Zelda Universe is notorious in some circles for the fact that it's webspace is excessively dominated by adspace. You can guess pretty easily where the ownership's priorities are (though, not the webmasters, who work for Lee and are nice people).

[Darth Wyndisis]

Does all the money come from the adspace?  (I have no clue how this stuff works.)

[Zelda Veteran]

I cannot believe my eyes! I go there all the time! They are realy getting rid of it? I hope the new Admin will have a good will for the site. I liked it before, how can somebody just sell it? And i second jack's philosophy. I just dont ever want to see jacks name on that page :-[

[Nabooru]

I hope they dont change it to much it was a good site!

[Jack]

Well, it's not going away. Chances are, the owner will change and everything else will stay the same because it's a money maker if left to itself.

Apparently ZU makes 2-3 grand a month.

[Zelda Veteran]

no way! I knew web sites cost money! But i dint know they MADE money! How much does TDC make per month? ;)

[Evilslayer]

I say the same thing as TSA. Making profit of a FAN site is worse that site theft.

[Gamefreak]

That's bad, a fan site should be for the fans.  Not to sell out, and crowd the site with ads.

[Rev Rabies]

This is despicable. I agree with GF and Jack. Fan sites shouldn't be out there for profit. They should be there for fans who want to come together and talk about what they are fans of.

[MagmarFire]

I mean, let's face it: if an administrator has a fan site for the sole purpose of making money, he/she doesn't truly care for the fans at all.

I'm grateful that Jack didn't stumble down that path. :)

[Gamefreak]

To quote Yoda:

For once you stray down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.

[Jack]

TDC "makes" about $20 a month. I use quotes because I like to think of TDC as a non-profit entity and all that money goes to hosting costs. If I ever make a "profit" I'd find a way to give it back to the fans through giveaways, contests, etc.

[Gamefreak]

Like the Christmas Caption Constests?