June 10th, 2008Image Hosting Sites Are Booming
The Internet is continuously becoming a haven of various forums, blogs, online auctions, and social networking websites.
Consequently, numerous image hosting sites are also skyrocketing its way to popularity.
The use of image hosting sites provides a significantly simple, quick, and efficient way to upload and share all your photos, snapshots, and video captures.
Image hosts also allow tools such as the ability to create photoblogs/galleries with your images, or add them to a slideshow for easier viewing. Some offer more advanced tools such as the ability for an individual to add notes to an image they uploaded
You just have to create an account, upload the file in the required format, and then use the pre-formatted code such as HTML, BBcode, or thumbnail, direct view link to allow others to view the images.
Image Hosting Websites Are Easy To Set Up
You can make money by setting up your own site. From start to finish, depending on how fast your host gets your hosting account set up, you could have a fully functional, money making image hosting website in less than 24 hours (and sometimes a lot sooner). Considering that it usually takes several days or sometimes a lot longer to get a regular website up and running the way you like it, it’s not a very long time.
People shy away from image hosting sites because they think the hosting costs are too expensive – they would be if you don’t monetize the site. You can do this by adding Adsense etc, or offering advertisement space on your site.
Image Hosts Can Provide A Nice Passive Revenue Stream!
Let’s say you start up one image host, which after a short amount of time, is making around $10 a day in ad revenue. That’s $300 extra per month, right?
Well, let’s say you take it to the next level, and you decide to launch an image hosting EMPIRE, and you now have 5 image hosting sites making $10/day. Guess what, that’s $1500 a month!
So If you have been thinking about getting into the Image Hosting business, this might be the right time.