firstly thank you for starting this Thread is verry interresting
I want to share with you and other users my exprience as a File Host Manager .
And that is also a reply of this post :
easily.so you see why there are now poping out more and more streaming sites. streaming site owners are the biggest cashwhores and will give you the smallest percentage of their income.
50$ per 1.000 Downloads
AT THIS TIME is almost impossible because of many things
1 - Payment Providers
since the shutdown of File Hosts reaction from Paypal and other Payment Gateway Providers , the File Hosting business has lost about 50% of Premium users that mean 50% of Revenue .
2 - Servers
by 50% Revenue We or other file hosts give about or more than 25% just for Servers
At the end the final Revenue is 25% , 25% is for what ??
Paying our team or Developpers ?
Or Paying our Affiliates ?
Or Paying my own work ?
Many users will not belive but a File Hosting business need even more than just buying a Script
We work sometimes over 24 Hours due issues or problems it's not like having fun
It's a Full Day JOB
Managing or Adding Servers
Fixing Issues
Calculating Affiliate Payments & Server Costs
Answering to DMCA Notices
Answering to our Members
Monitoring the website for 24 Hours
Monitoring the CPU Load & Ram usage for every single hour!
That is just for one File Host ! We are managing 3 Of Them so even
more than just the Hell of work
and at the end of the month if we can get 50$ or 80$ for us we are more than hapy :d .
We make monthly about 600$ but paying 350$ for Servers and about 180$ for Affiliates = 530$ just to keep this service alive .
and our final Income
MONTHLY is between 50$ & 80$
So I think now many of you know why many File hosts are running away without paying anything .
last word : File Hosting or Video Hosting It's not a profitable business anymore
Regards