[Low Status Beta]

Last month, 2 students in my town died in their dorm. One of the girls who died was fairly popular so I knew people would be googling her name to find more info.

I put up a 'memorial' website compiling info from the news reports, along with pictures I grabbed off Social Networking sites.

After a week, my website is #1 in Google's rank. I'm averaging about 100 hits a day, which I know isn't going to earn me boatloads of cash, but it's a start.

How would you monetize this type of site?

[WesternCancer]

[Moreless]

Turn it into an ecommerce website by selling shirts with the persons name on it.

Then expand the website so that it's not just about one persons death. Turn it into Facebook for the dead.

Then sell those bar code things that you scan with your phone, so people can put them on tombstones and be found.

Let the narcissism flow

[iknowexactly]

you could try selling generic "Love your friends " t-shirts with maybe a small line about the deceased . there won't be enough people into a non-celebrity for pure personalization, will there?

It's going to die off quick unless you keep updating obviously.

[WanderingSoul]

Your forum handle is fitting.

[AntiTrace]

If you were to attempt to monetize this to cover operating costs and donate all proceeds to the family or drinking/drug awareness then thats fine.

Attempting to monetize the death of two people in order to line your pockets is beyond sleazy. You are trying to make money off the intense sorrow of others. Essentially your a parasite.

The worst thing is that I fear you are a representative of the up and coming general population. The ability to think outside of your owner personal desires is becoming an increasingly lacking ability.

[WanderingSoul]

(04-03-2015 09:06 PM)AntiTrace Wrote:  

If you were to attempt to monetize this to cover operating costs and donate all proceeds to the family or drinking/drug awareness then thats fine.

Attempting to monetize the death of two people in order to line your pockets is beyond sleazy. You are trying to make money off the intense sorrow of others. Essentially your a parasite.

The worst thing is that I fear you are a representative of the up and coming general population. The ability to think outside of your owner personal desires is becoming an increasingly lacking ability.

Agreed. I really feel like punching the OP in the face right now.

[philosophical_recovery]

(04-03-2015 09:39 PM)RioNomad Wrote:  

(04-03-2015 09:06 PM)AntiTrace Wrote:  

If you were to attempt to monetize this to cover operating costs and donate all proceeds to the family or drinking/drug awareness then thats fine.

Attempting to monetize the death of two people in order to line your pockets is beyond sleazy. You are trying to make money off the intense sorrow of others. Essentially your a parasite.

The worst thing is that I fear you are a representative of the up and coming general population. The ability to think outside of your owner personal desires is becoming an increasingly lacking ability.

Agreed. I really feel like punching the OP in the face right now.

Rio, I found a video of you sending PMs to the OP:

[AntiTrace]