Making a Money Making Media Website
by: Azmi Mufti
Weather you want to publish home videos or tutorial videos in any subject the price to publish them on the web can be pricy. Videos, especiacially high quality videos, can eat up alot of bandwidth. I was charged over $400 for overusage of bandwidth on one of my video sites and then I stopped publishing videos right away. When choosing a host to host your videos you should consider several important factors: unlimited bandwidth, 100+ Mpbs connection, price, and the permission to host videos.
Some sites offer unlimited bandwidth in dedicated servers (servers reserved for only one site); however, the connection on the server may be 10 Mpbs, 20 Mbps, or somewhere around there. When I signed up with a dedicated server with 10 Mpbs my site was very slow and I lost alot of customers. I get over 2000 unique hits per day so bandwidth and speed was very demanding. Hosting sites do have plans with fast unlimited bandwidth but hosting videos and music are prohibited due to the overusage of bandwidth. In reality, there is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth becuase then it would cost the hosting sites tremendous amount of money to run their hosting businesses. “Unlimited Bandwidth” is used to attract customers who do not plan on making a site with videos and music.
If you get a host that offers a connection with 100 Mpbs or above then the host should be considered for your business. 100 Mbps should be enough speed for an average media site. With a good connection this leads to the price of the hosting. Some hosts only offer that amount of speed on dedicated servers that are allowed to have videos and music; usually the price to host such media content is $70 or above per month. If you have enough money to invest you should consider dedicated servers.
If you want to host media content you should ask the host before signing up with them. Some hosts have virtual servers (servers that have more than one site) which have excellent speed; however, they will disable, delete, suspend, or even ban your site from their servers if your site takes too much bandwidth or power from them. Making a media site is very demanding and it is very costly.
I found IICInternet.com to be a good hosting company that allows you to host almost anything. Currently they are offering unlimited space and unlimited bandwidth with 1000 Mpbs connection for only $39.99 a month. This is an incredible deal. I hosted my sites with them and I have been with them for two years. Their support team is not the best; however, if you have good experience in web site making then you should be ok.
With experience I found two solutions that are perfect for those who don’t want to spend that much money or worry about bandwidth and speed. YouTube.com and MegaUpload.com. YouTube requires mpg format and avi format for uploading your videos. And if you do not have director’s account then your videos are limited to be 100 MB or less in size and 10 minutes or less in length in order to be published. YouTube members who are directors have no limitation in videos size or video length so, you should apply to be a director. It’s best to make your site first and apply for a directr’s account since it’s free to sign up and it’s risk free.
MegaUpload.com is perfect solution for direct downloading. I recommend you sign up with their on-time-fee premium account for $99.99 for LIFETIME membership. Their premium account is an excellent investment for your media site. You can upload a file up to 2000 MB in size. Or if you have your files stored away somewhere on the web you can transfer it with the FTP/HTTP connection in one simple step. If you play your cards right you can take that $99.99 that you invested in MegaUpload.com and make it into $10000+ in a month.
About The Author
Azmi Mufti is the owner of
http://www.AdSense-Nation.com. He has experience in online business for over three years and he has made thousands of dollars from Google AdSense.
