@ Rudy Thank you for pointing out the site Lostmystuff. After looking at this site I am currently making some changes to Lostrecoveryteam.com
I know there are sites out there that are along the same lines as what I wanted to do but not too many that are organized and current. I did come across a site called Theringfinder. His site charges to be a member and charges almost double what I wanted to charge if you look at the coverage areas verses the fee to sign up.
Now after all that has been said back and forth here I am going to change my site to be free to join. I still feel like I have to justify why I wanted to charge a membership fee.
Yes there are a few groups out there that offer a lost and recovery service. If anyone read any of my post in this thread entirely there is one part that some people did not pick up on. The part where I said I had 6 people reply back to me about the ring I listed on craigslist that I have found, none of these 6 people were not the owners of this ring.
I live in Southern Cali. There seem to be more people here with metal detectors then any place I can thank of. Why have these 6 people from one single post have not contacted someone to help them find their rings? Maybe they have and maybe that haven’t but one of these 6 offered to pay me to go help find it.
WAAALAAAA Lostrecovery team was created.
Now the cost to own a site like this and my thoughts on getting it promoted
“WITH OUT SPAM MAILING PEOPLE”.
Hosting $15.00 a month
Placing ads on Google, $10.00 a day x 30 days = $300 a month. Now that’s only for an average of 20 clicks a day (which is nothing). The average cost per click is $.50 for these key words.
I am not going to count my time for building a site like this. There are over 70 pages now and will be 5x’s that before it is done. If you don’t know how much it cost to have someone build a website then look around the cost for a standard 5-7 page website can cost anywhere from a couple hundred to a few thousand.
So with what is listed above we are at $315.00 a month X’s 12 = $3,780.00. How many members would it take to cover the cost for a year at $30.00 a sign up for a year?
So WOOOOWEEEEEE I am going to be able to retire from this great idea…..
I have currently 2 members that have PAID to join I am refunding there payment and going completely FREE. It will take a couple dys to make these changes.
If anyone would like to be listed there as members please reply here or in a pm with a short bio description/location and any information you would like to have listed on your profile. If you would like to ad a pic then either add to your reply here and I can snag it off the thread or send me a email at
[email protected]
Truly sorry that this has taken up so much wasted time and effort of some.
Sorry I just can’t let this one go
“Yes, I find his site intellectually and even possibly ethically offensive, but I never would have seen it to gripe about it UNTIL HE CAME HERE TO SOLICIT MEMBERSHIP…If you don't think that makes him fair game”
Really you feel like you have to just come on here and call me out again after the rules were simply stated to you about my post falling completely in the guide lines of this thread…
Bro, you need a HUG....