Starting a technology-related website

[Cs342]

Do you think this is viable as a career or even just a paid hobby? If someone started a website purely for enthusiasts unlike many of the review sites that have become more focused on mainstream products, would you read the content regularly?

[Kevin_Walter]

It's extremely difficult making money on the internet like that. The ones who do usually plaster ads all over the place and/or get paid to write reviews. Which is why a lot of them make that shift toward "mainstream" products.

 

You could do it. But it's going to take a few years before you could consider it a "viable career"... it would be pretty difficult getting to the point where you can even make a living on it.

[beebskadoo]

do it as a hobby, don't even expect payment, if payment comes that's great but don't quit your job or something like that

If you love doing it, go for it! but be reasonable

[Almercenary]

Do it for the love of it, not the money, and you'll probably get somewhere

[Imabigmac]

I'd read if the content was good and up to date. But I wouldn't quit work to pursue it.

[Lyons]

Keeping up to date with news quicker than other sites and getting a big enough user base to make yourself attractive to manufacturers is almost impossible now - it's a full time job. If you want to review 'enthusiast' products you'll need a lot of capital to get going, because companies certainly won't send you stuff for free. What do you have to offer that current websites with huge following don't already have?

 

probably nothing

 

I don't want to be discouraging or harsh, just honest.

[ttam]

You're jumping into a market that is already saturated by very large names. It would be extremely difficult to branch off into another part of it because the majority of these things are covered under the base of say OC3d, hardocp, the tek and the such. HardOCP is 186,000 strong.

[Cs342]

So would it be profitable/viable to work for an already established company? How much income would I be expecting for that?

[applebook]

Good luck trying to break in. 

 

I have some experience, plenty of passion, and the education to back it up, and it's nearly impossible to land even a decent blogging gig with an established publication. 

 

If you're passionate about tech and really want a viable career out of it, consider engineering and programming. 

[LogicalDrm]

Better way than starting own site would be to first be unpaid assistant to some other tech site and gain experience in writing stuff and being "open eyed" to everything. After that getting part-time assignments from some bigger site/ magazine would be easier. But it may take years before you can actually live doing it.