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Creating a Web Proxy

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Sleepy_Sentry, Jun 22, 2006.

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    I'm thinking of starting up a web proxy to help pay for the cost of a server I'm thinking about renting.

    I know the proxy market is very saturated right now, however, but I still want to go ahead with it.

    How many visitors would I need at my proxy to make $30/month? How hard is promoting a web proxy?
     
    Sleepy_Sentry, Jun 22, 2006 IP
  2. symptic

    symptic Banned

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    My friend owns 15 proxies and he makes about $1k a month. It is a saturated market, but to promote you should just post it on forums and what not.
     
    symptic, Jun 23, 2006 IP
  3. BNix

    BNix Peon

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    Umm , I've one but for me only , no one know the url.
     
    BNix, Jun 24, 2006 IP
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    terryuk Notable Member

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    Any web proxy i have owned, i haven't promoted. Add it to proxy.org, post on some forums. Hard to say how many visitors you will need to make $30 but i doubt you'd need loads. All depends if you are just running Adsense or popups etc etc..
     
    terryuk, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    Popups plus putting the site on proxy.org generally earns me $1 per day per proxy I setup.
     
    iBold, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    talkwebz Banned

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    do you know any proxy scripts?I'm using one right now but its not that good...tell me a good proxy script i can use...thanks
     
    talkwebz, Jun 25, 2006 IP
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    danielbruzual Active Member

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    Promoting a proxy site is very easy, I used to have a proxy site until my hosting company suspended me (they shouldn't offer you "unlimited bandwidth" since it's not true) and let me tell you that the only promotion that I did was $20 bucks in adwords and submited to five proxy sites. On my second day I was getting 250 uniques, on my third day 300, on my third day 400.

    PhpProxy
    CGI proxy
     
    danielbruzual, Jun 25, 2006 IP
  8. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    giliav Active Member

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    Another question I have to add is: How do you cover the legal risk of owning a proxy (illegal use by hackers/surfers)?
    is there a script that is "smart" enough to block that?
    Maybe a TOS contract?
     
    giliav, Jul 29, 2006 IP
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    crazyryan Well-Known Member

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    DONT start a proxy now - kids don't need these whilst there not at school.
     
    crazyryan, Jul 29, 2006 IP
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    giliav Active Member

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    Which leaves enough time to get it listed and promoted all ready for September if you start now right?
    Also - there are people using it for privacy and not only kids.
     
    giliav, Jul 29, 2006 IP
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    many proxies open everyday if i were you i make a site like proxy.org
    i have about 5 sites every one generates about .70-1$ a day from google adsense with 300 impressions
     
    moaid123, Jul 30, 2006 IP
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    I've had 3 at one point. Incredibly easy to promote, send me a PM and i'll give you some tips.
     
    Pozzy, Jul 30, 2006 IP
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    I've had lots of trouble keeping them up and running. With hosting and all
     
    atlantabravefan7, Feb 25, 2007 IP
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    I have one proxy. Did not spend a penny promoting it. The page with adsense gets around 90 page views per day and it amounts to around 30$ per month. One of the biggest problems with proxies is that you have to get dedicated hosting to host them.
     
    baumann93, Feb 26, 2007 IP