Let’s say you start a simple website. This website lets you look and chat with random people on the internet 1 person at a time. Before you know it, it goes viral and becomes one of the most viewed websites on the net. That’s exactly what happened with ChatRoulette.com. Now, lets say someone offers you $30,000,000 Euros. Would you take it or would you gamble for the billion dollar payout? After all, gambling on success seems to have paid off for YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Some might say that copycat sites can easily do what Chatroulette.com. That’s true, however when your first to market and get the exposure a site like chatroulette.com has, it’s almost impossible to accomplish similar results. Will some copycats be successful? Yes but I don’t think anywhere near the original. The problem comes with making money. YouTube, Twitter and Facebook all faced such hurdles but seemed to figure out a revenue model.
Would I take the money if I was offered $30 million euro’s and run. It would be a tough decision but Yes I would. What about you?
BTW – It is rumored that such an offer has been made.
I would say incorporate chatroulette, give me 15 million plus 5% of the future gross revenue and make the new owner use the 15 Million which he saved put into to marketing, development and monitizing strategy’s.
But that’s just me.
Steve Miller just called… he said to take the money and run 🙂
Knowing how hard it can be at times to make money online, I would take it run!
Invest some of the funds into another project and repeat the process.
I would take 15M for 50% share
Take money and RUN! As fast as possible – before they change their mind ;))
I’d sell it while its hot and take the money, no hesitation whatsover, no ifs buts or maybes 🙂
He could get far more creative with $30,000,000 to play with.
just registered ChattyRoulette.com
Yah, I will sell it. The SEO is crap. Lol..
Take the “GD” money and run!!
No one in their right mind is going to pay $30,000,000 Euros for chatroulettle.
Every year it seems something simple takes off.
Last year it was fmylife.com and this year it’s chatroulette.com
If I was offered $30,000,000 Euros, I would definitely take the money and run.
Who wants to be a millionaire?
Who is going to register the next crappy domain and hit it big with some insanely simple idea?
Notice how it’s always some young college kid or dropout in their garage or dorm room.
Probably high with their eyes so strained they about to pop out because their glued to the computer.
Hint…Hint 🙂
FaceBook.com is not a premium domain no matter how you look at it. Myspace.com is much better. The domain doesn’t matter, but what you do with the domain does.
They don’t have premium domains because they likely couldn’t afford them, but they did have an idea and they were laser focused on this idea.
Think about it.
Yes I would take the money and run and re-invest most of it in real estate offline and the rest I would spend on a new online venture…