Craig_F - 1:14 pm on Oct 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

thanks for the response. are you referring to the directory in your profile? I ask because while you've obviously done a good job of it, it's a general directory and in that case I'd think you would have much more difficulty making money from submissions.

but the directory I'm thinking of would be tightly focused on a specific industry, which I think changes things quite a bit.

for example, with a general directory I will never pay much to submit unless there's some serious traffic or link pop associated with the link, but with a tightly focused directory I can see paying $50 or so for the link pop and the targeted traffic -- even if it's not a lot of traffic in comparison to a general directory listing.

To me as a site owner $50 a year for a solid very industry related link is a no brainer. To me as the directory owner I'll gladly review and edit 3 submissions an hour for $150.

But, I know it's not that easy/simple. Comment away, I'm very interested to hear why this will/won't work.