shri - 2:52 am on Sep 24, 2000 (gmt 0)

Hi folks,

I am looking for ideas on where I could take my site. I set out a year ago, to build a humor / community site for Indians (being Indian myself).

My goals were to

-- not spend any money the site did not make
-- build up a strong community
-- build up a good base of loyal viewers (i.e. to get free beer in virtually any city in the world)

This has happened. We now have about a million pageviews and 200K uniques / month. My site grows about 20% a month, mostly from word of mouth. All of this is great, I make about US$2000/month which pays for rent (I live in Hong Kong, which is super expensive) and I have a day job, which keeps me very comfortable.

Asia has a very under/undeveloped B2C market. This is primarily due to a weak infrastructure (delivery / sourcing), currency issues and buying power (folks in India for example can buy Indian editions of books on Amazon at 1/10th the price). There are two or three established B2C plays in India but they do not have a credible affiliate programs.

What are my options? Where do I start?

I am looking at affliate programs, but have had little success with Amazon and primarily use it to discount my own purchases.

I would love to have t-shirts etc, but my experience in terms of quality with Cafepress was not all that hot.

Should I just keep the site as is? I don't really need the money from the site as I said, but I enjoy playing with new ideas and 'making things happen'.