[dholowiski]

6 years as a hobby, and another two as a business. 8 years before he sold to Amazon. Remember that the next time you're complaining that you aren't making any money 30 days after launching a site.

[MicahWedemeyer]

Or when you're weighing quitting your job and going whole-hog versus doing the nights-and-weekends thing.

[executive]

IMDb didn't magically start making money when they sold to Amazon.

[gvb]

No, but Colin Needham did.

[executive]

You seem to be forgetting pre-Amazon ad revenue.

[visakhcr]

There was no Google Adsense before 1998.

(Other ad players were there, but nothing as efficient and accessible to any website owner/publisher)