[modeless]

Wow, you don't make any money on SteamDB? It seems like the sort of thing that should be able to make a lot of money. Even very minimal ads would probably bring in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars per year, and if you hate the idea of ads it seems like you could probably sell a premium subscription for some of the info you have that would be useful for devs, like imdb pro or crunchbase pro or something.

[xPaw]

I can, but I have no interest in doing that currently.

[tehlike]

As some others have said, affiliate is the way to go. You are already driving sales... Should be fair to you to get compensated.

[matheusmoreira]

Agree. Valve should probably find a way to compensate him. I've spent money on Steam because of his site.

[modeless]

If you don't mind me asking, what's your day job?

[cyrux004]

check his profile by clicking on id full stack developer per his home page

[modeless]

It's clear that he is a (very good!) full-stack developer. I am curious about where he works, or if he is retired or something, living off investments while working on SteamDB full time.

I think very few people would knowingly turn down income of a million dollars per year. In fact I'd say it's a privilege to be in a position to be able to turn that down. I even see some people here who are asking him to make the income even though he doesn't want it so he can give it to a charity.

[giancarlostoro]

I wouldnt be surprised if you could easily work out some sort of deal with Steam, if a game page from your site leads to a buy on their end they give you a small percentage.

[i4i]

I hate ads too. The thing I tried that felt ethical and useful was an affiliate code for related (to the content) products that would split the discount 50/50 between me and readers. I stated this clearly in the ad.

[dimgl]

You're an absolute beast. Nice.

[xd1936]

Legendary.

[lawrenceyan]

Valve should just acquire you to be honest.

[KomoD]

No they should not, because they'd kill it or remove features, and god knows what else.

[spicyusername]

Not all heroes wear capes

[sswezey]

Thank you!

[nchudleigh]

Would be dope to monetize the traffic and donate it or support indie game projects.

[trungdq88]

Would you share more with us about the reason why you're not monetizing it?

[wly_cdgr]

Extremely baller

[pavo-etc]

Does steam have some sort of affiliate link program? If they don't they should.

[Ruthalas]

Many of us appreciate both the service and lack of ads. Thank you for both.

[richardjennings]

Can I ask if you might consider leveraging your position to aid a charity ?

[skeeter2020]

This isn't a cost-free proposition. "giving away" money is a lot of work; leveraging an asset into money to donate is even more.

[richardjennings]

Agreed. Knowing the opportunity cost must weigh heavily. Bytes and Food. The new boots and cats.

[zamadatix]

Seems like the service itself is his choice of charity.

[1270018080]

I'll do it?

[stOneskull]

kudos, mate

[tracker1]

I completely respect the owner of SteamDB for not doing this... I'm not a fan of ad networks as it stands.

Although, affiliate links to games might be an idea (assuming Steam has such a thing). At least for the purchase if someone is interested in buying.

[jffry]

> affiliate links to games might be an idea (assuming Steam has such a thing).

Steam does not have such a thing.

[godshatter]

Does Amazon still do affiliate links? Because they sell steam codes for games.