Comments on: GameProducer.NET Website Version 4.0 is Online

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:14:39 +0000

@killarkai: Bear in mind… that people outside the developed countries can still put their game online and sell it to North America & Europe using $20 price tag… That means less than 3 sold copies to get your money back.

And with the Insider’s Guide – you are sure to see those sales.

By: killarkai

killarkai — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:48:26 +0000

“This fee is small enough for serious game developers to pay, but high enough to keep spammers away from boards.”

$50 is a *hefty* fee for people outside the developed countries.

$50 for a noise filter, that’s not a good enough reason to sign-up.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:39:33 +0000

I also recommend people to join indiegamer.com and gamedev.net, there’s plenty of good discussion there. I would also recommend joining ASP ($100 per year)

The forums is targeted to people who want to skip most of the noise that – unfortunately – some of the major forums have.

By: Zonque

Zonque — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:48:56 +0000

Thanks for the hint, LMAO ;)

50 bucks is a joke, Juuso.

By: LMAO

LMAO — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:27:22 +0000

$50 to join your forum! Are you having a laugh! I strongly recommend people visit Indiegamer.com, it’s free and it’s not full of affiliate junk.

By: Gavin Bowman

Gavin Bowman — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:12:20 +0000

Looks great, I really like it. You should check it in IE though, I’m seeing everything centre aligned.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:36:31 +0000

@Tobias: yes “recommended money makers” are affiliate referrals – but not all my “recommended…” are affiliates. And they work (some might simply take some time?) – tell me if something is not working (title perhaps?). It’s easier me to track clicks (rather than count on affiliates/others) when I use resource.php instead of direct link – that way I can get statistics about my website clickthroughs. (I would have put Google there as well, but unfortunately Google needs to use Javascript thing… so I cannot put it to my resource database).

I don’t know what you should do for the sake of trust and openness: anybody that knows little bit about affiliates knows that there are affiliate programs with google/amazon and others. I’m suggesting the ones I’ve used & work for me. Previously I used direct links, but now I find it easier for use & track what’s happening as I can get statistical data.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:27:59 +0000

Nice update, I like it.

I noticed that the links under “Recommended money makers” are not showing to where they lead. Instead there is “resource.php?id=x” and a redirect. Now, I’ll assume that this is done to hide the fact that you have a referral code (correct me if I am wrong, I apologize in advance) on the links. I just started a website of my own with affiliate links with ugly url’s that look just plain suspicious and was thinking of “hiding” the url’s. I decided against for the sake of trust and openness, but I would very much like to hear your rationale behind your choice. I am still debating which way is the “right” one.

Thanks.