Most of the programs at GPWA refused to pay. Of the ones that did it was only about 12 as I remember. 12×150 is $1800. While I hate to sound elitist $1800 minus server expenses aint much.
Lets assume you spend 4 to 6 hours a day doing admin, minding the boards, proding the advertisers to pay, abritrating squables among members, processing new member aps and all the other daily crap that comes up. And lets say you do that 6 days a week (if you didnt everything would fall apart) then we are talking 120 hours per month. Figure $1600 left over after server and your talking $13 an hour. Whoa Nelly where do I sign up?
Even a mediocre webmaster earns far more. I know you or I do. In fact most of the people that have access to the private areas here earn far more then $1800 a week. Some more then that a day. So it aint worth it if your just in it for the money.
Now my figures were based on 5 hours a day. You know as well as I do that Cindy does twice that at GPWA. Shes online there or at various message boards doing damage control at least 10 or twelve hours a day. So what does that make the hourly wage?
Trust me she aint in it for the money she earns at GPWA. She has other reasons, not the $150 a month fees.