Hey guys. I've been working in the avs industry for a few years now and think it's time for me to do something different.

I think i have a pretty good grasp of what i need to know to start my own pay-site but i'm kindda in the dark about some aspects of the business.

One of my main concerns is hosting...and primarily the cost of hosting.

The pay-site i'm wanting to put up will have both pictures and videos...very LARGE videos. I'm not too concerned about the hosting costs of the pictures, as it'll be insignificant in comparison to the hosting costs of the videos.

I've looked at some pay-sites and their respective hosting providers in an attempt to get an idea as to how much hosting for a photo/video site of this sort might cost. what i've realized is that it costs a lot. Lol Much more than I thought.

So my question is…does anyone know how much a site like SeanCody.com would be paying for hosting per month?

I’m using SeanCody.com as an example because that’s the most I think I’ll EVER have to pay for hosting and if I know how much that maximum is I’ll know where I stand on the bigger scheme of things.

I’ve used some rough calculations to came up with an approximation of maybe around $15,000 a month. Is that reasonable? Could he be paying more than that per month in hosting costs?

PS. Why does his hosting company (http://www.cwie.net) charge over 6X for approximately the same amount of BW as does my current hosting provider http://www.protgp.com?

Any other cautions/advice when it comes to hosting?
Why would i want to co-locate?
What are all these talks about setting up offshore?

Thanks a lot guys and sorry for the essay

AlE.