Total Frat Move reached $2,000 monthly ad revenue on $150 annual hosting
Madison Wickham · Frat Guy Takes 2K a Month Side Project to 10Mil a Year Media Company, EP 286: Madison Wickham · Jun 14, 2016 · at 7:38
Madison Wickham, founder and CEO of Grandex, explains the early unit economics and ad revenue of Total Frat Move four months after its launch in 2010.
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“And we hit a point where we had, I want to say, I think like 2000 dollars a month coming in through ad revenue. But I mean, our expenses were basically non-existent. We had like a 150 dollar a year hosting package.”
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