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Originally Posted by daytoohiopoker
getting the software and stuff is the easy part i have found out after some research.
the problem is getting players ... esp since i am not a rich and famous poker player at this time / yet.
any ideas?
I have played poker over 12 years as my only income and i have a drive to do this because I think rake fees are too high on average and i belive a site could over time take off. so i want to make a site someday that will give rake at like 1% pot fee or a small daily fee to play. I know many of you think it won't work but it def would and could over time just like Craigslist did.
for example look at Craigslist.. they did not advertise but over time became the go to site for many people on things.
I didn't have to read very far to know that you're trying to start a business. With a business, almost any kind of business, it's never as simple as you think.
You can't be a one-man band here. There are a lot of things to consider, even if you're trying to make it a small site. My business (IRS Schedule C) is only
playing poker and there are a lot of rules and laws that I have to follow.
SUPPORT: Are you going to have a support department, or will everyone on your site with a problem or question be calling your home phone or sending you E-mails to your personal account?
TECHNICAL: Do you know how to set up a site that works? Do you know how to write code? What if the software that you can easily get has a problem? Would you know what to do if your site crashes?
LEGAL: There is a lot to think about here. Who will be allowed to play on your site? Anyone in your city? Your state? Anywhere in the world? Do you have a pretty good understanding about what rules and laws will apply to your site? Do you know how to verify someone's location or residence?
THE POKER EXPERIENCE: Do you have an idea what games you want to offer? What the smallest and largest stakes will be? Which poker games or variants you want to offer? If you don't give people what they want, it won't work. If it's only going to be something like NLHE tournaments, will that bring in enough money to cover all of the categories listed above?
I could go on but I think you get the idea.