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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -14/+202This is why women shouldn't be allowed to use computers.
- iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -3/+84Good god, how I loathe MySpace and the people who live there. I work hard, every day, doing web design (same thing she's doing) and I don't make even CLOSE to what she makes.... And she's 17.
Well... I guess browsing Digg can't be considered working...
I work hard at least 3/4 of every day... - aussieNickuss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+80"Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!"
That's what Google Desktop told me when I tried to visit whateverlife.com. - thelastcivilian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+67She was offered $1.5M and didn't take it. I guess the death knell for MySpace hasn't quite sounded. More power to her if her layouts are any good... wait, what? http://whateverlife.com/profile/?layout=circlerainbowgradientcode She's making 70k/month for a site that has rainbow sunbursts? WTF?
- fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -3/+58LayoutWhore.
- Idrive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+55High school drop out soon to make multiple millions....where did i go wrong???
- eatbeefjerky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+37I hate myspace.
I hate myspace layouts.
I hate most people who use myspace and the horrible layouts that come with it.
I wish I'd thought of this idea first. - winglord01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36It's because these attention hungry teenyboppers invest so much damn time in MySpace, wanting everyone else to see them, why her site is so popular. Still, more power to her. She saw the MySpace train coming and rode it to big bucks.
- capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34by computer it means your brain.
- disabled4diggin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34Stack Overflow at Line *****!!!
- bfaulk04, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28Well, good luck to her on this endeavor... it needs to last or develop into something larger. Otherwise that whole minor detail of dropping out of high school might catch up to her... a little.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28$70,000 a month and without porn or gambling? Get out of here.
- Dradis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27"A fool and their money..."
- BobKonysh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+213/4 you deserve a promotion, most barely do 1/2
- seekandestroy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22kudos for not calling her fat this time
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Kids think that iPhones, ringtones and how many MySpace friends you have determine your success in life.
We're sooooo *****. - choebear, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Digg effect on the blog, here you go:
17-year old girl makes up to $70,000 a month with MySpace site
Aug 27th, 2007 by Thomas De Maesschalck
ashley_qualls.jpgFast Company published a fairly long article in the September edition of their magazine about the 17-year old Ashley Qualls.
This girl runs a MySpace layout and graphics site called Whateverlife. I never heard about this site before but she seems to be doing amazingly well, according to the article the three-year old site receives 7 million unique visitors and 60 million page views a month and this earns her up to $70,000 a month. Most of this revenue seems to come through Google AdSense and ValueClick.
At 17 going on 37 (at least), Ashley is very much an Internet professional. In the less than two years since Whateverlife took off, she has dropped out of high school, bought a house, helped launch artists such as Lily Allen, and rejected offers to buy her young company. Although Ashley was flattered to be offered $1.5 million and a car of her choice–as long as the price tag wasn’t more than $100,000–she responded, in effect, Whatever. :) “I don’t even have my license yet,” she says.
Ashley is evidence of the meritocracy on the Internet that allows even companies run by neophyte entrepreneurs to compete, regardless of funding, location, size, or experience–and she’s a reminder that ingenuity is ageless. She has taken in more than $1 million, thanks to a now-familiar Web-friendly business model. Her MySpace page layouts are available for the bargain price of…nothing. They’re free for the taking. Her only significant source of revenue so far is advertising.
I already knew that MySpace related sites can bring in a lot of money but this story amazed me, the kind of money she’s pulling in from this site is stunning. Looks like I’m in the wrong niche lol
You can read the full story over here (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/girl-power.html). One of the funny things is that a court ruled in January that neither Ashley nor her parents are allowed to manage her finances:
Until she turns 18, next June, a court-appointed conservator is controlling Whateverlife’s assets; Ashley must request funds for any expense outside the agreed-upon monthly budget.
The arrangement, she says, affects her ability to react in a volatile industry. “It’s not like I’m selling lemonade,” she says. Besides, it’s her company. If she wants to contract developers or employ her mother, Ashley says, why shouldn’t she be able to do it without the conservator’s approval?
So the teenager has hired a lawyer. She wants to emancipate herself and be declared an adult. Now. At 17. Why not just sit tight until June? The girl trying to grow up fast can’t wait that long. - SnuKs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17You sound like Frank Grimes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Grimes#Frank_Grimes_Sr. - CSharpSauce, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Thats where you're going wrong... you can't become rich by working.
- Sp4nk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18"I made $70,000 last month. How much you make? You see, pal, that's who I am and you're nothing."
- MajorD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16lol. But at least that layout is readable... can't stand the sites you can't even read.
- ruthless34, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Well only idiots use the crap MySpace.
...and they are the same people who click on the ads... - capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Yes, because...
A. High School teaches you so many invaluable things.
B. It takes a couple months to go through correspondence school or get a GED.
C. Experience, especially successful experience, isn't valued.
I'd put my money on her being just fine. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Too bad she already spent it all on stickers and hello kitty backpacks.
- youdlike2know, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Whateverlife.com has spyware/virus on it.. AntiVir caught it right away
- capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Could we minimize costs and just sell price tags?
- AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Where does the court get off thinking it has the right to appoint a conservator to control her money?
- worldsbestgamer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12The same way I did. By not realizing that idiots click add links that often. Especially teeny bopper myspace emo kid idiots.
- mroboy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11You listened to the man.
- ChemEng, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Read closer---$70k per MONTH, not YEAR.
- Pilot85, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11We call her names because we are jealous that she had foresight we did not. :(
- smcavoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9you forgot to end with "Get off my lawn!"
- ruthless34, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It is bad news for English Grammar.
- matthewf01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9hah, they thought they won a free ipod.
- jprichard, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Firefox + Web Developer Toolbar + Ctrl Shift S *disables css styles* = A page that shows the basic myspace layout with no backgrounds. A great way to keep from getting the myspace headache.
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+970k is only about 2 years of living expenses. Or 2 months if you're a spoiled teenage girl who hasn't worked hard and doesn't realize the value of a dollar.
In fact I'd put money down on her blowing it all. - negativefx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9In one of her pages she uses the word 'wah-lah'. Now honestly, when I was 17, I knew the right way to spell it.
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8She shouldn't quit her day job. She's like a professional athlete. Except the sports they play will still be popular in two years.
- Salgat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Shes making more in a month than many engineers make in a year. If she doesn't blow all her money at once, it'll never "catch up to her". Heck, in 3 years she'll have enough to retire on. Blame the "noobs" who use myspace.
- ChemEng, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Im guessing she'll start using that $70k/month shes banking now.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8that's one of the "miracle kids" that turn out to have a fat rich parent behind right?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7She's a genius, 12 year olds are too dumb to use Adblock, it's the only viable market left.
- Nocturnal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Who the ***** spends 70k in two months? That's a lot of ***** money. Whoever is stupid enough to even give their child 70k every two months deserves a ***** ***** slap to his or her face!
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+5*shakes fist*
- bromac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Just like life, Digg's not what you know, but who you know.
- HueytheFreeman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Whoosh! Right over your head.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10This story getting popular is yet another fine example of Digg gaming in action. I submitted the same story, probably different URL, 4 days ago and got *gasp* 3 diggs in total. I guess what they say is true, only a very small handful of diggers ever become popular, maybe they can share their secret.
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5All she has to do now is get a good money manager and she's set.
- rnawky, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Tom should remove the ability to use custom layouts and make MySpace look like Facebook.
There goes that fat bitches money. - bfaulk04, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Not going to/finishing college is understandable, but if you don't finish high school it shows a complete and total lack of judgment and commitment.
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