Name of your website?Vacation House Costa Rica - Costa Rica Beach Vacation Rental
Your name?
Derek Anderson
Your Location (city, etc)
Los Angeles
Please give us a short summary of your website?
A rental website for our vacation house in Costa Rica
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Buying a Vacation House and wanting to let others experience Costa Rica
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
1993, a small personal page
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Something that made sense and the domain was available
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
Price and Location, along with personal service
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
to keep renting it.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
We just launched the website
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Not Much.. I am extremely happy with my site and all of its functionality
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
don't know, but I would love to have that problem
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
payment integration
What has been your biggest challenge?
time
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
craigslist
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
none
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
Been running it for 2 months, but will keep it for years and years
Do you like web development?
yes
What is your website address?
Vacation House Costa Rica - Costa Rica Beach Vacation Rental
