Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Business Of Free Online Games


By Rick C Dominix

If you are looking for a business opportunity that can keep the cash registers rolling, starting a business of free arcade games is a good idea. The way online games are becoming popular with the teenagers, starting a business of providing free online games is like grabbing a good opportunity.

Traditionally, kids used to go out to arcades and amusement centers for playing arcade games. At that time, the arcade business was flourishing like anything. It used to be one of the most amusing self employment options. Establishing an arcade business required low start up costs ranging from $1000 to $50000. Such low investment used to get easily financed with the help of bank loans and angel investors. These costs were used for buying the equipment and renting the place. The equipment would include arcade games of different types, vending machines, sitting arrangements, etc.

As the internet crept more and more into our every day life, free online games have become the way to play. The traditional business models have been laid to rest and new methods came to be. Now there are the webmasters who administrate the websites that offer many free arcade games. The startup costs are negligible compared to the traditional models; for $100 to $1000 one can already establish an arcade games website. Also, large chunks of revenue flows in through the advertisements placed on the site. Thus the flow of income never stops.

When it comes to investment, designing these online games requires making use of software such as adobe shockwave or adobe flash. Designing online games is not that a technical job as it appears to be as the designing programs are easy to use. Also, online arcades today are making best use of this business opportunity by allowing users to design their own online games and submitting them to the website owners. In this way, without incurring too much of set up costs and with revenue coming from advertisements, online game developers are able to make good profits.

The major target audience of online game developers is kids in the age bracket of 10-18. Kids of these age groups simply love gaming and the competition among friends and peers is also intense. For such kids, winning and making a high score is a matter of pride as well as joy. Another important segment of target audience is the people at office. The office people who are stressed with work go in for free online games at the office for de stressing.

Thus, when you are searching self employment in the business of running an online games website, you can easily get into this still growing business. Do thorough research on the cost options as well as the technical nature of making online games. Good communication skills help bringing in different advertisements which are the biggest source of revenue for online game developers.

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