Why not put affiliate links to all the shows/movies for them to buy on whatever platform they are available? I.e Amazon links
To some this may seem like a daunting task but I’m sure a script and a few external facing api calls could probably make it happen. As far as finding other ways to make it profitable, I would suggest trying to sell ad space directly to independent long form content creators, create an email list that eventually converts into affiliate sales or ad rev, published sponsored posts, add a members only section to your forum, or even just advertise the paid service better (it’s not super clear to me that you are asking for donations like Wikipedia for example).
As far as offering this service as an api, I think that is good too and don’t think it’s as much work as you might think, the bulk of the code already exists, it just needs to be repurposed and delivered… you also can start with basic features and build it out, but I get that development work takes time and is annoying. Congrats on the traffic and good luck!
Why not put affiliate links to all the shows/movies for them to buy on whatever platform they are available? I.e Amazon links
To some this may seem like a daunting task but I’m sure a script and a few external facing api calls could probably make it happen. As far as finding other ways to make it profitable, I would suggest trying to sell ad space directly to independent long form content creators, create an email list that eventually converts into affiliate sales or ad rev, published sponsored posts, add a members only section to your forum, or even just advertise the paid service better (it’s not super clear to me that you are asking for donations like Wikipedia for example).
As far as offering this service as an api, I think that is good too and don’t think it’s as much work as you might think, the bulk of the code already exists, it just needs to be repurposed and delivered… you also can start with basic features and build it out, but I get that development work takes time and is annoying. Congrats on the traffic and good luck!