Realistic Server-Budget Discussion

[Ivan.]

I mean, you can easily get players if you create content for the network yourself and use tiktok and youtube to build up your network on social media which will save you a ton of money but it's a slow approach but once you start getting decent views and a few viral videos, you can easily hit a ton of players daily so I think 1000$ is a good amount of money for stuff if you don't go for exclusive builds right away but rather work yourself up to that.

I know Shortaholic did tiktok marketing that went well, for simppixel

 

[ObjectC]

I would highly disagree with the statements above. I do not think that $1,000 is anywhere near enough to start up a server nowadays especially getting 150-200 players.
The reason is, depending on what game modes you do there are going to be thousands of other servers that have the exact same things. You have to be unique nowadays to maintain any sort of player base.

Onto the next point, you mention "non-exclusive" builds. You absolutely will not get anywhere close to 150-200 players without exclusive builds, players like new experiences they don't want to join a server and see the same old builds they have already seen before.

Hosting depends on what you go with if it is a dedicated server... The MINIMUM would be $100/month and that's for a very crappy and questionable one.

Custom plugins, depending on how many you want and the functions of these plugins. If it's a small little 10 features plugin then it's not going to be too expensive, but if it's a whole skyblock core or something like that... It would be $500+. Almost all developers charge by the hour, so keep that in mind.

Lastly, even $1,000 for marketing isn't anywhere close to enough money to market your server these days. I would say the bare minimum you can get away with is $2,000, but wanting 150-200 players you'll need thousands more.

This isn't to discourage you or hate on you, you asked for people's thoughts and I wanted to be as transparent and real as possible.

You're making it sound like you can't create a server with little to no money. Technically speaking, you can create a server with no money at the start, it's possible and was seen already happening. You can advertise your server with TikTok and other platforms, while not spending any money on plugins. Some people are also developers themselves and with proper contacts, you can have custom plugins for free.

Most players do not care what builds those servers have, whether they are purchased or made by them because they are kids. They want to play somewhere and they don't need to care whether a Julius Caesar built that lobby or you've just downloaded it.

You are making owning a server way too hard, and it's really not that deep. In past, I've managed a server with literally no expenses, it was living off VIPs and having 200 players daily. I have seen it happening, and I know it can happen and all of that with proper contacts and marketing.

 

[Wildcard]

I mean, you can easily get players if you create content for the network yourself and use tiktok and youtube to build up your network on social media which will save you a ton of money but it's a slow approach but once you start getting decent views and a few viral videos, you can easily hit a ton of players daily so I think 1000$ is a good amount of money for stuff if you don't go for exclusive builds right away but rather work yourself up to that.

Thanks. That was a useful!

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You're making it sound like you can't create a server with little to no money. Technically speaking, you can create a server with no money at the start, it's possible and was seen already happening. You can advertise your server with TikTok and other platforms, while not spending any money on plugins. Some people are also developers themselves and with proper contacts, you can have custom plugins for free.

Most players do not care what builds those servers have, whether they are purchased or made by them because they are kids. They want to play somewhere and they don't need to care whether a Julius Caesar built that lobby or you've just downloaded it.

You are making owning a server way too hard, and it's really not that deep. In past, I've managed a server with literally no expenses, it was living off VIPs and having 200 players daily. I have seen it happening, and I know it can happen and all of that with proper contacts and marketing.

100%. Ive done it myself. More like 100 a day. Made money off VIPs. But I know things have changed around here. Thats why Im asking. Havent been running one myself in quite a while. I appreciate your message in this thread.

 

[Etuu]

Hey, I'm a spigot developer myself and I'm sorry if this is not an appropriate comment, but if you want I can give you a quote for your project. You can msg me on Discord @ CosmicDev#0401