Racked.com takes a view of the miles & points blogosphere [split off from OMaaT]
Apr 13, 2015, 2:24 am
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The irony is that anyone except a US citizen who does what Ben does would pay no tax at all. Only US citizens pay tax on global income. (Well, also North Korea and Eritrea.)
If I was living out of hotels around the world I would pay no tax, assuming I incorporated my blog outside the UK.
If Ben keeps this up it would make sense to renounce his US citizenship and revert to the German citizenship which I assume he also has because of his family.
If I was living out of hotels around the world I would pay no tax, assuming I incorporated my blog outside the UK.
If Ben keeps this up it would make sense to renounce his US citizenship and revert to the German citizenship which I assume he also has because of his family.
Apr 13, 2015, 5:51 am
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Maybe my reading and comprehension skills are not that great, but I think you are reading to much into the article. The article is pretty well researched and written, I must say. My take is the 500k number is more about TPG, but YMMV.
Jul 30, 2016, 7:33 pm
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ff blogger article
I knew credit card reward bloggers made money but I never guessed it would be this much. Has anyone seen this story?
http://www.racked.com/2015/4/1/83207...d-points-miles
I guess the points guy and frugal travel guy already sold out
http://www.racked.com/2015/4/1/83207...d-points-miles
I guess the points guy and frugal travel guy already sold out
Jul 31, 2016, 7:21 pm
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It is practically a known secret...
The sad news? Bloggers use their earned commission to buy their own tickets while asking internet crowd to apply for cards (for commission).
The sad news? Bloggers use their earned commission to buy their own tickets while asking internet crowd to apply for cards (for commission).
Aug 3, 2016, 6:30 am
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.2% of miles and points bloggers (if that many) make about 99.9% of the money in the space (if that little). I think that article is actually a pretty rational look at the state of the industry (and yes, it is an industry now).
Aug 4, 2016, 4:49 am
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Yeah, old news...
I wrote my thesis on the subject:
http://travelbloggerbuzz.com/travel-...zation-scheme/
Moderator: Please feel free to edit my post to take out the direct link...but I do think it is relevant.
And the 0.2% earning 99.9% is probably close too
I wrote my thesis on the subject:
http://travelbloggerbuzz.com/travel-...zation-scheme/
Moderator: Please feel free to edit my post to take out the direct link...but I do think it is relevant.
And the 0.2% earning 99.9% is probably close too
Aug 5, 2016, 9:09 am
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To say 0.2% would assume 500 US blogs and I don't think it has got that bad!
Let's say there are 100 US sites running at least 1 article per week. If the top 5 make $10m between them then 5% are making probably 90%.
Let's say there are 100 US sites running at least 1 article per week. If the top 5 make $10m between them then 5% are making probably 90%.