I have a really great idea for a dating site and free social website?

[Jakester]

Dating sites are not the easiest things to create on a wing and a prayer, you face the chicken and egg problem with people not interested in joining a site with no members, it would probably require a costly advertising campaign in a competitive market to make into int a real business.

Dating sites pay handsome commissions to affiliates who bring new members, if you can imagine a variation of your plan to get the people interested, you might have a more attainable goal. One simple approach to start with may be to create a free forum, many basic web site hosting packages have auto forum setups (Those with Fantastico are a safe bet). Running forum would give you a taste of managing members, if your on site advertising recruited a couple of dating site recruits a month your expenses would be covered. Initial 1 year cost, about $96.