How do you make websites like Facebook and Bebo etc?

[Dolly]

I always wanted to make a website like Facebook , Bebo and My Space etc but I never got the chance!
But how do I make it?
How much would it cost?
and
How do you make money of it?

And any other stuff I have to know about it! :-)

[Roach]

you cannot make a website like this over night!

It would cost about £40 a month to run and if marketed correctly could make you millions!

But you need something new, its isn't just a case of "oh im going to make a myspace rip off" have a browse round the interent and see how many 1000's of websites have tried and failed!

[Colanth]

First you have to be a team of people - I doubt that any one person is good enough to create a site like that.

Then you'll need to study computer programming and about half a dozen programming languages, use them for a few years and become very competent with them. Then be prepared to take a few years writing code.

The hardware is cheap and simple - $10,000 should be more than enough to start. Just a server or 5 and a lot of storage.