Website how much would this cost?

[Baitty]

I know it can vary on traffic but I was wondering what the following site would cost per month to run the site and how much it would cost to actually develop the site.

- Live webcam with chat integrated.

The site would use webcams where two (or more) people would be able to communicate with each other. as well as a chat too. I would want multiple "rooms" with cams and live chat support.

Imagine something like skype but on a website interface instead. 

[monbux]

Depends completely on the traffic.  How many people that actually use the website, that's how you would determine it.  I know for sure that it would not be cheap; you need to send a lot of data around.  My suggestion is to first have a mini beta testing period.

[Baitty]

Depends completely on the traffic.  How many people that actually use the website, that's how you would determine it.  I know for sure that it would not be cheap; you need to send a lot of data around.  My suggestion is to first have a mini beta testing period.

I was afraid someone might say that. It's hard to determine the amount of people you are going to get to your site. Any estimations with 100-1000 people a month. I can't see me getting more than that its not like the site is original just a side project I would like to do.

[monbux]

Depends completely on the traffic.  How many people that actually use the website, that's how you would determine it.  I know for sure that it would not be cheap; you need to send a lot of data around.  My suggestion is to first have a mini beta testing period.

I was afraid someone might say that. It's hard to determine the amount of people you are going to get to your site. Any estimations with 100-1000 people a month. I can't see me getting more than that its not like the site is original just a side project I would like to do.

That side project may be costly.  You would have to spend a lot of secure servers to make sure your users' chats are secured, plus the load will be pretty big.  I have never done anything with a userbase of 1000 active people, especially not on webcam chat sites... so I wouldn't really know.

[Baitty]

Depends completely on the traffic.  How many people that actually use the website, that's how you would determine it.  I know for sure that it would not be cheap; you need to send a lot of data around.  My suggestion is to first have a mini beta testing period.

I was afraid someone might say that. It's hard to determine the amount of people you are going to get to your site. Any estimations with 100-1000 people a month. I can't see me getting more than that its not like the site is original just a side project I would like to do.

That side project may be costly.  You would have to spend a lot of secure servers to make sure your users' chats are secured, plus the load will be pretty big.  I have never done anything with a userbase of 1000 active people, especially not on webcam chat sites... so I wouldn't really know.

Ok thanks for your help so far. Maybe I won't be doing this any time soon I shouldn't imagine I would have 1000 people a month that was a maximum prediction.