What is one's motivation to start a stackexchange site? Sure, you want to make the obscure community you like better, but $130/mo is kind of a lot. Is there any reasonable way to recoup the money?
I've emailed FogCreek about this a few days ago, and they stated that Stack Exchange is geared towards corporations currently, but they have been getting a lot of emails about offering a lower cost versions for a more hobby centered site (think photography). They do allow for custom HTML to be added into parts of the site, so you could add ads to generate some revenue.
It's also worth noting that Stack Exchange is free during the beta period (because they haven't implemented the code for fees, Joel had stated that in one of the Stack Overflow podcasts)
* They do allow for custom HTML to be added into parts of the site*
But I suppose adding your own ads will be supported when it's out of beta? Otherwise paying the price and having no way to generate revenue seems a little useless...
