york city . the service was founded in 1997 1 by richard jones and dan metcalfe two british entrepreneurs . it had one million users . 2 it collaborated with warner brothers to create a community called acmecity which allowed users to create a web site using wb characters logos etc. without infringing on copyright . when fortunecity first came online it offered a free web hosting account with 6mb disk space . later they increased the space to 10mb 20mb and then 100mb . however since upgrading to 100mb the original virtual community design has been removed ; the virtual map of each district is gone the division of district is also gone but the community mayor and district ministers remains . the company went public in march 1998 . it was oversubscribed 37 times after its initial offering . 3 fortunecity receives its revenue mostly from advertisements . 4 fortunecity began as a free web hosting service but they have announced that after april 30 2012 they will no longer be providing free web space citing increasing costs as the reason . 5 at this point it was also rebranded as dotster . 6 see also edit comparison of free web hosting services references edit lopresti michael 2007 11 01 . a case of storage space . econtent . information today inc. archived from the original on 2011 02 11 . retrieved 2011 02 11 . stites janet 1999 01 25 . prospectus ; an alliance with warner brothers online has an upstart web development company feeling like the road runner . . the new york times . archived from the original on 2011 02 11 . retrieved 2009 10 19 . peterson thane 1999 11 02 . why fortunecity will seek its fortune on nasdaq . businessweek . archived from the original on 2011 02 11 . retrieved 2009 10 19 . keegan victor 2000 12 21 . how to make a fortune on the quiet . the guardian . archived from the original on 2011 02 11 . retrieved 2009 10 19 . dear fortunecity customers . fortunecity . 2012 03 . archived from the original on 2012 03 24 . retrieved 2012 03 24 . check date values in date help welcome fortune city customers . dotster . 2013 01 . retrieved 2 13 01 24 . check date values in access date date help external links edit official website fortunecity web archive retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fortunecity & oldid 650839308 categories companies based in new york citycompanies established in 1996free web hosting serviceshidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 march 2015 at 00 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view