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MrBig

2,731 posts

130 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Another great video, glad to see him doing well. I like how he did a bit of background reminding viewers about how it all started and the hours he used to work.

The only bit I didn't like was the Murci donuts in the sand, because it's my absolute dream car and I struggle the concept of sand in mechanical components laugh

WelshGTI

82 posts

82 months

Tuesday 7th May
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MrBig said:
Another great video, glad to see him doing well. I like how he did a bit of background reminding viewers about how it all started and the hours he used to work.

The only bit I didn't like was the Murci donuts in the sand, because it's my absolute dream car and I struggle the concept of sand in mechanical components laugh
What he did show on his Insta stories was them trying to use a leaf blower to blow out all the sand from the 720 lol. All the aero pieces were stuffed with sand!

WPA

8,916 posts

115 months

Tuesday 7th May
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MrBig said:
Another great video, glad to see him doing well. I like how he did a bit of background reminding viewers about how it all started and the hours he used to work.
This video is worth a watch as well, the new video is a re-hash in places of this one.


thegreenhell

15,525 posts

220 months

Tuesday 7th May
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I was more worried about him pebble dashing the other cars that were parked there while he was doing it. I hope they all have good PPF.

InformationSuperHighway

6,064 posts

185 months

Tuesday 7th May
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LeighW said:
liner33 said:
Fair play to the guy really happy for him, great grounds and interesting house but the definition of higgledy-piggledy imo, sure he will make it fab but houses like this give me nightmares ,I viewed one myself it was three cottages knocked together, the rooms upstairs all had either three steps up or three steps down to go in them.
Three or four too many loos to clean for my liking. hehe
Clearly one of Mat's skills is seeing the potential in something the rest of us don't. I must admit the property is oddly laid out and a rabbit warren. But you could see in the video he's already talking about taking walls down etc.. I'm a person that needs that vision already to exist before I buy into it.

Great land and out buildings as well.

I didn't see any close neighbors, but could you imagine the curtain twitching when they all turned up and started doing donuts on that horse menage thing.. hehe

thegreenhell

15,525 posts

220 months

Tuesday 7th May
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LeighW said:
Three or four too many loos to clean for my liking. hehe
You don't have to use all of them.

UTH

8,997 posts

179 months

Tuesday 7th May
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thegreenhell said:
I was more worried about him pebble dashing the other cars that were parked there while he was doing it. I hope they all have good PPF.
Yeah, me too.

mk1coopers

1,221 posts

153 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Nice to see people doing well, we often spend too much time in the UK running successful people down, as others have said, if you can find something to do in life that you love, and can get paid for it, you are well on the way to a great future smile .


oobster

7,110 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th May
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thegreenhell said:
I was more worried about him pebble dashing the other cars that were parked there while he was doing it. I hope they all have good PPF.
Yea same here. Good to see the cars drifting but hopefully the front of the ones already parked weren’t left with loads of stone chips!

Dave Hedgehog

14,587 posts

205 months

Tuesday 7th May
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oobster said:
thegreenhell said:
I was more worried about him pebble dashing the other cars that were parked there while he was doing it. I hope they all have good PPF.
Yea same here. Good to see the cars drifting but hopefully the front of the ones already parked weren’t left with loads of stone chips!
i posted on the video, next video - i respray all my cars

his new house was a hotel / BnB? it looks like every double room has its on ensuite

AyBee

10,550 posts

203 months

Tuesday 7th May
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jonwm said:
People will always be curious on finances, they always are, I work in the commercial world and find the almost instant wealth fascinating not just Mat but people like Mr Beast that my kids watch (and me!), YouTube must be paying out millions monthly and I pay £12 a month and never see an advert, I find it interesting just where all the money comes from!
Likewise, it's more the finances behind advertising that I find interesting. Very rough (uneducated) guesses on some basic assumptions: if you assume that £12/month is the approximate amount that Youtube would make from selling you adverts. For that £12, you might watch 60-120 videos (2-4 per day?) in a month, so 10-20p per watched video. So that's £140-280k in ad spend for Mat's latest video! The numbers are mind boggling (to me at least) but fair play to Mat for finding his niche and taking advantage of it!


Dave Hedgehog

14,587 posts

205 months

Tuesday 7th May
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AyBee said:
jonwm said:
People will always be curious on finances, they always are, I work in the commercial world and find the almost instant wealth fascinating not just Mat but people like Mr Beast that my kids watch (and me!), YouTube must be paying out millions monthly and I pay £12 a month and never see an advert, I find it interesting just where all the money comes from!
Likewise, it's more the finances behind advertising that I find interesting. Very rough (uneducated) guesses on some basic assumptions: if you assume that £12/month is the approximate amount that Youtube would make from selling you adverts. For that £12, you might watch 60-120 videos (2-4 per day?) in a month, so 10-20p per watched video. So that's £140-280k in ad spend for Mat's latest video! The numbers are mind boggling (to me at least) but fair play to Mat for finding his niche and taking advantage of it!
Most of Mats money will come from his competition company? didnt he sell 500k worth of tickets for the last rebuilt car he sold? From talking to streamers sponsorship is worth far more than add revenue from youtube

Doofus

25,980 posts

174 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Dave Hedgehog said:
Most of Mats money will come from his competition company? didnt he sell 500k worth of tickets for the last rebuilt car he sold? From talking to streamers sponsorship is worth far more than add revenue from youtube
It's not his company.

Fermit

13,074 posts

101 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Doofus said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
Most of Mats money will come from his competition company? didnt he sell 500k worth of tickets for the last rebuilt car he sold? From talking to streamers sponsorship is worth far more than add revenue from youtube
It's not his company.
Isn't it his girlfriends?

InformationSuperHighway

6,064 posts

185 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Fermit said:
Doofus said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
Most of Mats money will come from his competition company? didnt he sell 500k worth of tickets for the last rebuilt car he sold? From talking to streamers sponsorship is worth far more than add revenue from youtube
It's not his company.
Isn't it his girlfriends?
Regardless of who owns the company, the majority of the revenue for each car would flow to Mat regardless. Even if it wasn't (Part) owned by Hannah they'd only be taking a cut of the proceeds i'd expect.

Although it does seem to be essentially a shell company to shift on Mat's stuff.



Doofus

25,980 posts

174 months

Tuesday 7th May
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InformationSuperHighway said:
Regardless of who owns the company, the majority of the revenue for each car would flow to Mat regardless. Even if it wasn't (Part) owned by Hannah they'd only be taking a cut of the proceeds i'd expect.

Although it does seem to be essentially a shell company to shift on Mat's stuff.
That's not what a shell company is. smile

It's nit as simple as Mat just taking most of the revenue from a company with which he's not legally connected. Yes, he may have sold them his M5 for £500k, bht he'd still have to account for that through his own business.

Billy_Rosewood

3,116 posts

165 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Dave Hedgehog said:


his new house was a hotel / BnB? it looks like every double room has its on ensuite
Could work well as guest rooms for other youtubers he's collaborating with?

Great house.. I love the maze like layout! Not to mention all the land.

Pincher

8,614 posts

218 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Billy_Rosewood said:
Great house.. I love the maze like layout! Not to mention all the land.
Loved it from the outside and all the land etc as well - I think the inside would drive me nuts after a short while though! I'm at the age where I look longingly at some bungalows on Rightmove laugh

Good luck to him though - he's the embodiment of living the dream thumbup

was8v

1,946 posts

196 months

Wednesday 8th May
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Looks like the house is going to get done up in a collab:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6l2RDGqd4L/

I'm sure lots of businesses will be keen for some exposure on Mat's channel

raceboy

13,133 posts

281 months

Wednesday 8th May
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I'm guessing Mat's not got much time for the BMX these days but that land looks perfect for a set of trails and a ramp. wink