Topic 5568423
You're not wrong, but you're not quite right either. An expired domain doesn't always indicate how long a site will last. Generally, newly launched platforms will try to register a domain within a year first while monitoring its future development.

Your last sentence spoke the truth - if you get no donations an no one signs up for your API, the one year point (when it comes time to spend more money) is when these sites usually drop. 

These image scripts are easy to set up - even I did one lol... but you need to offer a new service, not just competition.

Now you can use ImgPeek, totally free and super easy to use.

Why did you add the word "totally" when it is not?    If I want to use the API, it's not free.