I got to agree with mscott. You are not going to have anything to offer to warrant a fee if there isn't something in demand inside the site you wish to charge for.

The internet is totally free so what do you got in there that will attract others? If you have no members how are you going to entice them to pay for nothing?

Only time I've seen this 1/2 work from the bat, and that was questionable is with an adult site, where a fee was involved for some premo video's and content.

A gal offering see more her picts/vids/cams for access pay x dollars. I might see others signing up for. I am not into the adult thing but this is all I can think of. It would definately be marketable if you played you cards right.

Otherwise for a plain old site with no members, no content no nothing...why would I go to your site, and pay... when I can go to myspace...facebook or other for free