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So I am trying to start a free social site, but it seems that the big issue is getting enough traffic and members to generate interest for new members to sign up.:grr:
Any suggestions to get over this hurdle? :confused:
My site is on my profile :rolleyes:
What a lot of new sites do is buy profiles from existing sites and let the members know that as a free courtesy a profile was created on another site.
Another thing they do is buy a database from failed sites.
A third thing people do is do pre-paid deals with the dating affiliates whales who can send XX to XXX joins a day.
Of course there are those that create bogus profiles but that is not encouraged, does not create enough activity and will likely run afoul of laws.
The problem is if its a gay site. With all of the freemium sites out there it is harder to get traction. I hit up a lot of dating sites for profiles and they just don't have it available.
If its a straight site Howard at Perkiss Media may be able to broker what you need. I've seen him mention quite a few times that he had joins to broker. Hundreds of joins a day.
So I decided to do this - come to find out the script shell I used to make the site was very creative when it came to making the database so now I get to delve deeper into SQL and all that jazz.Quote:
Originally Posted by StunnerJesse
I think by importing the users into the database for profiles I will be able to send each one an email letting them know that the site is available for their use - would you advise a different approach?
Unless they gave you permission to email them I don't see how you can under CAN-SPAM. Now having the company that sold you the database email should be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by homohangout