Hi all.. Happy young Gay Couple here stepping back into the adult industry after a brief period a few yrs back in it... We are pretty much newbies to the adult industry and have been doing lots of reading on this board, and decided it was about time to join! We have been around a few years in the internet industry, mainly in website promotion etc (not for adult sites) and it is something we have wanted to get back into, so here we are!
Have read much great information here, and especially the ones of Gary-Alan and the like, and other members etc..and think this provides a great resource for all kinds of information - WE hope to become long-term members and hope to contribute when we can also in time, as this board has helped us much already!
At the moment, we are in extensive planning on a network of gay sites. We are in the process of designing a large unique design for a paysite, (us and another client/friend involved) and at least 15 other gay sites (some of those 'other' ones using some template designs, some designed from scratch - UNIQUE webpage design - not the usual 600x400 flashy design)doorway pages, etc... that we are going to network together, offering the most unique huge selection of everything we can offer, and cheap trials (and memberships which will include the membership to all of the sites). We have a pretty good idea (did some adult work over the past couple of years.... are still catching up on the news!) of what we want to do etc.. But any advice here would be appreciated. We have our own dedicated servers etc, so that is taken care of, and we are doing the designs ourselves, but need some advice in the new area maybe pertaining to TGP posts, submitting to directories and stuff, GOOD content providers that provide also video etc, mainly MEMBERS AREA CONTENT is what we are deciding on soon. We want to offer a bit of everything, including ezines, stories, etc, but not go overboard, and trying to have something uniquely different on each of the sites. We are a little confused on payment processors with all of the changes - Any recommendations for a good processor?
I see alot of CCbill and paycom.net? Would like one that will handle the affiliate stuff, because after the sites are working for a while and we see how they are doing, we will be setting up affiliates and a seperate site only for affiliates.
WE have checked into many content providers, including TopBucks, AEBN, Ounique, and XXXMediaGroup - - any thoughts on those??
Sorry so long and so many questions!!! We realize there is so much to know.. and it will always be a learning process always.. and thanks to you all in advance for the help and advice!!!
RW & JG