how much exclusive content before you launch a paysite?

If you have only exclusive video content, how much is needed before you can launch a paysite ?

How big a difference in the amount of content when talking about niche vs "mainstream/vanilla/normal hardcore" content ?

How much content do you have in the can total?

You can get away with launching a site with a bit less content on niche sites, but not much, unless it's a ground breaking super amazing niche where they just gotta see it.

Opening a regular site with 20 shoots and 2 months in the can, on a site that updates once a week, would be a safe secure start.

depends. if you want to soft launch and get things going, but don't expect maximum retention while you get things tweaked, 12 - 15 episodes will keep members from complaining and is enough to get you approved by your processor. i've seen sites launch with 8 episodes. retention wasn't very good to start, but it allowed them to get going.

if it is a VERY scarce niche, you might see good retention with 12 - 20 episodes on the site. but what niche the site is, how scarce the niche is and how often you update fully will affect rention of a smaller site. also how long the movies are.

thank you for the input..

so launching with aprox 20 clips and doing updates ever 14 day should be doable..

Excellent question...we are getting ready to launch a new pay site in a micro niche (young Latino and fetish) and we had been wondering the same thing. Your replys were pretty much on the mark that we had estimated.

Lee