To me, shemales/transsexuals are a straight niche, not a gay one. So, I was just quite surprised when I clicked over to an amateur gay site, to check it out before promoting it, to see a huge banner for shemale videos prominently at the top of the page. Not only is it a major traffic leak but it's in a niche that most gay men seemingly shun.
Odd, or is it me?
I feel uneasy about it to be honest. I dont think its a gay niche or a straight niche, maybe bi? I see this alot and it makes me think maybe the site was done by someone who knows nothing about being gay. I may be wrong of course. It makes me think of sites that call us "gays". Both of these things make me click out (as a surfer - as a webmaster ill take their traffic)
Should be interesting to get everyones views though. Perhaps i just need it explaining to me properly.
I posed this same question a few months ago and was told without a doubt, it should not be in gay. Straight is even questionable, but the best place is in its own she-male area. But like on our site, that is not possible, so we have it in straight and fetish, but not gay...
I agree with Goldie. It's its own market with cross-over from straight and gay.
couldn't hurt to have it there. after all, there's no guarantee that everyone who comes to a gay link list is gay.
When I see the "drag queens" out at the clubs with boys/guys on their arms... They, the boys/guys/ will tell you they are not gay or into guys.
Also, I don't know any "gay" guy who wants to be with a queen other than for the tina hook-up.
Yet I have known a few straight guys to have a Shemale magazine or two.
And EVERY time a straight guy goes to a drag show - they always say ... I would fuck her.
I think it's more of a "Safe zone" for straight guys to test the gay waters.
But I agree - It is not a gay or straight niche.
Would fall into a cross dressing / role play (woman with a strap on and the guy getting it) area
Be Who You Are!
When I worked at AEBN I took them off the gay sites and put them on straight and the sales shot up like crazy!
As I've mentioned before when I first started up my gaydicks4you site I had shemales as a category. Many were quick to tell me I shouldn't show pics that are guys with women (even if a tranny) on a gay site, as a lot of gay men wouldn't bookmark it. I didn't pull text links, but I did take down any thumbs.
Checking my clickcounter stats on one gay site I run I did see that all tranny links were VERY much ignored.... with only 0-2 clicks each, and that includes tracking links in the directory link list as well as those on the main part of the site.... and there's at least 10-12 tranny sites listed, if not more overall.
I also feel that Tranny is it's own market, just like straight and gay. In order of surfers/customers for traffic I'd say it probably trickles through this way:
1. straight men
2. trannys
3. bi
4. gay
I'm sure others that have successfully promoted it can give a more accurate lineup.
It just creeped me out. I don't want to see girls on a gay website. I decided not to promote them due to the leak but also it just doesn't feel right to me.
I definitely don't think it is gay, not str8 either. More like a str8 fetish though.Originally Posted by rick
As a gay man I feel there is no room for this type of content, on gay sites.
Shemales have nothing to do with gay males. Period.
It's sad how straight run companies don't have a clue what a gay man wants and expects to see. Definitely not a chick with a dick. Huge disrespect towards their gay customers.
Like Bec, I had a transexual / she-male / tranny section at my links list. Frankly it did extremely poorly. And I no longer promote them.
I do find it odd though that someone would predominately promote such a site on a paysite for amateur guys. And I probably wouldn't be inclined to promote the site.
Drag Queens are a different topic. But I for one as a gay man have and would go out with a drag queen and find them attractive. Plus I'm jealous of their wardrobe and makeup etc.... :beauty:
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