Are More WM's Keeping Hold Of Their Own Traffic?

[Lee]

I just had a conversation with someone on ICQ about sending them a couple of thousand hits every day because they need more surfer traffic, well actually to be fair, it was a one-sided conversation because they wanted me to send them traffic and they didnt seem to understand that pretty much every surfer hit i get these days i send to Condom Cash.

That got me thinking, am i alone in this or are more webmasters sending traffic to their own products these days instead of sending it off to sponsor sites?

With the cost of launching a paysite being so low (under $500) and with affiliate traffic levels dropping, are more affiliate webmasters beginning to understand the TRUE value of their traffic, to themselves?

Your thoughts?

Regards,

Lee

[Madame0120]

I buy some PPC gay traffic every month, but the bulk of ours is generated through our 4 hubs.

They are growing slow but steady, and I have about 20 banner spots still open on the gay hub.

What I have found is the most sastifying part of managing the hubs is the new folks I get to add to our growing network of Friendly Partners. The big guys can just throw huge amts of traffic at their sites, I have to be more exacting with my budget.

Traffic is a booger bear!

[mickey]

I just had a conversation with someone on ICQ about sending them a couple of thousand hits every day because they need more surfer traffic, well actually to be fair, it was a one-sided conversation because they wanted me to send them traffic and they didnt seem to understand that pretty much every surfer hit i get these days i send to Condom Cash.

That got me thinking, am i alone in this or are more webmasters sending traffic to their own products these days instead of sending it off to sponsor sites?

With the cost of launching a paysite being so low (under $500) and with affiliate traffic levels dropping, are more affiliate webmasters beginning to understand the TRUE value of their traffic, to themselves?

Your thoughts?

Regards,

Lee

hmm, i would think that paysites made for under $500 wouldnt retain worth shit and you would therefor be better off sending it to a pps sponsor ??

please show me a quality site that was launched for under $500 ? i am sure i am not alone in wanting to see one ...

but yea, i think more and more big traffic generators are sending their sufers to their own programs.. makes business sense too imo.. that way you have fewer links in the income chain that can screw you over for $$ etc..

ofcause you take on some of the work too, like support and content purchase for updates etc.. but it still makes sense from a business point of view imo

[Lee]

please show me a quality site that was launched for under $500 ? i am sure i am not alone in wanting to see one ...

Foreskin Fantasy + Retro Male only cost me $125 each and the average retention for both those sites is 8 months right now

Regards,

Lee

[DEVELISH]

Foreskin Fantasy + Retro Male only cost me $125 each and the average retention for both those sites is 8 months right now

Regards,

Lee

does this in clude the content inside the member areas?

[Lee]

does this in clude the content inside the member areas?

Yes, because we owned most of the content already anyway due to having been buying it for over 10yrs

All the new stuff we've been buying with revenue the site generated

Regards,

Lee

[DEVELISH]

Yes, because we owned most of the content already anyway due to having been buying it for over 10yrs

All the new stuff we've been buying with revenue the site generated

Regards,

Lee

Ah, ok - then it makes sense - if you already have the content than you "just" need to pay for the site design (tour etc) and the member area design... thats not toooo much then