Gay Sponsors

[thegreendestiny]

hello everyone i hope this is not an ignorant question if it is pardon me, but i just wanted to know if promoting gay sites convert better than straight ones, i've heard that on the board somewhere but cant remember where ??

[damiantodaro]

I'd say that totally depends on the demographics of your users. Obviously _our_ sites will convert better on Manhunt or RawTop than Persian Kitty In my (all too many) years of experience, our gay products have always converted better, but with exceptions. We have since phased out of the straight market for that very reason. However, top brand straight content and fetish straight content can do quite well if properly marketed... i just always found it to be much more work and much more hit or miss.

[sexynudemen]

hello everyone i hope this is not an ignorant question if it is pardon me, but i just wanted to know if promoting gay sites convert better than straight ones, i've heard that on the board somewhere but cant remember where ??

I don't think so...remember there is much larger population looking for straight stuff. At the same time straight market is also saturated.

[HunkyLuke]

Gay is a smaller market, but demographics show gay men/couples have more disposable income and more openness about porn being an integral part of gay men & couple's sex life.

[PFLJayden]

I agree with Luke.

I've discovered after talking to so many people at the shows, forums, in person, emails, etc etc etc that if you are not 100% certain of what you are wanting to promote, it will not sell for you.
Perhaps if you are a straight male, you may not mind the "gay stuff" but if it's not your cup of tea, don't go near it.
If you are a straight male and enjoy lesbian sex, go for it.

For example, take a look at Bec. She loves (or so it seems) all of the blogs and free sites in and outs. It may be profitable for her because that's her passion.

If you don't love it, don't do it.

For instance, my personal pleasure is barebacking. I have a blast promoting bareback content and I do well with it. I also love the "amateur homemade" style films that are out there, many distributed by AMVC. Thus, I promote those movies through AEBN. I have a blast writing about them.

I used to promote darned near every site under the sun. If I don't personally find the content appealing, I wouldn't go into it. Nor would I touch it. You can't just copy the text the sponsor program supplies for your blog. That will defeat you with SEO stuff. You could hire a storywriter like Conran (whom does fantastic work, we have him doing so much for us, but that's besides the point). But the reader can tell if it's a "made up" story or if it's hot and the writer enjoyed it. That's what will sell. They really do read descriptions and look at the pics. Keep the text short.

So really, to end this post... If people say it sells, don't go for it. If people say it doesn't sell and you choose to not work with the sponsor stuff, that's up to your decision. Go with what you enjoy, that will be your selling point.

We promote ABC site, it doesn't sell for us but may sell very well for you. You promote XYZ site, it does very well for us but may do horribly for you. It's really on you.

[Gin]

Yeah, i really can say that gay sites convert better for me.

[tofu]

It actually feels really good to be working for a company that caters to both sexual preferences. In the past, I worked with other adult mega-companies who refused to hire any gay staff or cater to the gay market. It was frustrating to NOT do business with gay site owners.

I know it's considered to many to be "straight" content, but when I first entered the gallery building business (dating myself, there), my friend gave me about $1000 worth of mediocre "ladyboy" content, and I made more money with that content in my first 5 months than I did building male-on-female content.

If you don't love it, don't do it.

I completely agree with you, here. As I had stated above, I made pretty good money with transexual content, but never as much as I did when I started promoting BBW sites. I LOVE fat girls and built galleries, freesites and such with GREAT enthusiasm and zeal and in-turn, made GREAT money and built tons more traffic. Shit, my first Hun listing was for my first BBW gallery. Until then, he rejected everything else.