guys vs boys / an issue?

[Evil Chris]

I didn't realize this was an issue in the marketplace.

For example, I bought:
bookstoreboys.com
and
bookstoreguys.com

I thought that both were quite viable for the GH niche.
Comments?

[Ounique]

Hi EvilChris.

Okay, I feel really dumb. What is the GH niche? LOL! I think both names sound pretty groovy. You could make bookstoreboys.com a Twink site and bookstoreguys.com more of a hunky hot man site.

[Lee]

Originally posted by Ounique
Hi EvilChris.

Okay, I feel really dumb. What is the GH niche? LOL! I think both names sound pretty groovy. You could make bookstoreboys.com a Twink site and bookstoreguys.com more of a hunky hot man site.

Glory Hole (sorry i abbreviated it in ICQ to him hehe)

Regards,

Lee

[Ounique]

ooooOOOOOooohhh. I see. Thanks for clearing that up. But being that I'm a sweet, innocent, and virtuous lad, I have no knowledge of such things. :angel:

[Squirt]

The only people that have an issue with "boys" is the straight community. Billing companies have banned sites in the past with "boys" in the URL.

I think this is wrong. You see straight website after website of teen girl this teen girl that.. mention teen boys and get banned.

I just registered teenboysinporn.com and was advised it might not be a good choice. None of the guys I use look anything close to underage ( I like guys with muscle ) so I'm not worried about it, if I decide to continue with that name.

[Lee]

Originally posted by Squirt
The only people that have an issue with "boys" is the straight community. Billing companies have banned sites in the past with "boys" in the URL.

Actually i have to disagree Squirt.

We have a few community members here who wont promote sites with the word 'boy' and even 'twink' in them because of the connotations they deliver

Regards,

Lee

[Squirt]

Yes this is a touchy subject.

In the Gay community... "straight boy" "Gay boy" "twink" always means young legal guys. I've never heard of them being pegged as underage.

Underage is "pre teen" or "young boys" isn't it?

[Ounique]

And in case y'all don't know, in the gay leather community the word "boy" is not a connotation of age at all but that of a position of submission. The Daddy is the Dominant and the boy is the submissive. I know "boys" who are older than thier "Daddys", hell I even know women who identify as "boy". It's all in your perception, I guess.

[Dawgy]

i just faxed over a processing agreement to epoch for a site with 'boys' in the url. i was told it was ok, as long as i dont say young or underage or any of that shit.

and yeah, if processors ban boy, they have to ban girl, and they wont do that, because they make too much money from girls.

[Squirt]

When I was with ProBilling their CC bank changed the rules and said no "teen boy" in the pages of a site. So , without notice, my processing was put on hold for Squirtit.com and I was told that "teen boy " appeared on my site somewhere... but where? They didn't know. So I searched and searched and found it in the meta tags .. go figure.

Ounique, interesting about the boy leather thing. Like I said, I always thought underage was pre teen or young boy shit like that. I really wish they could take every last cp site off the net. I don't see how they can still be processed for other then the fact that European processors don't see them as breaking the law because local laws are different. Sad

Originally posted by Dawgy
i just faxed over a processing agreement to epoch for a site with 'boys' in the url. i was told it was ok, as long as i dont say young or underage or any of that shit.

and yeah, if processors ban boy, they have to ban girl, and they wont do that, because they make too much money from girls.

[Chilihost]

of course probilling were run by a bunch of total morons!

but yes, boy is quickly becoming frowned upon, personally I have absolutely no issues with it nor do my surfers, my best selling site has always been and is still boymegaplex.com

cheers,
Luke

[Evil Chris]

Interesting feedback. Thanks.

[Ounique]

Originally posted by Evil Chris
Interesting feedback. Thanks.

We're good for that here, LOL. Nice to have you around. Not to mention having that cute avatar of yours.

[jIgG]

i don't like the word boy at all.
frat boy yes, but just "cute boys get naked" ... don't like it much
same goes for certain sites, esp ones that have really young looking models

[Dzinerbear]

Originally posted by Squirt
In the Gay community... "straight boy" "Gay boy" "twink" always means young legal guys. I've never heard of them being pegged as underage.

I totally disagree with you. Look at the vast majority of sites that use the word "boy." I won't bother naming names, but there's a certain Russian boy site that springs to mind. They aren't marketing legal guys. They might say they are, but their air brushing artists are certainly going for that as young as we can get away with.

Where I do agree with you is things like Circuit Boys, muscle boys, leather boys, I would never think either of those meant underage.

What I also wonder about is that most of the "boy" sites, are they being marketed by straight or gay people.

I steer clear of the boy word as much as possible. I never use the teen word. And I prefer like-minded sponsors.

Dzinerbear