Originally Posted by
abostonboy
See, this is what I am talking about when I mention retention. If you say you may never launch until you find 40 sets, how long do you think a member will stay a member if you can't even get 40 sets?
From what I have been hearing retention in general is down across the board. There is just an influx of gay sites.
Concerning microniche: I found a site that had my perfect niche. papi.com. Exclusive contenet, hot latin boys, a club feel. The perfect site for my tastes. I joined and loved the content. It was updated regulary. I still stayed only a month. But in a few months I will join again. For another month.
You mentioned AVS and didnt see how you could make money. There are 3 ways to make money from an AVS and the 3rd way may be best for you.
1. Create a site and just put it on the avs link list and leech the traffic. You MAY get a sale to the AVS if you are lucky. Or you may sell to a sponsor or two on the inside. Years ago the UGAS and CA linklist was full of these. They still are.
2. Create AVS site and do a one time submit to wherever you submit your feeder sites. Linklists etc. Here you may make a few sales to the AVS, more than in case 1.
3. Create a really really good AVS site. Spend time and show on the tour you have content. Design banners for it. Create feeder sites, TGP galleries, etc etc all link to your AVS site. This way you have a steady flow of traffic. Treat it like your own paysite.
I did #3 with a niche that I got my content in one of ouniques old 100 sets for $1,000 deals. I think maybe I had at most 30-40 sets. Plus I added vidoe theaters and linked to dvd's in the niche. But I had no hosted video content.
I used Mansites as it was not a BIG AVS like UGAS so the chances of the surfer having a membership was small. And they offered FREE trials which is something you cant do with your own paysite.
So when I created my feeder sites and tgp galleries I liked to my avs site instead of a sponsor. My conversion to my AVS site was like 1:50 something. I was only making $20, but when you consider if I sent that same traffic to a sponsor and converted at 1:400 it was a win win situation. True, I didnt get rebills as if I had my own Paysite, but I didnt deal with customer service, Visa, or chargebacks. Since I could offer as a sales pich access to other sites bla bla bla, the good conversion made up for any money i may have lost in rebills.
The best advice I can give anyone creating a microniche paysite, and this is from my own experience running a mn paysite is having a webcam in the niche. I have the data to back that up.
Good luck on your site. If Basschick gave you the idea, then I am sure it will be a good one.
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