Do you think surfers were spoiled, or have been burned.

sbm4latinaz · 2006-03-11, 01:11 AM

I was chating with some friends who have pay sites not long ago, one is a webmistress 2 do the affiliate thing the other 4 have niche sites.
Well the convo got to the subject of viewers buying memberships, they all feel that the reason people dont join is because they were spoiled during the pre tech bubble busting days, and this got me thinking, I've been on many forums devoted to webmasters where this line of thought is common.

Well I have also been on forums ran by surfers and a different line of thought comes out, I hear complaints about there being alot of crap out there and horror stories of getting burned by sites that dont update often, have ugly watermarks on the pics even on the pay side(thats soooo tacky) or webmistreses that up and bounce 4 days into your membership or the worst ones the ones that say the're amateur only to see that same girl in a porno a week later and often you join only to see the same models you saw in the last 4 sites you have joined etc etc ......

And the fact that many sites dont give you a good idea of whats really in the site, "click here for tour" and they tell you what the have but with no content to give you an informed choice.

Now it is true that porn (amateur mostly) was much better 10 years ago, all you had to do was do a search on yahoo and every swinger with a computer had his wives pics up.

Now amateur does not even mean amateur, though some sites are starting to realise this and nolonger using the word "amateur" and are replacing that word with the word "original".
All in all I know there are alot of freebie chasers out there but even they will spend money if they think they are getting value for their buck and not being lied too.

So my question is what do you think has to be done to win back the trust of most burnt surfers or do you think they really are just spoiled?

2006-03-11, 01:11 AM	#1
sbm4latinaz Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos! Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 74	Do you think surfers were spoiled, or have been burned. I was chating with some friends who have pay sites not long ago, one is a webmistress 2 do the affiliate thing the other 4 have niche sites. Well the convo got to the subject of viewers buying memberships, they all feel that the reason people dont join is because they were spoiled during the pre tech bubble busting days, and this got me thinking, I've been on many forums devoted to webmasters where this line of thought is common. Well I have also been on forums ran by surfers and a different line of thought comes out, I hear complaints about there being alot of crap out there and horror stories of getting burned by sites that dont update often, have ugly watermarks on the pics even on the pay side(thats soooo tacky) or webmistreses that up and bounce 4 days into your membership or the worst ones the ones that say the're amateur only to see that same girl in a porno a week later and often you join only to see the same models you saw in the last 4 sites you have joined etc etc ...... And the fact that many sites dont give you a good idea of whats really in the site, "click here for tour" and they tell you what the have but with no content to give you an informed choice. Now it is true that porn (amateur mostly) was much better 10 years ago, all you had to do was do a search on yahoo and every swinger with a computer had his wives pics up. Now amateur does not even mean amateur, though some sites are starting to realise this and nolonger using the word "amateur" and are replacing that word with the word "original". All in all I know there are alot of freebie chasers out there but even they will spend money if they think they are getting value for their buck and not being lied too. So my question is what do you think has to be done to win back the trust of most burnt surfers or do you think they really are just spoiled?