Question for other link list owners

[SheepGuy]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I'm going to sound retarded now, but we all know that that doesn't bother me.

I was born after most link lists had canned their AVS listings, but have seen the old AVS rules on a few submission pages. I never quite understood why the reviewer would require a user/pass for an AVS site. Wouldn't that be akin to asking for a password to a paysite being promoted by a free site? Also, would AVS sites perform better (sales wise) if there were some clickable samples on them?

I know there a few people who submit free sites which promote their own mega-AVS sites since it's difficult to get the AVS site itself listed anywhere. Does this approach seem to work well (if anyone is willing to fess up)?

One more question to those of you who build AVS sites. Do you make more money selling the AVS itself or through upsells to a premium AVS membership - or even a standard sponsor being promoted on the site? I'd fully understand if you didnt want to answer my $$$ questions.

It's not that difficult to get an AVS site listed, there is a list of LL's that take them in my sig and I submit to most of them. I don't use clickable samples, though I suppose I could, I just use 3 or 5 roughly half sized pics on the outside to tease surfers with an idea of what's inside. I also give a good description of the kind of content they'll get from the AVS itself.
For the $$$ questions I usually make more from the AVS on premium sites which are recurring, and more from sponsors on the smaller sites which aren't recurring.
Like any biz it has its quirks, but since so many good wm's were burned in the past by Adultcheck a lot have left the AVS end of the biz and it is no longer saturated.
There is good money there, I don't even do free sites anymore.