Making free sites sucks

HowlingWulf · 2006-12-20, 03:55 PM

I thought I'd post some more positive news. I don't frequent the boards or network often, but happened to see this. I'm also 35, and I average submitting 1-2 TGP galleries a day and maybe 1 freesite every few weeks, and maybe one 'other' site every few months. This comes out to an average of less than 2 hours a day for me and returns about 5-7k per month which allows me to travel, hobbies, take a month off, etc. I could put more hours in but I have other sources of income which gives me plenty and I'd rather have the free time.

This is more from a TGP gallery perspective, but some pointers:

1. Don't be afraid to purchase partner accounts. Spend a little money and submit good clean sites on fast hosting. I haven't tried buying gallery spots yet, just some partner submission accts.
2. Use a stats program like StatsRemote to compare and promote the better converting sponsors. I frequently try new categories/sites but still most of my traffic goes to the top converters. #1 converted last month at $.17/unique (including rebills) and the #2 converted at $.09/unique(PPS). Most of the others are $.04/unique or less.
3. Tweak your sites and try new things and compare ratios every month.
4. Have a place for the uninterested surfer to go. At the bottom of my pages I usually have a 'No thanks, take me to <some catchy name for one of my free/hub sites>' to keep them in my network. This *does* generate sales.

And some ratios from StatsRemote:
Last month (Nov 06) 88,471 Uniques, 164 sales, 136 rebills.
Year to Date (06) 835,274 Uniques, 1722 sales, 1519 rebills.

Keep trying, like anything else, the adult biz uses the 80/20 rule where probably 80% of the money is made by less than 20% of those involved. I'm a small timer.

2006-12-20, 03:55 PM	#34
HowlingWulf Me fail English? That's unpossible! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,381	I thought I'd post some more positive news. I don't frequent the boards or network often, but happened to see this. I'm also 35, and I average submitting 1-2 TGP galleries a day and maybe 1 freesite every few weeks, and maybe one 'other' site every few months. This comes out to an average of less than 2 hours a day for me and returns about 5-7k per month which allows me to travel, hobbies, take a month off, etc. I could put more hours in but I have other sources of income which gives me plenty and I'd rather have the free time. This is more from a TGP gallery perspective, but some pointers: 1. Don't be afraid to purchase partner accounts. Spend a little money and submit good clean sites on fast hosting. I haven't tried buying gallery spots yet, just some partner submission accts. 2. Use a stats program like StatsRemote to compare and promote the better converting sponsors. I frequently try new categories/sites but still most of my traffic goes to the top converters. #1 converted last month at $.17/unique (including rebills) and the #2 converted at $.09/unique(PPS). Most of the others are $.04/unique or less. 3. Tweak your sites and try new things and compare ratios every month. 4. Have a place for the uninterested surfer to go. At the bottom of my pages I usually have a 'No thanks, take me to <some catchy name for one of my free/hub sites>' to keep them in my network. This does generate sales. And some ratios from StatsRemote: Last month (Nov 06) 88,471 Uniques, 164 sales, 136 rebills. Year to Date (06) 835,274 Uniques, 1722 sales, 1519 rebills. Keep trying, like anything else, the adult biz uses the 80/20 rule where probably 80% of the money is made by less than 20% of those involved. I'm a small timer.