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Originally Posted by Vink
Thanks Terry and John for the info.
Terry, why would it be harder to have a paysite now if I had all the proper ID's and such?
Why are those paysites closing? Is it because of 2257 or some other reason?
If I'm going to have work out of an office to keep documents, I my as well be storing my own for my own paysite.
I do plan on having affiliates and only give out hosted galleries and softcore banners.
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Unless you are prepared to meet all the needs of what your potential affiliates will want and need in order to promote you, then you need to have a plan for your in-house traffic... which of course you are set there since you come from the affiliate side. That is a good start.
But from there, you need the content, and you need a good content management system, and you need to know the features and limitations in terms of implementation, day to day maintenance, and upgradability. We use Carma and like it but as with everything else out there there is a learning curve and a development curve that you will constantly be up against so you better make enough to afford that trek across treacherous terrain. 2257 is just one stumbling block in that path. The encoding, the security, the copyrights and marks, the hosting, the editing, all are boulders that must be constantly pushed up the hill.
Before you even think about content, think about what your competition is doing with content. If so many paysites come and go, why? Maybe... Too much of the same thing? Maybe... Not enough updates to satisfy ravenous customers? Maybe... Poor fiscal management and sloppy business practices? Any or all of those reasons and more are why others fail. If you are to succeed all of those hurdles must be navigated.
Go luck. Not easy but not impossible... if a bunch of misfits like us could figure it out there is hope for all of us.
