How many niches are you working with?

iMan · 2006-10-10, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dareutwo

(this is a pet peeve of mine)
Maybe not blacklisted, but don't plan on getting them all accepted. 1 per week generally works for me.
If you pick 7 niches, 1 site per week per niche you should be fine. Provided of course your sites have different layouts etc....

Ok, so 7 niches it is then... or 4 with 4 sites/week

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Originally Posted by Xallow

I am currently submitting to Teen and Anal every other day, that seems to be ok

And you're getting away with that submitting 7 sites/week?

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Originally Posted by JustRobert

Yes I am. Some may not agree or think its a waste, but as dareutwo stated, "this is a pet peeve of mine" with subbing to the same category day in and day out.

It gives you a chance to try a different cat with what you like. Remember, if you like it then it makes it easier for you to sell it. So if you use different categories that your content fits you can still promote that brunette site, or what you like. Who says that the person looking in the lingerie category "just" wants to see that. They could be there cause some sexy outfits just tickled their fancy today. But just in case you give a link to a lingerie site this way you are covered. Just remember to drop in lingerie text in with promoting the brunette site like, Beautiful brunettes wearing the sexiest of naughty nighties blah blah blah.

Great points. I never thought about doing it this way but it makes total sense.

A few times when picking sponsor site to promote, I've gone to some LLs to check what's most commonly promoted... and then I've decided to push something that I didn't see very much of.
And your way would take that a step further.
Thanks for that tip

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Originally Posted by virgohippy

I dunno... but I've noticed some niches sell better on Sunday night, other's sell better mid-day during the week. My guess is, different folks with different strokes get on at different times, so why not be an equal opportunity slinger of sexy?

That's funny. And anyways, if there are trends in what kind of porn people like, I don't need to understand it to make money off it

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Originally Posted by virgohippy

Not necessarily. Each LL is stronger with some categories and weaker in others. Wether it's the traffic or the selling ability, it's still up to you, the marketer, to put together the complete package.

I guess I need to submit many more sites and build my own traffic generating site/hub/LL before I can get a feeling of what my traffic will work best for.

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Originally Posted by virgohippy

Just make them once, keep them in your own database, and you won't have to worry about it again.

Yup, I'm not done with the "once" just yet though.....

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Originally Posted by lelahosting

i only do a few
mine are
teen
latina
babe
bj
facial

some of the niches are interchangeable...

Cool. Yeah I might focus on small groups of related niches instead..

Thanks all!

JustRobert · 2006-10-10, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by iMan

Great points. I never thought about doing it this way but it makes total sense.

A few times when picking sponsor site to promote, I've gone to some LLs to check what's most commonly promoted... and then I've decided to push something that I didn't see very much of.
And your way would take that a step further.
Thanks for that tip

Not a problem, virgohippy told me ya make nice sites so you will find what sticks for you soon enough.

iMan · 2006-10-12, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mateusz

My free sites are spread into 35+ categories and I belive the more the better. Whats more, you will have to try various sponsors in same category since sponsorA dont convert well in teen category but its sites sell incredibly in mature category, on the other hand sponsorB has awesome teen sites but its mature sites suck

Personally I do not agree.. as a reviewer myslef I find it very annoying, exactly as dareutwo mentioned, to see 10 (or more) sites in one category from one submitter day by day. I'd rather suggest to focus on one sponsor and go through its sites, changing category (if possible) every day.
Pick 3-5 sponsors go through all their sites 3 times, as I mentioned above, and you will know what sell well for you. Then take next 3 sponsors and do the same, then next 3. After few weeks/month you will be able to pick best selling sites and rotate categories each day - I'm quiet sure they wont be in the same category

I can imagine that... and intend to try "every" category eventually.. but right now I must get rid of this recip-making carpal tunnel and strange neck spasm the creation of 4049 recips have gotten me

so I was curious to hear what others do and what's acceptable.

So, it seems that there must be a good balance in number of niches to specialize in, and still make sure that the span of niches is big enough to avoid rejections because of that.

So far "Lesbians" is doing the best for me, but with just 1 site under the belt, it doesn't say much

So I realize that I have to explore many more areas before I can decide what works best for me.

I like your idea of going through all sites of a sponsor... I might try that.
But there are so many sponsors, SOO many nice sites to promote and so little time!
And what if the sponsor turn out to suck after 50 sites built for 'em?

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Originally Posted by JustRobert

Not a problem, virgohippy told me ya make nice sites so you will find what sticks for you soon enough.

That's very nice of him

But then again, he's a very nice and helpful guy.. tell him thanks!

Btw, I added your LL to my DB as well and I hope that you'll like my sites as well

Mateusz · 2006-10-12, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by iMan

And what if the sponsor turn out to suck after 50 sites built for 'em?

Of course, I know what you mean and you are right. But just imagine situation when you have most of your free sites promoting one particular sponsor - you are doing extremly well but one day the sponsor quits the biz or makes huge changes in its affiliate program.

Good example would be maxcash - 2 years or so they closed most of their niche sites and redirected incoming traffic to to new, rather general, sites. I've seen many webmasters complaining and removing their links because sales dropped dramatically

PS. I wouldnt be fair if I didnt mention that much changed since that time in maxcash and they have some ass kicking sites again