GIM and ARS get back in bed together

[Amber]

Originally posted by Greenguy
I just have to play Devil's Advocate.....and let me 1st say that I am a big supporter of ARS.

When Marc came on the radio show, he said that one of the major reasons for the changes at ARS was that the GIM sites were loosing money. A lot of money.

Now, I can see ARS getting rid of them because they were loosing money - hell, if ARS's other programs/products made $10 a day but the GIM sites were loosing $5 a day, getting rid of the GIM sites would of course increase ARS's bottom line.

But you can't tell me that whatever problems the GIM sites had are now corrected just because they are in the CHAMPS system. If the problems could have been corrected this quickly (8 weeks) then I think ARS would have & could have saved themselves a shit load of grief, controversy & pissed off webmasters by making those corrections behind the scenes & just left everything the way it was.

Everyday, I'm still finding GIM & BYOT links on pages that I built & I have to change them to something else

Now we're all supposed to just go back to promoting these sites that ARS stated are loosing money?

Knowing this info, why would anyone promote the GIM sites? Especially using the recurring option?

Plus - these sites will NOT convert like they did 3 months ago - it's much, much easier to convince a surfer to spend $0-5 on a trial than it is to convince them to drop $25-40 right off the bat.

I'll probably give the GIM CHAMPS sites a shot, but I will be using the Per Sign-up option & not pushing them as hard as I did in previous years.

Greenguy,

The GIM sites are coming back as part of the CHAMPS program, but not within the unprofitable scenario of the old program or old business model (which was losing money due to low trial prices with too high payouts)...it wasn't that the sites sucked or anything (as you know since they've sold well for you before).

Also, the GIM sites will be updated with DVD quality content from CHAMPS like all the CHAMPS members areas are. Every CHAMPS members area, including the GIM CHAMPS sites members areas, auto include a top frame/bar that links back to the main AVP site listing as well as links to troubleshooting etc....this way members get full access to all participating sites in the Adult Video Planet/CHAMPS global network. Members will be able to navigate from site to site with ease and get a boat-load of unique content and DVD quality movies that they were not able to get with the old GIM sites.

Once you give some CHAMPS sites a run, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.