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IMO both cheap trials and free content hurt the chances of someone paying for a site membership. Theres no point getting into torrent and sharing/hacking forums because its obvious they have an effect.
I do a more expensive trial $12.95 for 5 days limited to 500MB per day. In fact every member who joins my site only gets 500MB a day. If they go over that they're likely using a download manager and can wait the 24hrs i block the password until they get access again.
An easy way to look at the problem regarding how much content a member can access whilst on trial is to install a content manager program. this way you can set two membership prices and limit how much content the trial sees - all the thumbs download in your members area but they would only have access to say the first 15 of each photoset or whatever you set it at - same with video.
I do about 1 tgp every 3 months and give hardly any content away at all - i simply market by getting my name out there via toplists (and a few other methods that ill keep under my hat) and keeping content exclusive and frequently updated. Of course Im in a niche which makes things easier but when someone finds me and they cant find site pics hardly anywhere online for free - they join.
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