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Old 10-12-2006, 09:56 PM  
Paul Markham
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The myth on non exclusive being saturated.

Just had this from a webmaster on ICQ.

"paysites need unique content. its always going to be low recurring when they see content from everywhere else."

OK in narrow, micro and sub niches content is the key. If you can make enough money to keep buying in new you have a good chance of success. If you have to rely on what is around non exclusive you are going to struggle.

But in major niches the idea that a set under normal circumstances can get saturated for members is silly.

Consider how many "TEEN" sites there are on the Internet, consider how many times I would have to sell a set to make it saturated, then ask yourself why are very good exclusive shooters shooting for peanuts if it could be sold that many times non exclusive.

Or if the set would sell that many times non exclusive why don't I buy it and resell it? A solo girl scene, set and video, can be bought for $400-$500 it can be resold for $60. 10 sales and you're into a profit. 20 and you double your money, 30 and you are raking it in.

30 sales would not even be 10% of teen sites. There are more likely 3,000 teen sites out there, 30 sales is 1%.

Please use logic when arguing and think through why sites are going the "Exclusive" route. And don't just say "It makes more money", think "Why does it make more money?"

Returning to the above statement what would make a surfer rebill, one new scene a week or 10 new scenes a week. Assuming the only difference is the exclusive/non exclusive element.
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