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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Our Industry has a lot of multi-million dollar a year affiliates running free sites, free traffic, free logins, giving away free content, using ads/upsells, or whatever to cover the grap. I can't say how big MFP is, no idea really... but it's probably safe to guess it's that big.
An $85k+ a month affiliate isn't the most common thing, but they are around... even more in mainstream.
The lesson with google/facebook is, if they are free, if huge models like wordpress are free... then it works, all over, big or small, any niche, any industry. But just because you create another wordpress, exactly like they did... it doesn't mean it will be successful, free or paid.
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Excellent points. I was just saying the average webmaster trying to 'make it' will not do so - or will face an incredible uphill battle - if their prime business model is giving away 85% of their content for free. Free sites, TGPs, even tube submissions - all free, yes, but should - should - only represent a small percentage of your actual content. What I'M seeing these days, a trend, is desperate Webmasters, who have seen their revenues shrink over the past eighteen months, panic and start throwing ALL (or most) of their shit 'out there' in some manic attempt to net whatever fishes they feel are left. This is a mistake.
COUNTER-trend people. COUNTER TREND! Porn sites - legit ones, who can back this up - should be charging $49.95+ for their content. Why? because the perception will be: "Wow, their shit MUST be good for them to charge THAT! MUST be better than all that free, over-exposed shit I see everywhere..."
Just sayin'.
