The girl is a pretty critical component, I think. You can make a solo site about a pizza box more exciting than some solo girl sites out there. If she's got personality though, that can make up for other things that may be lacking (no hardcore, a bit out of shape, etc).
As for opening a site brand new? I would pre-populate it with at least a few months of content, and still offer it at an "introductory" price. Let the guys know that if they stay, they're locked in at that price forever so they don't want to cancel. But once you get up to a good supply of content, up your price point to reflect that. Better to do it that way than face a bunch of cancellations from guys who didn't realize how empty the members area was because the site is brand new. Those are just my thoughts, anyway.
Great article Spannow!
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