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Originally Posted by Robbie
We didn't have to "filter" any "traffic"
Our "traffic" was/is REAL people interested in something and clicking on it of their own free will.
And given a CHOICE, side by side of something to buy...I found over the years that the overwhelming majority went for the hardcore stuff.
Yes, we had so many surfers from 1997 to around 2007/2008 (when the mass exodus from TGP to tube/torrent/fileshare in porn began) that we were still able to make a few thousand dollars a month on softcore.
So "yes" all sales are important.
All I was ever saying was in response to the post that implied that a nice picture of a hot girl in lingerie would make significant sales.
In my experience that ONE picture wouldn't make one sale. Not one dollar.
Put it in context in a series of pics with her stripping down and let the viewer know there is a corresponding video of that girl doing some passionate masturbation..and it has the potential to make a "softcore" sale.  |
It should work in theory. In practice in online it didn't work so well.
Everything is about the "Quality" of the product. If the samples, "Knock the guys socks off." It gets more clicks, it gets more conversions and it gets longer retention.
Because.
Producing that kind of content is hard and costs more. Because others pay more, the guys who can produce charge more. And that factor not only has a big effect on the surfer. It makes duplicating the site very tough. Giving the surfer more reason to sign up and more reason to stay.
and that's why earnings on some companies galleries were better than others.
Once you go the route so many did, with content that was easily copied. The surfer had so many options. It hurt all those with easily copied content and the solution for many was just more traffic.
When you have a hole in your bucket, the solution isn't to pour more water in. It's to fix the hole. The problem is the repair kit to fix the bucket cost more than water, because water is free.
