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Old 04-13-2014, 10:52 AM  
bean-aid
So Fucking Banned
 
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Originally Posted by AmeliaG View Post
You're right and also you're right.

When I started doing membership sites, a lot of my core demo didn't have credit cards. Not only were checks huge, but I used to do pretty decently with up-selling credit card leads on my join pages. As the industry matured, traffic from the join of a site called GothicSluts.com was not what those credit card folks wanted any more. Everyone has debit cards now, though, so that whole checks thing is a legacy holdover that needs some work.

I find that a lot of non porn surfers (and quite a bit of my audience is outside the mainstream of adult) are scared they could somehow get charged if they click a join button with no explanation.

But you are also totally right, especially with the evolution of mobile, that those teeny buttons are... Well, teeny.
I don't want to go into any more about your sites in this thread because it is not the time, nor place for it.... except what I'm going to say below

A pre-join page is good for really one thing... that is collecting emails. It, in my opinion, is not the page to offer a bunch of ways to join, or options to.

When I talk about a site making 100% more money, I am talking about using the pre-join page effectively, then customizing your join page via your own merchant account.

Take anyone of your sites... bypass the pre-join... land directly onto epoch or ccbill, default the monthly option, I bet you see 30% more sales that way. The reason is because you are likely seeing 95% credit card joins, and your pre-join page is really just a deterrent at the moment.
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