Some posts on another message board sparked some thoughts in me. More now than ever we are seeing tgp's spring up left and right...no big deal. Now more than ever SPONSORS are seemingly forced into TGP based business models and some seem to be losing and dying out. A rather large sponsor has stated that they no longer are able to obtain substantial profits from their recurring memberships. My response (as well as many others) was that the members area's simply lacked. The sponsors response was that the surfers are now more educated than ever on the "system" and are abusing it left and right. Add that to the fact that probably 80% of their affiliates generate traffic by means of TGPs and you have a real problem.
Almost any and every sponsor out now has free hosted galleries and things of that nature. Which is good for the TGP owners as its a win/win situation...free content and revenue generation. But I see this as caving into the realm of "free porn for all". It also shows that smaller/medium size TGPs are having trouble generating revenue from past methods and are in turn teaching the surfers that you don't have to pay for porn.
The effect of this has caused an interesting side affect....surfers are savvy enough to purchase 3 day trials...cancel and simply signup again at a later date for 2.99 or whatever the trial price is.
Things seem to be getting worse rather than better for the TGP model.....any ideas, comments, suggestions anyone?
Almost any and every sponsor out now has free hosted galleries and things of that nature. Which is good for the TGP owners as its a win/win situation...free content and revenue generation. But I see this as caving into the realm of "free porn for all". It also shows that smaller/medium size TGPs are having trouble generating revenue from past methods and are in turn teaching the surfers that you don't have to pay for porn.
The effect of this has caused an interesting side affect....surfers are savvy enough to purchase 3 day trials...cancel and simply signup again at a later date for 2.99 or whatever the trial price is.
Things seem to be getting worse rather than better for the TGP model.....any ideas, comments, suggestions anyone?
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The only reason to offer a trial is so you can advertise a 3 day trial for $2.95, then hide some retarded clause in your TOS's which says if you don't cancel your 3 day trial within 48 hours, you will be rebilled at the low monthly rate of $39.95.
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