Excellent initial post and resulting thread! Finally something useful and intelligent comes out of GFY
Stacy, I did the voting option a few years ago by putting up a sample photo from one of three upcoming shoots and let them vote. THe downside is that you NEVER get to post that shoot that noone votes for, but which a few quiet folks might enjoy, like foot fetish or something. So be careful with that if you intend to publish the results of hte voting
Retention is possible. I have members who have kept coming back (I don't have any auto-rebilling at all) for four or five years now. They email me when they remember an archive set, and are still totally into the site. I think an important part that was missed is easy navigation for the surfer to find what he wants efficiently, without swimming around in circles.
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