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Rictor · 12-10-2003, 03:09 PM

Now when I got into this business, I used free content to build AVS sites (TGP didn't exist yet). Combined with free hosting my profit margin was 100%. In every thread where a newbie asks for help, I see a bunch of people jump in and tell them that they need to go buy some content first. I especially notice the content providers saying this, telling them that free content is a bad thing and won't convert. I think this is actually bad for the paid content business. Content theft has gone up a lot in the last couple years because gallery builders that used to use free content now steal it instead because they believe they can't convert with free content provided by sponsors. Or they steal content because their galleries have been rejected by TGP owners for "over-used" content. I've been told my 1 hour old exclusive sets were "over-used" before because they had my URL watermarked on them so they looked like free content. I was the only person in the world with that set.

I don't blame content providers for drumming up business, I just don't agree that free content is such a bad thing. I've paid thousands of dollars for exclusive sets that only my afiliates can use and I don't have enough affiliates for that content to be as over-exposed as any set from a major content provider such as Matrix Content. You just need to do your homework and find smaller affiliate programs that offer free content that you aren't seeing all over the place yet. Or be first in line to grab new sets from the bigger programs like Lightspeed Cash.

12-10-2003, 03:09 PM
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Now when I got into this business, I used free content to build AVS sites (TGP didn't exist yet). Combined with free hosting my profit margin was 100%. In every thread where a newbie asks for help, I see a bunch of people jump in and tell them that they need to go buy some content first. I especially notice the content providers saying this, telling them that free content is a bad thing and won't convert. I think this is actually bad for the paid content business. Content theft has gone up a lot in the last couple years because gallery builders that used to use free content now steal it instead because they believe they can't convert with free content provided by sponsors. Or they steal content because their galleries have been rejected by TGP owners for "over-used" content. I've been told my 1 hour old exclusive sets were "over-used" before because they had my URL watermarked on them so they looked like free content. I was the only person in the world with that set. I don't blame content providers for drumming up business, I just don't agree that free content is such a bad thing. I've paid thousands of dollars for exclusive sets that only my afiliates can use and I don't have enough affiliates for that content to be as over-exposed as any set from a major content provider such as Matrix Content. You just need to do your homework and find smaller affiliate programs that offer free content that you aren't seeing all over the place yet. Or be first in line to grab new sets from the bigger programs like Lightspeed Cash.