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Originally posted by charly
It does not matter if it's exclusive or not.
The only thing that matters is does it keep your members member hard.
Exclusive crap will not work, non-exclusive good content will. Club 17 only buy from professional photographers who rarely sell exclusive. Their site is full of our pictures, so exclusive does not work for them.
The problem with selling an exclusive set is simple. We offered exclusive sets for $300 on 5 major boards and got 0 answers. Our sets sell 30 times at $30-50 then we "kill" it. So $300 is a fair price for us and the buyer.
But with no takers, we ask what will the net pay for exclusive?
You could end up buying stuff from someone over producing or pushed for sales. Then it's likely to be a girl he shot 10 sets of minimum. Whats exclusive about that. Or bad content.
Simpler still, how many adult sites on the Internet? Do you really think they are going to find your set twice in the same year? Only if you buy from one of the 100 images for $10 merchants who selll it 100+
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Once again, Charly opens his mouth when he has NO FUCKING CLUE what he is talking about.
Most site owners will tell you that when they use exclusive content their conversions and retention go up.
Proven fact.
I sell to many different companies, large and small and 90%+ of my business is exclusive sales. I ask for more than the $300.00 price tag that Charly mentioned (even though his prior sales pitch said $300-$400) and I get it because people know the value. The reason Charly did not get any
positive response on the 5 webmaster boards is because he went in and spammed the joint as seen in
this thread. Now, since he fell on his face, he is trying to steer you towards an area which he THINKS he can handle. I will also add that Charly's spams...I mean threads, were mostly targeting content providers to resell his images as non-exclusive. This offer was made because he wanted to make some quick cash. (Feel free to read his thread to see this) The clients who buy exclusive sets from me usually want an ongoing arrangement and his offer was an experiment with no promises of this.
I think Sleepy hit the nail on the head in his first post where he said:
"When I started out I couldnt afford exclusive so I used content from very small producers. By doing that i got content that wasnt overused and it was almost exclusive. Now I buy all exclusive and it does make a difference."
Sleepy went on to mention a ridiculously low price of .40 per exclusive image. I understand that it is done because of other business arrangements so I congratulate him on this awesome deal but I offer a reality check to the others.
Once again I would like to state that Charly does have awesome content. I am not trying to dog the man's business or his work. When Charly learns how the Internet works, he will be a damn good provider. Hey Charly, by all means, please continue with your frame of mind. I will be happy to take the exclusive business from you.
Peace