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chipmunk · 07-14-2005, 02:12 PM

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On the topic Of International Traffic
I am often asked my opinion on the international market and how you can monetize your traffic best. As you all know, the internet is growing by leaps and bounds every day! Now contrary to popular belief, there is Adult website business done outside the US?lol Yes?beyond US borders! What this means for you? It means new international markets are opening for e-commerce, and you now have the opportunity to cash in on this booming market!

Now for all those pay site owners that are saying ? ?Mmm this sounds interesting? What do I need to do to get into this?? I have some helpful hints that will guide you in the right direction!

First of all simply translating your pay site into other languages is not going to do the trick alone! It is a wise decision to have your sites translated by a local linguist from the country the language is in. There will be many terms and way of saying things that is only known to locals (slang)! If you have a non-native speaker translating, it will most likely not be in common tongue, but rather text book style. It would not behoove you to translate this way as it will ultimately cost you sales! In addition, your Members Area should also be in the native language of the user. If the user can not understand the language of your Members Area, they can not make up-sell purchases ?and we all know that up-sells generate a large amount of income!

Well ok now you have your surfers understanding your site and getting all worked up and ready to join but then they hit your sign up page and BAM! Billing Dilemma! Unlike here in the states, the average Credit Card penetration is extremely low. In countries such as Germany, The CC penetration is between 25-30%! That is a far cry from here in the US. So now you are asking, ok if Credit Cards present a problem what do I do? ...Send them to dialers? Well in the not too distant past, dialers were a feasible and profitable way of billing international users. In 2005 however, the dialer has been outlawed and or severely regulated in places like Spain & Switzerland. Ok so now what? Well from my personal experience here at SEXMoney.com I see the primary method of payment for many countries as Direct Debit. However there are definitely alternative forms of payment other than Direct Debit that can be used, such as Reverse SMS billing, Web call, etc., just depends upon the country or origin.

Ok Now that you are rocking with the site in native tongue with native billing methods, you may hit another snag! Content! What some countries may like, others may loathe. In other words, not every one likes blonde hair blue eyes. You must keep your content preferences geared towards the countries' preferences.

Setting up the above steps is a gigantic project and will require a good amount of time to do correctly! However the rewards and the cash you will generate if done correctly will far outweigh the effort!

It is a big world out there! Take advantage of it!

07-14-2005, 02:12 PM
chipmunk Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,039	Thanks to everyone that is showing support... I will give my gratitude in just a bit to everyone personally... But I have more to say for now..lol On the topic Of International Traffic I am often asked my opinion on the international market and how you can monetize your traffic best. As you all know, the internet is growing by leaps and bounds every day! Now contrary to popular belief, there is Adult website business done outside the US?lol Yes?beyond US borders! What this means for you? It means new international markets are opening for e-commerce, and you now have the opportunity to cash in on this booming market! Now for all those pay site owners that are saying ? ?Mmm this sounds interesting? What do I need to do to get into this?? I have some helpful hints that will guide you in the right direction! First of all simply translating your pay site into other languages is not going to do the trick alone! It is a wise decision to have your sites translated by a local linguist from the country the language is in. There will be many terms and way of saying things that is only known to locals (slang)! If you have a non-native speaker translating, it will most likely not be in common tongue, but rather text book style. It would not behoove you to translate this way as it will ultimately cost you sales! In addition, your Members Area should also be in the native language of the user. If the user can not understand the language of your Members Area, they can not make up-sell purchases ?and we all know that up-sells generate a large amount of income! Well ok now you have your surfers understanding your site and getting all worked up and ready to join but then they hit your sign up page and BAM! Billing Dilemma! Unlike here in the states, the average Credit Card penetration is extremely low. In countries such as Germany, The CC penetration is between 25-30%! That is a far cry from here in the US. So now you are asking, ok if Credit Cards present a problem what do I do? ...Send them to dialers? Well in the not too distant past, dialers were a feasible and profitable way of billing international users. In 2005 however, the dialer has been outlawed and or severely regulated in places like Spain & Switzerland. Ok so now what? Well from my personal experience here at SEXMoney.com I see the primary method of payment for many countries as Direct Debit. However there are definitely alternative forms of payment other than Direct Debit that can be used, such as Reverse SMS billing, Web call, etc., just depends upon the country or origin. Ok Now that you are rocking with the site in native tongue with native billing methods, you may hit another snag! Content! What some countries may like, others may loathe. In other words, not every one likes blonde hair blue eyes. You must keep your content preferences geared towards the countries' preferences. Setting up the above steps is a gigantic project and will require a good amount of time to do correctly! However the rewards and the cash you will generate if done correctly will far outweigh the effort! It is a big world out there! Take advantage of it! __________________ Matthew "Chipmunk" Sclier Skype: ChipmunkLF AvenueLink.com Personal Loan Offers & Data Management Last edited by chipmunk; 07-14-2005 at 02:13 PM..