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Originally Posted by -R-in-V-
Very interesting read here! I love to hear feedback like this from different perspectives. We come from a different angle, and that's the one of sifting through a lot of surfer emails on our reviews who complain opposite ways on the exact same reviews. We've gotten complaints that we didn't mention how hardcore a site was (that it was too much), but we get 10x more emails about people who are upset we didn't mention that there was no hardcore available at all. Some surfers assume way too much, so we try to spell it out for them from time to time. I've liiterally written a pro of "love the softcore glamour material" and a con of "may be too softcore for some" for the same site because they're both true. When reviewing a softcore photography site, I'll base my entertaining score on other softcore photography sites. Same goes with a foot fetish site. But there's a line that has to be drawn since we are also giving it an overall score compared to sites in all genres, and it has to fit in. A site producing one video a month that's only been open for six months charging twice as much as the other guy (no matter how great, wild, exclusive, fun the videos are) just doesn't offer as much as most everyone else, no matter what kind of content it is. You'll notice we have no score for hardcore or softcore though, it's all just words to let people know more about the site.
As far as price goes, it's a pretty objective score, and accounts for 10 pts out of 100 which I don't feel is too much; I actually feel other sites don't take it into account enough. All things being equal, if we can get the exact same content for $15 instead of $30 a month, the cheaper one definitely deserves a higher score. The score change from a $10/mo site to a $30/mo site is only three points, which shouldn't make or break a site in the end. When you're getting into $35-$40 a month site or higher (which is above average from what we see), I'll definitely mention it as a negative. That doesn't mean you don't have the site or content to back it up, it just means when you look at price alone, you charge more than most
Keep the comments coming though, they're great. I just wanted to throw my opinion into the matter as someone who works on that specific site day in and day out,
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I totally disagree with your price rule for those who understand the monthly cost doesn't matter if its $10 a month or $100 they will still cancel.. one reason why the 10 dollar sites floped. I test the market to see what works the best. we offer a $1 trial then a $40 a month membership and we still convert amazing and retain amazing ..
Its doing so well I might even raise the prices
your traffic is conditioned to test a trial and cancel so they continue to profit for you as we take the hit as with most review site traffic.. I can afford the hit to see what kind of review we get and exposure
No matter what people dont look at porn as an expense its an impulse buy hell they get upset about there water bill and cable bill monthly you think they wont bitch about there porn bill LOL
