Been just over a year since we opened
www.paulmarkhamteens.com and I think it's time to share some of the knowledge I've gained. I say me because it's run mostly by me so I'm the guy to kick.
I honestly do not think it's rocket science to run or open a paysite, in fact it's simple. The trick is in making it work to a profit, but that's not too hard.
I admit I started with a bit of knowledge regarding what the porn surfer, who's into teens likes, but the traffic and paysite knowledge was zero to low. And yes I did start with some content, about $25,000 would of bought our entire inventory 18 months ago when we started and $1,000 a month would pay for the updates. And we did have a program that worked, but they can be bought so not too difficult.
The hardest thing was rewording the site to suit a paysite rather than a content store, a work still in progress and if there is a cheap script writer looking for a job he can apply here.
Other than that the whole thing was pretty simple, we got a design made, then another one, then the one we have and I think it works best. My name did not bring in 100s of affiliates as I thought it would, but it might of bought in a few. The main thing is they stay, which is the key.
Other than that the site runs itself and other than adding 3 new content every day to the site and to the affiliates area there is little to do. The site runs itself and makes a healthy profit. It would of made a profit even if we had to buy in everything and start from scratch. Rocket science? No fucking way.
Oh yes and finally the big mystery. TRAFFIC. No rocket science here either, you convert you get traffic, you convert well you get more. You convert very well you get more and can be more generous. We let others do what they are best at and concentrate on what we do best. How hard is that to work out.