How to convert a 2000 old school membership site to the new age

I would suggest

https://www.mechbunny.com/

Thank you - that looks indeed very promising.

It’s a nice script that you can edit only the lic file is encoded , also it’s a one time cost no recurring costs and Konrad for an extra fee will edit the script for you if there is something you need coded.

I already contacted their support. GFY community is helpful. Good!

You can go with either a standard CMS solution like Mech Bunny or PornCMS OR you can have something custom coded just for your needs without the bells and whistles. I am having this done now with Woj, an excellent programmer and dev you can find here on GFY (or PM me for contact info).

As making things look modern a simple responsive design for your Tour and Members Area should work fine. I would check out Bootstrap, a fairly simple responsive-type software for design.

Are you still filming new content or is it all older stuff? Good luck!!

Great Tips. Thank you. Helpful.
My archive is huge from 1998 and I'm still filming lots. Why do you ask?

I run a successful OnlyFans and JustForFans but want to awake my dormant but still breathing archive and also re-encode all videos from masters over time to nowadays resolution.

Just wondering if your site is still active with new content or if you rotate older stuff.

Right. Good question. I stopped updating when I learned how easy updating can be with fan sites. So right now it's a static archive. Nothing rotates. This should happen when i use the new script plus I want to upload new content too.

Interestingly enough I am just working on a concept to start rotation on OnlyFans and JustForFans. With 2.1k posts and 20.9k likes that is easily possible now. Although fan page fans can be incredibly sticky. So I only want to rotate 90 days of best-of and vintage content. Fan pages should always be super fresh. I'm updating 4x per day via the queue on OF and JFF. Fans like that.

Bump for you as I am doing the same thing. I have been considering a move to a Mechbunny for a long time and bought a license. Just have to find the time to do it all.

How do platforms like OnlyFans and JustForFans work for content owners?

Great - so we can maybe motivate and encourage each other to finally do it. You don't want to even know HOW LONG I already procastinate this move.

Regarding your Fan page question. I started with OF in 2018 and learned and still learn a lot. But I think I became some kind of expert in this field now. I am also experimenting with FanCentro, BestFans and Fanlr. Fan pages are not only a disruptive but also a HUGE business now.

The big difference to my more traditional porn site is that you HAVE to become personal and somehow a public figure. Fans want to subscribe to YOU more so than to only your content. This makes a big difference but it can lead to extremly loyal and sticky real fans. The retention is much better. You also can (or have to) use Instagram as trafik sourc. But Instagram/Facebook gets more and more restrictive and decent organic growth is nearly over unfortunately. So it gets more and more difficult for new creatives who want to start a fan page if they cannot bring in a big followership on Instagram or Twitter.

You asked how it is for content "owners". That is not seen often but I could imagine doing it. There are not many studios running a fan page. Actually I still think to publish my studio content also on a fan page. You could be the producer that is visible and talk about your productions with other models. That might be actually quite interesting for fans as well. But the problem is structure (see below).

Usually fan pages are ideal for adult entertainers and porn "stars" who want to kick out all middle men and create their own copyright with their 4K phones. But this means - they have to be technically savvy and become producers and marketeers as well. Not all can do that.

Content owner might also not like the loss of control. After all you rely on a hosted service that could go out of business. You basically don't "own" anything if that happens. But hosting your own fan page on your own server is not really an option. The network effect that OnlyFans and JustForFans can give you is not to be underestimated.

Technically the platforms are really nice. Doing many and regular updates is a lot of fun. You could run your complete business on a smartphone. This freedom and mobility is what I enjoy the most. I also like the tight integration of publishing and marketing. Most fan pages have scheduled posts and queues and a media archive/vault. This makes posting super easy and fast. You can collect tips and send out Pay-per-view-videos. Live videos can be tipped or sold as well. Mass mailing is very streamlined and fast. Billing and reporting is tightly integrated. This means - production, marketing and monetization is all in one package. It's a bit of a dream come true if you started with all this in 2000 like me.

Structuring content is very difficult though. All is more or less in the feed. But that’s how fans are consuming content. This needs a totally different content strategy than with a tube script and structured videos and galleries.

But I think fan pages are the adult entertainment future. I belief that people prefer to become a fan with a real person WITH content. Freshness is key. Paying for an abstract and rotating content archive or studio site is so well known and has become a less loved concept IMHO.

I forsee a big future for fan pages. There will be interesting new platforms evolving and there might be interesting buy-outs. Who might eventuelly buy OnlyFans. Instagram? If that happen we might have a big problem though and it might be time to move to another platform. That’s why I run OF and JFF and soon others in parallel and synch. n.c

I would like to see a paysite running on Mechbunny, does anyone know of any?

check out ModelCentro: Award-Winning Paid Fan Club Platform it's diy, easy has affiliate program and integrates with fancentro.com as well. You can have your membership site as a cross sell on your fancentro page.

Interesting. I am testing FanCentro since 2 weeks. Was ModelCentro developed first? Is the feature set for fans the same on MC and FC?

Thank you for the detailed post on Fan Pages. Good info there.