Barefootsies? Tubesite deal: My experience
 

Not too many of you guys know me here, I am pretty new with this adult stuff and have a hard time getting simple shit done much of the time, many unnecessary difficulties that come from a general lack of experience.

Bootstrapping a program with no cash at all is kind of tough; probably it is not something that is supposed to be done, so when I saw Barefootsies’ deal with installments available at 500 a month it seemed like a great opportunity.

I jumped on it, signed the contract and sent off a down-payment pretty quickly. Shortly afterwards Barefootsies started getting a lot of hate on GFY so I decided that when business was concluded I would write a review of our transaction and post it here.

Here is that review:

I didn’t have the cash to spring for the Zuzana design upgrade, so I went with the basic package and Prez did the design. I don’t know what I would have gotten with Zuzana, her designs are generally eye-catching and impressive but I have no complaints at all about Prez’ design. The guy is totally competent and the actual design works great.

K0nrad is very helpful and his script is amazingly simple to use and modify, even for a guy like me who can’t remember how to format a simple link without looking it up. Everything the user needs to modify is in appropriately named templates in a folder named “templates” and they load up easy in whatever editor you use and can be modified very quickly. If I get stuck or have a question K0nrad is quick to reply.

The hosting is not something I really wanted since I already have a dedicated box at Mojo but it was part of the deal so I took it. Barefootsies worked out a lower price on hosting after I had already signed the agreement for a higher monthly price and passed the savings on to me immediately. I had already paid for a month of more expensive hosting and he credited it on my next bill. This was totally unnecessary since I would have paid the higher price and never known the difference but it shows he’s not trying to make a fast buck but is really interested in building long term relationships. This is something I always look for and try to keep working with people like that while avoiding the other kind.

The hosting came in handy later when I got targeted by some malware assholes (totally my fault) who sent me around a million uniques in under a week, the server never broke a sweat.

Overall I am happy and impressed with my tubesite. I am getting some paid joins and everything works as well or better than expected. I am not going to put the link here since I haven’t gotten around to publishing and categorizing all the content like I should (I bought around 1500 clips) and I don’t want my laziness made public. (it will be in my sig when I decide to have one)

Here is my one observation that may not be apparent to people just getting into the deal:

The mechbunny script offered is not the same one you will find described at mechbunny.com or in this thread http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=980667. It is modified to make it a paysite and so many of the traffic tube features are not present. It is simpler and I am told by K0nrad that he would want about $1,000 to upgrade from this version to the full traffic tube license. I would have liked enabling user commenting and other social features as well as the mobile version, but I understand that for what I paid I did get a good deal plus I find that the features provided fit my skills and experience level just fine and I don’t know what I would do if I had to fight an army of spammers commenting all over my tubesite. At some point I will be buying the upgraded license because based on what I have seen I believe it is worth it.

Also I would like to mention that K0nrad was able to integrate his script with Nats which he did specifically because I requested it. It wasn’t part of the script before that but a custom feature he setup for me. He did this simply, and elegantly in a way that made it seem ridiculously easy and made it very simple for me to plug the tubesite into my existing in-house affiliate program and start making money with it immediately.

I have already bought additional content packages from Barefootsies and will continue doing business with him in the future.

Thanks buddy. Very kind of you to take the time.

I am just one person, and thanks also go out to Konrad, Prez, Zuzana, Casper, GetNaughty among some of the others I work with (reference link). I am not the one man superman. It is a combined effort of service.

All the same, I appreciate it.
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@pompousjohn: have ICQ or email? Id like to ask you couple of questions...

Nice read whoever wrote it.

Nice job Barefootsies :)

I knew there was no drama in here.

Hitting you up now.

congrats to winners :)

:1orglaugh yeah no comment :1orglaugh

I wrote it, and I'm not barefootsies if that's what you are both getting at.

Oh snap, no drama?

Where can we see the result?

both?) i wasn't getting at anything, just happy for you and all involved that everything works out great and that for once there is no drama around footsie character around here. positive vibes are good :thumbsup

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says a nickname on the internet

Useless without URL.
I hope you got few freebies from weirdo for writing this novel.
Unless, unles... someone else wrote it for you.

This reminds me of Frisky/Eastwood/Marco comedy.
No, thats not me. I mean it'm me but not the frisky me.

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So true, all of em are cut from the same fucking stupid cloth :1orglaugh

Kind of funny seeing the same group of haters doing their usual antics. Especially those who claim to have me on ignore, and replying back to back. Anyone is more than welcome to contact the others who were named in the O.P. and know who this client is.

Good stuff. Keep this thread a poppin. :thumbsup

Enough said.
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Would be nice if you wrote about the results like how are the sales? Maybe even a url to your tube? Is it affiliate friendly?

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Nice to read something positive about good business. Good luck to you. I've done a little business with Barefootsie and K0nrad myself and appreciate them.

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That would require the whole thing to be real and not a bunch of bullshit :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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You don't think thats too much to ask?

I'm not going to make any comment about fake nicks but I do have to say, BF you could have at least waited a bit longer... your post was 7 minutes after the OP.

Maybe the OP gave you a heads up, but still, it looks a bit dodgy when you reply so soon.

This is constructive criticism, I'll return to my usual hating right after I submit. Bye for now :winkwink:

trippy thread.

I am not putting the url here cause I am kind of embarrassed around you guys. I'm new and I want to come on the scene strong with something solid and too many of my deficiencies are apparent in the site's workings as is. I will fix it and unveil it in good time. I didn't see a reason to wait for that to write my review.

If you guys want to think I'm Barefootsies that's just your sad mistake. Sadder for him than anybody I admit but sad nonetheless.

I can take on affiliates but I don't have any of the tools you guys need to set up banners and stuff. If you want to roll your own then fine, but I have my application in with Netbilling right now and until its approved I cant offer as much as if you go with CCBill. Your call though. I need a designer or programmer or whatever to hook me up with that. Also my nats is just still the basic skin and I don't like it like that.

I think it will be like a week till I launch officially, unless there are delays which there always are. You will have to wait till then for a URL watch my sig if you still care by then.

I emailed him to let him know I was posting a review. I thought he'd offer me a discount on something but no luck :)

I have nothing against Barefootsies but aside from it reading like a kidnap victim's message to their loved ones......"they are nice people and they are treating me well, please pay the ransom" these two statements do appear somewhat contradictory.

Claims to be not experienced but has an existing inhouse Nats program? Say what?

Surely PompousJohn could disclose THAT program so we can add credibility to what at the moment looks like a clever bit of Barefootsies reverse spam aimed at sucking in more newbies.

Other than your post history reading completely different. :winkwink:


All the same, thanks ladies of the fan club. Always appreciate the bumping support.
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There's always going to be "something" that people don't like. There is no reason to be embarrassed. Maybe you'll get a few pointers on how to improve your site.
If its making you money, you must be on a right track. Right now it looks like paid advertisement. Hh well, who cares.. Good luck with licking toes.

I am experienced at running affiliate programs (mostly non-adult) from the affiliate manager (sales manager) side. I am not a webmaster. When I started doing adult I saw really quickly that the only way to get paid consistently was to control as many things as possible from the top down and nats was the first item on my shopping list.

It's good enough for my own in-house guys who don't need any automated stuff and understand whats going on because I told them, but for a remote affiliate kind of thing where everything has to be laid out in black and white it's just not ready.

Uh huh...yup...sure :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

are you on crack, always jumping in threads staring shit

I have a crackheadtube.cn for sale - $150,000.00
2% off if you pay in full today.
Paypal fees are extra.

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Don't try to imply that I am one of your little band of constant haters to deflect away from the point I made.

I have always been balanced and objective in my comments on threads about you or started by you. Feel free to run off on one of your little copy and paste exercises to prove otherwise. It will illustrate exactly why many people find you so annoying.

Why don't you ask yourself WHY people have such a hard job believing that this thread could be a genuine unsolicited praise from a satisfied client?

Good stuff BF