In This Age of Broadband is There Any Money in Photo Only Sites?
 

Now that Broadband has gained popularity and dial-up is nearly extinct, is there still any interest in photo sites? People like to see the action and watch movies vs. still shots, IMHO.

I'm getting a lot of content together in order to launch a couple sites and was just curious if any folks out there have photo only sites as well as movie sites and what the average conversion difference is between the two?

who told you dialup is extinct?

Juicy, it's not extinct but more and more people are switching to broadband. Eventually dial-up will be extinct so I am preparing for that. :2 cents:

your mom !! :thumbsup

a lot of other countries are on dialup. but yeah a lot of people here in the united states are still on dialup. don't you see all those commercials for netzero and earthlink's "fast" dialup. i'm sure a lot of suckers sign of for that shit. :Graucho

Ok but is that just a opinion of did you read it somewhere?

True it will dwindle down in the future but the internet is massive (like my cock) and a very good percentage are on dialup.

We in the US are spoiled cause we have easy access to it but what about Abdul in pakistan?

Not for me bab!

It is video all the way.



:BangBang:

Are you gonna get any clear crsip video to sell? I saw your stuff and it looked like a kid encoded them

I think paysites who only offer photos must have:

* 100% exlusive content
* very high quality content

as far as niches go
i think picture only works for the softcore niches but def. not for hardcore

i wouldnt open a paysite that offers no movies since they surely make people recurr longer hehe :Graucho

:2 cents:

There will always be a place for pic only sites. I knwo of MANY paysites that have maybe 60 second of video total. the rest being gigs upon gigs of picture content. Not everyone likes movies. Personaly I HATE movies. Can a movie really capture that one fraction of a second where the girls poses so good you get a woody just remmebering it? Pics tend to be of higher quality than movies as well. Can you honnestly say that dvd quality 1600x1200 vids exist? Nope.

I laugh everytime I see those commercials and think to myself, "A sucker born every minute!"

It's my opinion but the more the price drops for broadband the more folks will convert. This is the reasoning behind this thread, in order to gauge how many sites convert movies better than images. :thumbsup

I have a site( http://www.femmeXotique.com ) that is only photos and erotic stories...it is bondage/erotica and All Exclusive images by the photographer. Because I do video on all my other sites, when I took it on, I wasn't so sure how it would do, but it has surprised me:Graucho

I say yes, if the content is Niche, Unique and All Original ...

Ivy

Nope

edit...

WHOA....you like picture sites but you diss one of the best picture sites around? Metart on your tgp?

If my ASS-umption is correct, it's false advertising... the only way I can figger that dialup can be "sped up" is with very extensive caching... in which case, how is one dialup gonna reload a dynamic auction page faster than another?

We have about 15 video feeds that we license from third parties, but it's absolutely not a focus of our site. Customer surveys show that video is the "main reason" for signing up for only about 5% of our paying customers. "Picture content" is the main reason for about 70% of them.

So yes, picture-only sites can definitely survive in the age of broadband. Use good pics and offer them in very high resolutions at high quality (in addition to standard 640x480, most of ours are available at 1024x768 @ 200kb, and many are 1536 x 1152 @ 400k).

Cheers
-b

i bet its not a teen site and it has original content
just like i said

on those sites movies can be a little gimmick that keeps people even happier and recurring longer

good it works for you :thumbsup

yeah, I won't list sites that have girls that look 13. Nor will I have anything to do with a site that actualy used to use underage models

If you got the right niche or exclusive content you can do quite well with only pictures. Dont forget member interaction to keep them interested and updates so there is always something new to check out.

It's not like having tons of movies is a garaunteed winner either, think of a bad members area and no updates and see how long your members will retain.

Over the years we have been tracking what customers look at
on our site
Since we are 90% pictures only and videos became so popular in 99 we wanted to make sure we stay on track, it surprised us when we found out that

customers view list

Extreme Flashing Pictures and Party Girls Pictures - 1st
Hardcore - 2nd
Softcore/Fetishes - 3rd
Live Cams - 4th
Erotic Stories - 5th
Videos are the least looked at.

But than we have 90% all original content and started as a picture site way back.. that might have something to do with it




:pimp

If you can do really really high quality exclusive (niched) content there's always a market for pics (even bigger than movies)

I personally like pics, I am just not fond of looking at fat old bald men bangin chicks in full on video.:2 cents:

Yeah ...videooooooooooooo

Photos will always do well

You have to remember - it's not what YOU like - it's what the customer's like.

Most surfers are looking for their fantasy. What trips their trigger in their head. A picture that allows their imagination to add details will do that a lot faster than a movie that may deviate from exactly what it is that puts the fuzz on their ducky.

im on dial up... it sucks :(

my :2 cents: :

I think it would really depend on the content, for example could you get away with a site of just "Teen" photos, most likly not cause there are so many teen sites out right now that have alot more to offer.

Also what would the membership cost be? do you expect to get 29.95 for just images?


(now for what i am supposed to say lol)

What dialup is not dead, wtf dude are ya stupid

lol ok i feel better now

I believe there will always be a market for the photo. You can capture beauty in a still pose while a movie doesnt always do it justice.

well most download more video then pics

pic sites are only good if sign ups include vid's.

1 3583565 2.35% 2840844 2.08% 34291595 2.20% 1 0.00% *.aol.com

this months traffic from AOL...still #1 for my traffic source

"A Picture is worth a Million Bucks" :winkwink:

I prefer images to movies anyday.

Good post man

abdul in pakistan isnt buying my porn.

US Broadband penetration stats. Nearing 65% as of December 2005

The ones that think globally and provide pics, low bandwidth video clips along with the high bandwidth clips so that all types of surfers have good access to the porn will be the ones that survive long term and make the most money.

only about 30 % percent are on Broadband, I laugh all these people running to do hd video on line. Good example a guy canceled one of my sites, we always ask y trying to make our sites better. He said he was a windows 98 and couldnt play our windows media 9 files. We as nerds assume everyone is on the fastest best systems and they are not. My aunt is on a vaio thats 333 mhz and her daughter my cousin is on 700 mhz and they dont plan on upgrading. Alot of people see the computer as entertainment and wont spend alot on it .

dont you hate it when noobs bump old threads?

Did Rob every launch those sites or was he just spewing more bullshit to fit it?

I'll tell you what about Abdul. Abdul can't pay because he has no credit card and will get his hand chopped off for masturbating.

On a serious note however, I wouldn't cater to the minority unless it's super niche where picture is about all they can find of it anyway.

I don't know anyone who has dial up anymore :2 cents:

god damnit. I fucking hate people who bump this shit. I take my time to type out a response only to find ut this thread is a year old and no one cares (not that many cared anyway).