G3X Design Suite tutorial. I wrote this to help you
 

through the process. Let me know if anyone has questions.

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1) Using the G3X Design Suite is not only a way to enhance your earning ability with our product, but it is also a stand alone product that can serve as an independent method to earn revenue. Translation, creating designs can earn you revenue without traffic. In simple terms, you create one of the following types of designs and when someone, including yourself, sends signups, this is the result:

Dynamic or static tours pay out $3.00 per sign up
Full Page ads and splash pages pay out $1.75 per sign up
Hosted Gallery pages pay out $1.50 per sign up
banners pay $1.00 per sign up

To begin, log into our program and then click on DESIGN SUITE, which is located on the left Navigation bar. Here is what you will see once you log in, on the left, you will see the Navigation options:

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Keep in mind, on the bottom right of the page, not pictured in this condensed screen cap, is a list of the top designers. This is an excellent way to get traffic to your tours and such. The top designers are those with the highest converting tours.

2) Once you log into the Design Suite, you will be boldly prompted to choose a sub-domain. Sub-domains are unique titles which you select to display in the unique domain structure of our site. Remember, we host your designs, so the title of the sub-domain you choose is important as it should match the name of the site you are creating. You can reserve titles in advance.

Here is what you can expect to see:

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3) Top Nav Bar, this is where you will navigate between the uploading of your tour, banner or hosted gallery and the content management. Lets go through how each function can assist you on your way to earning revenue with the G3X Design Suite:

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-My Items

This is the area whereas you can look and see the status of your submitted items. For example, if you have submitted a tour, you can see which of the following status marks apply:

Approved: Design is approved by G3X staff and is set to earn revenue.
Deleted: Design has been deleted from the system and is not capable of earning revenue.
Denied: Design was declined by G3X staff. Denied designs can be resubmitted to staff.
Inactive: Design is not active within our system and is not capable of earning revenue.
Pending: Design is pending review by G3X staff. Review turn around time is 24 hours on business days, no more than 48 hours when weekends or holidays are involved.
Suspended: Design has been suspended by staff.


-My Content

This section is a display history of content that you have downloaded and used. It is for organizational and tracking purposes. It provides information such as: screencaps, title, length of clips, actors and provides a link to download the content to your computer. This is a great way to keep a history of content that you have previously used. Here is a capture of what you will be looking at, the layout is very simple:

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-Content Search

The Content Search tab is your first stop in finding the appropriate content to use for your chosen design. Once you have your foresight, G3X will have the content for you. The Content Search is simple. Start by choosing one of the radio buttons which offer choices between niche, performer, producer or keywords. Once this is complete, simply put in the search term and click on SEARCH. Here is what our Content Search looks like:

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-Submit Items

The Submit Items area is where you will upload your completed design work to our servers for review. I will first show you what the area displays like, then go through each function in a simple manner:

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You will notice three radio buttons on a top nav bar. The default is set to Submit Tour. Here is what purpose each serves:

--Submit Tour: This is where tours are submitted. A tour is a full html page that ranges from 1 page to several.
--Submit Promo: This is where you upload banners, including full page ads.
--Submit Gallery: This is where you upload Hosted Galleries.

We will start with the default Submit Tour

The first two forms are Select a Tour Name and Select a Unique Sub-Domain. These two items go hand-in-hand and were likely chosen by you already (see step 1 of this tutorial. The Tour Name and Unique Sub-Domain need to match. The matching titles will be unique as our system does not allow duplicates, which is why it is important to pre-choose your sub-domain. Here is the display you will see:

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Step 3 is your description field. Use this field to describe your tour. Consumers that hit your tour will see this description. It is important to keep the description accurate and relevant to the content.

Step 4 is where you will choose the program you are building the tour for. You will choose between the Free Lifetime program and the Cam program.

Step 5 is where you will choose the niche category of the tour. This is important when other designers are searching for your tour and for your own organizational purposes.

Step 6 is where you choose the tour zip file from your computer. Zip file should include the html files as well as the image files. The html files should be located in the root while the images should be placed in a sub-directory titled IMAGES. Total size on tour should not surpass 10mbs.

Step 7 is where you will select a preview image. The preview image is what other webmasters, including yourself, will see. Our system will display it as a way of enhancing your ability to promote the tour to other webmasters. Specs on the thumb are: Max Thumb Dimensions: 125x125 PXs
Max Thumb File Size: 20 KBs


Step 8 is where you will choose whether or not your tour is Public or Private. If you choose Private, you will be the only one that can see your tour. If you choose Public, other webmasters will have the ability to promote your tour and earn you revenue.



submit promo

Promos are banners and Full Page Ads.

Here is how it will display on your screen.

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Step 1: Choose the title. This is for organizational purposes and has no bearing on the consumer end.

Step 2: This is where you select the program that your promotional item is for. You will choose between Free Lifetime or Cams.

Step 3: Select what you are going to promote. You need to choose the niche first and then choose the specific tour you will link to. Keep in mind, you can earn revenue by building tours for other public tours, they do not have to be yours.

Step 4: Choose the type of promotional item that you have created. You will choose between a regular banner, Full Page Ad or Half Page Ad.

Step 5: Select a banner image to display in our system. This is for all intents and purposes a screen shot of your work.

Step 6: You need to choose whether or not your promo item is public or private. If it is public, then you will be set to earn revenue when other webmasters send traffic to your promo item; if you choose private, you will be the only one that can send traffic and no other webmasters will be able to view it.

submit gallery

This is where you will submit your free hosted galleries. Free hosted galleries are galleries of free content that webmasters, as well as yourself, can promote on tgp / mgps.

Here is how it will display on your screen.

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Step 1: this is where you will choose your gallery name. The gallery name will display to the consumer on the free hosted gallery.

Step 2: You will need to choose between our Free Lifetime program and our Cam program.

Step 3: This is for the description. Consumers will see the description. Descriptions should reflect and be relevant to the content / niche.

Step 4: Select what you are going to promote. You need to choose the niche first and then choose the specific tour you will link to. Keep in mind, you can earn revenue by building hosted galleries for other public tours, they do not have to be yours.

Step 5: This is where you choose the zip file of the hosted gallery from your computer. Once you submit, the file will upload to G3X staff for review.

Step 6: This is where you will choose a preview image to associate with your gallery. If you mark your gallery public, other webmasters will see this image. This is basically a screen cap.

Step 7: You need to choose whether or not your gallery is public or private. If it is public, then you will be set to earn revenue when other webmasters send traffic to your gallery; if you choose private, you will be the only one that can send traffic and no other webmasters will be able to view it.

Cory, how much content (sets) are we allowed to use per tour? Other companies have restrictions, how about G3X?

We only have restrictions set for how much content you can download without submitting something.

You can use as much as you want so long as you are actively submitting.