Question for all you money making Webmasters???
 

Are you guys all banking in from name brands like Hustler and Playboy.
You would think with those name brands its a no brainer.

Do you see your conversions better then your normal adult sites?

Just Curious.

I have been checking out Hustlers new products and they have been busy. Great sites, I am loving their new personals site.

Simple answer. NO! on both counts.

YARGH! I have to agree with the good ship fungi. AHOY! Where's me Boner!

I haven't tried either to be perfectly honest... I've heard the conversions are nothing special.

I think like anything you have to learn how to market to the right end user.....

I know all the bigger brands we are in biz with are starting to really take a much closer look at the interent divisions as technology becomes an even bigger of the long term picture in the distribution of pics, vids, and even text.

I would expect (as i alwys have) that when the big brands get focused internally on how to maximize the opportunity online we will see some extraordianry growth and opportunity

it is just the way business works....the $trong survive and lead

i do pretty good with some of the hustler sites....some periods i do better than 1:100 with just a bit of niche targeting....

The only brand that has made me $ is my own brand.

And sometimes a few guys in a garage take it all over.

Very well said Jim. I believe that.

Cool, I would image they do that good.

agreed but i think you are being a little unrealistic if you think you will beat playboy, Hustler, Penthouse, and the likes :2 cents:

missing the whole equation really and the question is kind of naive imho although i know you have been around a while.

if one filters people looking for vivid or hustler etc. to vivid or hustler etc. then it is a no-brainer. are you somehow suggesting that people take all generic traffic and send it at name brands only? official sites of studios only?

or is this another rhetorical question a la raffi et al .... not that there is anything wrong with that :winkwink:

Nah just was a good line to post in response.

They are nothing special. Infact, I convert better with my owns stuff they I ever have from them.

You are always going to convert better with the site you put the most effort in. That has been proven with us in the last 9 years. I do think the name branding does help.

too general - everything is case by case with brand association and conversions

no not at all..... use the brands to.......market to the niche....if anything what im saying is that the big brands need to get a little niche oriented

with the right knid of marketing to niches that are not covered you are able to meet the needs of the consumer with what they are looking for and there is a brand that is easy to remember and seem a little more on the up and up.....LOLOL...i actually think it is naive to not think they can take a chunk of the pie

when the sleeping bears awake they will find success in any area they want

If their sites were sharpened up & promoted properly, they'll do exceptionally well and obviously have a distinct advantage over non branded products. Just "relying" on the name alone won't work.

There's nothing naive about the question - I find it fuckin' interesting actually...someone should take the brand and actually adapt it to the net in a more aggressive way.

people are and you won't see them posting about it with samples

thats the only way to do it :thumbsup

I'm sure you're right :winkwink:

That gets this thread off track tho...branding is an interesting topic. The ability to carry a brand from traditional media to the net and vice versa is something that isn't really explored much, which is a shame.

Dave whats your email dog ruff urfff

they already are - about 2 years ago the change started


http://www.evanradio.com/picslink/popcorn.jpg

:winkwink:

consolidation is another possibility relative here too -- forward-looking of course


sort of like when there were a gazzillion little mom and pop isp's to buy dial-up from and all anyone cared about was how many dialup numbers they had distributed throughout the world so you could travel and still connect.

there are not too many of those mom and pop isp's anymore - just earthlink :1orglaugh

it's all comcast, verizon sbc, etc...

bahh, playboy is being outdone in it's own niche (glam nudes) online, just look at sites like:
http://www.met-art.com/new.html
http://errotica-archives.com/

Playboy might have a better design but my traffic always tells me better content is still king..

And hustler, well if they made a site that was more like a magazine with some good writing and truly taseless pics, might sell better, but again they are being way the fuck out done in the hardcore niche by many people on this board.

So my educated answer is... no and no Dave, and

CONTENT IS KING :winkwink:

TRAFFIC is KING

unless you are a content co then of course content is king







unless you are a host, then bandwidth is king




etc..

I think you need some good traffic and great content. I agree, and I also agree if it was more like their magazine they would sell much more because that is the reason we all buy their magazine. They always have the best content and craziest shit that nobody else has.

Well said Gleem.

For me own converts better than hust or play... but advertising at some hustler´s country specific sites is a gold. So... :2 cents:

Haha, yes yes, traffic is king, it is always better to have a ton of traffic, than to not have any, but if I had a choice of having 10million uniques a day and super shitty sites to send the traffic to, and 1million uniques and some primo vino sites with great content.. well I'd still just pick the 10million uniques for bragging rights :1orglaugh

yeah the secret to millions in this biz is a combination of these things
Lots of YOUR OWN traffic, Great content, lots of quality affiliates pushing your product, a good sponsor.

With a sig like that you can't tell.
Check my sig Dawg.

I think Vivid is the biggest name i've ever made money off of... although I stopped making galleries before Hustler had their cash program

"Question for all you money making Webmasters???"
There is no money making webmasters ... it must be a bards tale from 1995!

To be perfectly honest, I don't think it has helped, or hurt, us. Sort of just there like an invisible friend (if that makes sense).

ruff rufff going out clubbing now hunting for tail

Ill hollers at you over weekend :pimp