New here.. Does this really work?
 

I am new to this board, have been a photographer for many years and several times though about starting my own pay site.. One thing or another has always prevented it. I have been looking into the "Affiliate" concept for a few days now and as I will be getting layed off from my day job soon and my wife is prego I am very interested in getting started.

If I put 40 hours a week into it and treat it like a full time job can I expect to pay my bills?

Thanks :)

1. welcome 2. yes, it can be done, if you are willing to learn and adapt

Hi
Im a newbie too. So...Does it work? The answer is... It Depends on how much of your time you invest in your sites and promote them.

You will probably need more than just one website to shape traffic to your paid websites...might also see if there are any porn bloggers or rating sites you can put your links on.

Best of luck

I'm ready to learn and adapt :)

Wasn't really looking to get my own pay site started at this time.. I'm more interested in the whole "Affiliate" idea. How do you get started?

Welcome to Gfy newdipshit! :)

Greetings and welcome -

Greetings, it can work, alot will depend on you, the product and obtaining the right traffic

Hello & Welcome!

Welcome to GFY :)

Rather than try to jump in head first and run your own affiliate sites, maybe you should focus on your current skills and shoot content, and put that up for sale.

I'd think it would be faster, easier, and more enjoyable.

There's a lot to learn about promoting paysites, and there can be a lot of expense up front, and I don't know of many people that can go from zero knowledge to success in a matter of only a few months.

hi and welcome here

Welcome aboard

Welcom to GFY
 

I to am new at this. I have to agree with fusionx do what you know. I have had my site for 3 months and not one sale. You have to be able to put the time in it. It will take alot to start up and you need to be carefull there's alot of people that will take your cash and give you poor content. Do the research and do what you can your self. Congrats on the baby and the best of luck.

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Welcome and GFY! See you around!

Thanks for the quality advice :) I have started a thread over in the buy/sell section asking about selling content.. How should it be packaged? What kind of release is required to be signed by the model? that kind of thing.. And then how do you find buyers and what does content sell for...

look into the 2257 laws. that'll help you with proper docs.

Do we have some links to some "must read" info here on these boards?

It depends what you are looking for, there are many topics here that can help you in many aspects. There is no newbie how to build a successfull porn site, if thats what your looking for. Ofcourse you can always post specific questions.

Anywayz welcome to the forum and good luck ! :thumbsup

Welcome to the forum good luck with all your ventures..

Welcome to the board

Welcome and good luck!

Does running an affiliate program really work? Yes. Plain and simple, a well run affiliate program can bring you untold fortune however that being said, if your website sucks then nobody will want to promote it because they aren't making any money in doing so, so you won't keep many affiliates for long. So really it's a give and take.

Yes a GOOD affiliate program can make good money but that requires not only a dedicated webmaster getting new content, but also someone to manager the affiliates and get new ones, and a skilled website designer to put together a visually appealing website that appeals to surfers.

hey welcome to the board, IMHO you can start at content selling, then paysites, and then affiliates. its like your stepping on the ladder of success :D

Welcome and good luck!

40 hours?? No. More like about 60 when its all said and done. And depends on the content, the designer and your skills.

Hit me on ICQ 174228679 and lets chat about it a little

I don't think he is talking about starting an Affiliate Program guys (he doesn't have a paysite yet!)- he wants to become an affiliate himself to get some cash coming in for him and his preggo wife.

My advice would be to research, research, research and then see what cheap inexpensive ways you can put a toe in the water. You can spend fortunes as a newbie affiliate on buying gallery spots, etc . . but if you don't know what you're doing you will probably lose more than you'll make.
Anyway, the answer to your question "how do I get started" is that first you sign up as an affiliate to some sponsors (look at the bottom of paysites home pages for the links to WEBMASTERS). Then you can check out their promo tools (Hosted galleries, Hosted FLVs, RSS Feeds, etc . .) to see how you can promote them.
Some cheap ideas to get you started? Well, here's a few:-
1. Become an affiliate for some niche sponsors and then post links to some of their FHGs on niche-specific forums - making sure you can make the post sound current. Cost: ZERO.
2. Start a blog. You could automate this by setting it up and going with sponsors that have morphing RSS feeds but it would do better if you hand wrote the content - depends how much time you have. Cost: just your hosting charges.
3. If the sponsor has hosted FLVs you can try posting these to legal (note that word LEGAL!!) tube sites (i.e. tube sites where you can sign up and have a banner or link back to the sponsor next to the video - which carries your affiliate code of course. Cost: ZERO.

Those are just a few to get you started but certainly don't expect a full-time income just from them - think "trickle" more than "waterfall". Some of them might work, none of them might work. Unfortunately making money as an affiliate isn't "easy peasey". You need to try things out and see what works and once you find something that works, bang it like a cheap whore - lol!
I would certainly agree with the guys on here who are advising you to go with what you know and try selling your content if you're a photographer - that's definitely a good way to start in the business too.
Good luck!

www.CozyFrog.com has some good information if you're just starting out, and will fill you in on the past 10+ years pretty well. :)

Creating your own content is much more profitable in the long run though the startup cost on that can be difficult to manage.

Affiliate sites is a great way to bring in cash with little investment upfront, though you really need to have a LOT of content to attract the traffic through natural listings. Paying for traffic can cost you far more than you make if you attract the wrong type of traffic. Beware of bandwidth fees!!! Use the hosted Videos and Pictures rather than having them on your site, otherwise you might have a excessive bandwidth fee of several thousands of dollars.

Promote your site. Find adult blogs and comment, try the social networks, craigslist, buy an ad with an adult site that you like. The more you promote the more traffic will arrive, and that is the real key for success.

Welcome aboard! :thumbsup

Their is still room for some kinky niches.

Lets see some of that content you have accumulated through the years.

You may get some signups but do you have enough to keep them each month? To judge if your going to make it pretend to be a customer.

Here's my reality check....

You are a photographer who is good enough to make a pay site out of your work but you were not a good enough photographer to quit your day job and start your own photography biz.

I am not trying to tell you that you can't do this but switching from a 9-5 mentality to an entrepreneur mentality is really hard. Doesn't matter if its in starting an adult site, opening a bar, or building a cleaning service.

I would recommend you keeping a regular job if that's what you are used to and put all your extra time into your new business. Speaking from experience, I work about 60-70 hours per week minimum in my business and when I see someone say they are going to go at a new venture "full steam" by putting in 40 hours, I worry for them.

no it doesn't work

no, probably not :)

Hardwork can pay off but you have dedicate yourself into making it happen.