I like to promote “Indie Sites” but . . .

[Far-L]

Originally Posted by AdorableAudrey

As an 'indie' when I started it was just me doing it for rlove of porn, exhibitionism, and certain fetishes. Indie = just me and my husband, trying to figure out huow to make our members and ourselves happy with the content and the site, no affiliate manager to tell us how a program needs to work, and no extra man-hours to design lots of versions of our sites.

Still we have learned and have leak-free versions of all our tours, but I will say affiliate sales have never been the majority of my sales and for many indies they may not know how important this is for affiliates, or it may just not be very high on their priority list. As a lady running my own site, I sometimes have to choose whether to spend my time supporting affiliates or members, and webmasters sometimes don't win. (sorry!)

And that is exactly what you should be doing, imo. The worst thing a true indie site can do is spend all their efforts on trying to please affiliates that don't send enough sales to support the effort required to maintain them.

We like to think of our marketing efforts divided into three main considerations. Internal traffic that is purchased or otherwise created through trades etc., affiliate traffic, and organic traffic generated through seo. We try to balance our daily efforts to maintain a healthy balance between each and this has served us well. I have seen big successful programs fall apart because they spent all their time on affiliates that eventually deserted them for another program - and because profit margins are so much less due to the high payouts they couldn't sustain bloated operations.

Besides, the more an indie learns how to sell themselves the better he/she becomes teaching affiliates how to sell the product.

[MRock]

Originally Posted by Far-L

The worst thing a true indie site can do is spend all their efforts on trying to please affiliates that don't send enough sales to support the effort required to maintain them.

I started to develop an affiliate program, but the above statement was what I found to be true ... we are so diversified beyond the websites now ... a lot has changed over the last few years.

If any one here would be interested in promoting Jill "leak free", I would suggest promoting her through the larger company affiliate programs we work under. Clips.com does real well for us in clip sales and as affiliates. Jill has 6 niche stores you can sell of her videos and you hedge your traffic because the customer is yours even if they wander to other stores on the site and decline to buy a Jill clip.

Jill also works regular on cam at 2 camsites with affiliate programs. Just contact me for her screen names at what sites and I can also supply you with picture sets or short video clips for promotion.

There's still sales in websites, but single file sales and live cam are where the market is going imo. Pay as you go ... buy only what you want is what the customers prefer.

Just sold a clip for $29.99 as I was writing this .... just sayin'