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You'd be surprised at the number of members some sites have. I know of one that maintains a steady monthly members base of between 1500 and 2000 members, that's not including those who sign up for only 30 days then cancel. I know of many more that have memberships in the hundreds, month after month, year after year. You have to remember that these are just foot fetish sites. When you begin talking mainstream porn sites, the memberships are sometimes in the tens of thousands. I know of one webmaster who took just over 35 000 memberships to his sites last year. That's some serious money. As for the quality of sites...you can't be all things to all people. As a webmaster, I learnt a long time ago that you can keep some of the people happy some of the time, but you can't keep all of the people happy all of the time! Some sites cater to a very specific niche within a niche, just look at all the various sub sections that come under the broad banner of 'foot fetish'. Feet, barefeet, soles, arches, footjobs, non nude, shoes, heels, girl on girl, stockings, trampling, crushing etc etc etc. Some sites stick solely to pics, they are easier to produce, quicker to upload and remember, not everyone in the world had broadband. You'd be surprised at how many people still use dialup, not by choice, but because that's all they can access. If that's the case, who wants to spend hours and hours downloading movies? Therefore, sites with only pics have a great appeal. As with any kind of site, there are good ones, and bad ones. I believe it's a webmasters obligation to offer value for money. Frequent updates, good content are what people are seeking and I aim to deliver. I also believe that a site ought to make it easier for a member to cancel. My two paysites have easy to see and easy to find links taking you directly to the page where a member can cancel. Ultimately, a member should always keep in mind the old saying 'Caveat Emptor' or 'buyer beware'.
quote:Originally posted by LordLucan: I also believe that a site ought to make it easier for a member to cancel. My two paysites have easy to see and easy to find links taking you directly to the page where a member can cancel. beware'.
thats funny, sad and truthful all at the same time. i remeber joining a site a while back and when i went to cancel, it honestly took me about 20min to figure out how to cancel off my credit card. more and more i find myself buying clips from clips4sale. it suits me well, i pay for only what i want, when i want it. im surprised more sites dont use clips4sale. i know ive spent a couple hundred dollars there Posts: 135 | Registered: Aug 2005
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A tremendous amount of BHE sites also have shops at Clips4Sale, as do a growing number of more commercial foot sites. I agree with you Clyde that it's a great concept and one that allows you to buy only what you want. I have seen other's (www.clips.com)introduce a similar format too which indicates the old adage: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' is certainly alive and well!
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For my site I tried something a little different. My site is not a member site, all are invited to the site free. The pictures are all original and shot by me and free to everyone. Some sites buy their content from main producers and stick it on their site and call it theirs. The revenues for my site are generated by the video clips housed on clips4sale. Am I losing revenues for memberships? I would think I certainly am, but there are many reasons I do not charge a membership fee. Maybe more sites will follow my pattern, who knows.
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