do Solo-sites work or no?
Hi Ladies,
My name is Jordan, I'm not a stripper (but i lived with one all through college). I am a content manager for a program for a major university (shhhh don't tell). Its my job to create websites, record class lectures, provide good interaction between the teachers and the students. And allow in only enrolled students.
All this very specific web design/development work about creating videos and allowing only members to see the content got me thinking that its not unlike the glamour sites I visit myself - so I could probably build one, I just dont have the "content"
The thing is I have very little [NONE] knowledge about this industry and dont actually go to the clubs very often - but from what I have heard this industry is profitable. What I am imagining is that a girl could own her own solo-site (or teams of 4 or something like a co-op). Get some nice business cards handed out during her "day job" and then her clientele base will continue to pay her monthly when they go home, or continue to purchase photo-sets.
I want to make money too for the web design & development work, but am not trying to rip anybody off, like how I have read happens at some of the other cam sites, and have no idea what rates are for those things.
So basically what I am asking is this something anyone would want to pursue or do I just watch too much tv?
Re: do Solo-sites work or no?
With hard work and dedictation anything will work.
Re: do Solo-sites work or no?
It's a killer idea, glam. Just know that some women have had trouble with developers in the past highjacking their sites and the usual advice is to commission work rather than join in on a shared profit/ownership scheme.
That said, with your skills and the right site idea, I'm sure you could come up with something that would attract content providers (since we're ultimtely content providers) without sketching us out.
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Just saying, what you're asking is possible. And the majority of adult-sites are owned by guys like you. This board is tended towards more indie girls who have the want to and know how to do this by themselves. I on the other hand lack the talent to build a website and honestly just dont want to figure it out so I paid someone to design everything and just turn it over to me. There's a lot more into it but i'm paying a little over 5000. But it's also a legit, very professional, and well organized company and im paying for quality. I think it's easier for guys in your position to build websites for girls for free and work out some kind of revenue split (the route a lot of girls opt to go cuz they dont want to pay for their own site, or cant). I'd advise girls not to do this but i'm just saying...it's out there.
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xfatrabbitx
(the route a lot of girls opt to go cuz they dont want to pay for their own site, or cant). I'd advise girls not to do this but i'm just saying...it's out there.
I agreeeee 100%, having a stranger as your business partner is ALWAYS a bad idea.
Re: do Solo-sites work or no?
Membership sites are at a decline and probably will stay that way. I wouldn't invest a bunch of time or money in to one personally. There is so much free porn that guys have no need to join a porn site anymore...camming is a different story though.
Also be careful as to who you go in with. I went in with a guy doing 50/50 and he promised that he would get me lots of sales and stuff but 6 months later I was still making maybe 100$ a month so I said fuck it, I want off. Well that was in the middle of 2010 and here it is May 2011 and my members area is still up because he claims that there are a couple of members still rebilling and he can't shut it down until they stop rebilling. Plus, I can't even see the stats for myself to prove this and he quit paying me in like January even though I would probably only get 20$ a month, still, that's not cool.
Lesson learned, stay away from asshole men who think they can run a paysite.
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TXCamgirl
Also be careful as to who you go in with. I went in with a guy doing 50/50 and he promised that he would get me lots of sales and stuff but 6 months later I was still making maybe 100$ a month so I said fuck it, I want off. Well that was in the middle of 2010 and here it is May 2011 and my members area is still up because he claims that there are a couple of members still rebilling and he can't shut it down until they stop rebilling. Plus, I can't even see the stats for myself to prove this and he quit paying me in like January even though I would probably only get 20$ a month, still, that's not cool.
Were you a newbie when you got into this? This would have sent out red flags to me immediately.
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TXCamgirl
Membership sites are at a decline and probably will stay that way. I wouldn't invest a bunch of time or money in to one personally. There is so much free porn that guys have no need to join a porn site anymore...camming is a different story though.
Also be careful as to who you go in with. I went in with a guy doing 50/50 and he promised that he would get me lots of sales and stuff but 6 months later I was still making maybe 100$ a month so I said fuck it, I want off. Well that was in the middle of 2010 and here it is May 2011 and my members area is still up because he claims that there are a couple of members still rebilling and he can't shut it down until they stop rebilling. Plus, I can't even see the stats for myself to prove this and he quit paying me in like January even though I would probably only get 20$ a month, still, that's not cool.
Lesson learned, stay away from asshole men who think they can run a paysite.
TXCamgirl's comments about the state of the industry are very true. Pay sites or subscription sites are in tremendous decline. Only a sucker pays for porn these days. There is so much free content out there available to surfers that it would probably be impossible for any one person to have enough time in his lifetime to view it all.
Investing time and money into a subscription site at this point would be highly risky. It's doubtful that the original investment in such a product could even be recovered.
The only site a camgirl should seriously extend money and effort toward is one that promotes her work as a camgirl... where she cams, what she does, etc.... and one that promotes the sale of any product or merchandise she sells... videos, photo sets, lingerie, etc. And, this type of site would be a free site for surfers.
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The only site a camgirl should seriously extend money and effort toward is one that promotes her work as a camgirl... where she cams, what she does, etc.... and one that promotes the sale of any product or merchandise she sells... videos, photo sets, lingerie, etc. And, this type of site would be a free site for surfers.
TOTALLY.
You are FAR better off setting up your own blog, Twitter, etc. to promote your cam sites and be in control of everything.
AND it's FREE, no silent pimps (I mean partners) taking your money for something that you can do yourself.
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TouringGirlfriend
Were you a newbie when you got into this? This would have sent out red flags to me immediately.
No I was not new... I had been around for 5 years. The guy was/is totally legit and runs a legit network, he just wasn't doing much for my site so it wasn't worth the hours I was putting in. It is actually not uncommon for girls to do the 50/50 thing. They pay for the website design, traffic, promotion, etc and all you do is update. The guy just sucked IMO.
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zoecamgirl
TOTALLY.
You are FAR better off setting up your own blog, Twitter, etc. to promote your cam sites and be in control of everything.
AND it's FREE, no silent pimps (I mean partners) taking your money for something that you can do yourself.
exactly!
Re: do Solo-sites work or no?
I am giving it a shot at my own solo site also promoting my camming and be doing member's only cam shows. I think there is a lot of free porn out there but when "guys fall in love with you" and there is high quality content I think the site has a chance.
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WOW.
So much information! much of it I didn't know.
1) I certainly wasn't looking for partnering with anyone friend or stranger finding a business partner is like finding a spouse, and as soon as you start setting up shared merchant accounts and everything else that just gets out of control way too quickly, and DEFINITELY not looking to "pimp" anyone, but you all don't know that so I cant blame you for being cautious, it sounds like
2) I didn't know that there was so much decline - speaking for myself I have never been on a cam site, it would make me a little too skweemish and real, I suppose I was thinking that probably anyone who has regulars at a club, those regulars probably have crushes on him/her?
3) I agree completely with the do it yourself, roll your own mentality I think that is one of the coolest things about finding this forum is that it really is a community where people help people out. Teaching people how to make it on their own and being at the top is what I do for a day job so I understand that.
All in all it really sounds like a pretty stressful industry and that the juice just wouldn't be worth the squeeze.
I suppose if anyone is interested I can record some video lectures about how to set up a simple selfhosted wordpress.org (not wordpress.com/blogspot/tumblr) website, basic SEO strategies, (which looks horribly difficult for this industry) and how to lock all that content down behind paywalls, and how to set up a digital download store just to cover it all. That way you guys can have complete control over the process.
Most of that information is available for free online all over the place anyway and it actually sounds like I underestimated your geekiness so maybe you don't even need that!