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Originally Posted by Sexy Rex
Well, we're going up. We're giving a kickass product for free, users get a new girl dancing on their desktop every day for free and they can buy for as low as $2 if they want to see her naked. We show the whole member's area, don't fuck them (no adware/spyware/xsells) and guess what? They come back and buy more.
I'm not saying Desktop Strippers are the answer to the problems of the industry, we convert extremely well on traffic that suits us (up to $0.20 cents per click sent, check all our affiliates detailed statistics here: http://www2.totemcash.com/free/statistics.php) but this is not where I'm going. I believe the dominant business model in this industry (recuring membership, PPS for affiliates) should change. We're doing way more money today charging users per girl and building trust than before trying to sell membership. I guess it was a close call before between the two models, but it's not anymore with all the tube sites around. I personaly believe the next model revolves around tube site selling scenes in HD pay per view/download. Once the user found the niche he wants to jerk off on, it's the best time to provide him with the best video on that niche, in good quality for a very low price. Of course you won't be able to advertise for $35 per free trial with that, but maybe one day affiliates will start looking at how much they do per click...
my 2 cents, bash away

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Hardly a bash. Very well put. Actually I've seen the desktop stripper thing for ages and never really looked into it. I'm surprised it would be that popular, most people's computers aren't entirely private and some stripper randomly showing up on the desktop could lead to some embarrassing situations. No doubt I'm sure you've addressed that concern somehow.
You mentioned the word trust. Consumer confidence would be another term for it. I think you're right about the standard pay site model but I think subscription, at least in other forms will still work but not with pay sites. More like an unlimited VOD while you are a member.
I was at a talk by Paul Graham at Stanford a while back and he was talking about how Google was successful because they are basically good.
http://www.paulgraham.com/good.html
Some good stuff there.