Airek, this is one of the biggest problems with the business at this moment. Webmasters still think they control the surfer. You dont! I agree, you wanna get a sale with the least amount of clicks as possible, makes sense. But surfers are not the same anymore, way savvier... The business is not teh same anymore cus of all the free content out there. If you cant deliver the goods to a surfer, theres a ton of other sites that will. you need to hook em.
So, i understand the mindstate of get the dollar out as soon as possible but getting a surfer to pick your site as the their go to place for free porn, a bookmark, some loyalty even if its short lived, is very important.
With SexGrid, the point is if a surfer hits it, its something new. they will hang out and give it a shot. If you deliver good quality content and more importantly and great experience within those few moments, you can get them over to your tube site and get the sale out of em at the right sponsor. Where as a surfer hitting a site thats just like the rest of em and dosnt even stick around or give it a decent chance.
As for Premium memberships, calling it "shady shit" or a "scam upsell" is bullshit. I sell premium memberships to my free users for 9.83.
If they are a free member, they cant watch over 15 vids. With Premium they can watch as many as they want.
If its a free member, he can only watch LOW res vids in 420x340. Whereas Premium can watch bigger and full screen vids in HIGH res.
Gutter Premium users get every video on Gutter.com in 3gp and mp4 formats, high and low. Free users dont get mobile.
Premium members get way over 200+ feeds on Gutter Tv and on Hustler Vivid TV.
And yea, we do give Premium users streaming priority
Shady? Scam? I dont think so.