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Originally Posted by fris
how bout the dating companies that prepay ad buys in the 30k range.
without them, they wouldnt be able to pay for the hosting.
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And there is the Achilles heel.
They're supported by adverts from dating and cam sites. The recession that will continue for a few years will help kill the profit margins. More people surfing for free + less people spending on dating and webcams = profit margins squeezed.
Is it enough and can we help it get tougher?
Re dating sites.
We could advise our members to go to some of the free alternatives.
We could advise them how they pop up an advert telling them there are girls in their town waiting to meet them.
We could sow seeds of doubt in the surfers mind about dating sites, so when they don't meet the love of their lives they wake up to the fact these sites rip people off. Just enough to make the surfers think first.
Re webcam sites.
Give away free live shows inside paysites so for $30 a month the members buy and stay.
Both of these ideas require you to do more than sit on your ass and moan. They require sponsors to act and more importantly affiliates to support them. Without actions we will be asking the same question this time in 2010. As we did in 2008.
We could tell the members that these sites that rip us off would rip them off as well.