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Old 07-22-2010, 05:51 PM  
epitome
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Originally Posted by Stephen View Post
Folks like to bullshit about their traffic volumes, conversion ratios and income, but discounting the reps that will come in and reply how their proggie converts at 1:10, the big question going forward, if folks want to accept this as "the new market reality," is:

Can YOU profitably sustain a legitimate paysite with ratios as poor as 1:100,000?

Personally, I think anyone in the paysite game (or entering it today) needs to calculate break-even points, etc. with that level of conversion in mind. This will also doubtless affect WHAT a paysite entails and the type / amount of content the customer expects for their cash -- but given the bounty of tubes today, you won't get away with content like the old "blowout" sites, with a handful of Z-Master galleries and some old feeds.

So, what can we do to please customers and PROFIT at 1:100,000?
1:100,000? Really? Has it gotten that bad for people out there? If a program doesn't do better than 1:2000 they won't get more links.

Outside of pop unders, my three worst ratios this month are 1:1735, 1:1371, 1:1101.

The three best are 1:41, 1:314 and 1:492.

Mostly tube, blog and TGP traffic.

I did not include programs I stopped actively promoting ... like one I am trying to filter out (still have some links here and there usually in blog posts) where it is 0:2227 for the month.
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