I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are really some newbie.
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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
Not too many of you guys know me here, I am pretty new with this adult stuff and have a hard time getting simple shit done much of the time, many unnecessary difficulties that come from a general lack of experience.
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You sound like an adult webmaster already.
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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
Bootstrapping a program with no cash at all is kind of tough; probably it is not something that is supposed to be done, so when I saw Barefootsies? deal with installments available at 500 a month it seemed like a great opportunity. I jumped on it, signed the contract and sent off a down-payment pretty quickly.
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You go from "bootstrapping a program with no cash" to signing a contract at $500/month with absolutely no idea of how much will be made. That sounds pretty stupid to me.
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Shortly afterwards Barefootsies started getting a lot of hate on GFY so I decided that when business was concluded I would write a review of our transaction and post it here.
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He has been hated here for longer than you have been a member.
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Here is that review:
I didn?t have the cash to spring for the Zuzana design upgrade, so I went with the basic package and Prez did the design. I don?t know what I would have gotten with Zuzana, her designs are generally eye-catching and impressive but I have no complaints at all about Prez? design. The guy is totally competent and the actual design works great.
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You mean design wasn't included in that $500/month contract you signed? What a rip off..
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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
K0nrad is very helpful and his script is amazingly simple to use and modify, even for a guy like me who can?t remember how to format a simple link without looking it up. Everything the user needs to modify is in appropriately named templates in a folder named ?templates? and they load up easy in whatever editor you use and can be modified very quickly. If I get stuck or have a question K0nrad is quick to reply.
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So... you "can't get simple shit done" and "can't remember how to format a simple link" but you can totally handle editing smarty templates?
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The hosting is not something I really wanted since I already have a dedicated box at Mojo but it was part of the deal so I took it. Barefootsies worked out a lower price on hosting after I had already signed the agreement for a higher monthly price and passed the savings on to me immediately. I had already paid for a month of more expensive hosting and he credited it on my next bill. This was totally unnecessary since I would have paid the higher price and never known the difference but it shows he?s not trying to make a fast buck but is really interested in building long term relationships. This is something I always look for and try to keep working with people like that while avoiding the other kind.
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So, you were screwed into paying for hosting you don't need, with money you don't have, but you are fine with that because you want to build a long term relationship. Gotcha.
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The hosting came in handy later when I got targeted by some malware assholes (totally my fault) who sent me around a million uniques in under a week, the server never broke a sweat.
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They sent you a million uniques for what reason?? I've never seen someone create malware to send traffic to a random newbie on GFY.
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Overall I am happy and impressed with my tubesite. I am getting some paid joins and everything works as well or better than expected. I am not going to put the link here since I haven?t gotten around to publishing and categorizing all the content like I should (I bought around 1500 clips) and I don?t want my laziness made public. (it will be in my sig when I decide to have one)
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If you are "getting some paid joins" then why not post the results so people can decide if the "package" is worth it or not?
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Here is my one observation that may not be apparent to people just getting into the deal:
The mechbunny script offered is not the same one you will find described at mechbunny.com or in this thread http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=980667. It is modified to make it a paysite and so many of the traffic tube features are not present. It is simpler and I am told by K0nrad that he would want about $1,000 to upgrade from this version to the full traffic tube license. I would have liked enabling user commenting and other social features as well as the mobile version, but I understand that for what I paid I did get a good deal plus I find that the features provided fit my skills and experience level just fine and I don?t know what I would do if I had to fight an army of spammers commenting all over my tubesite. At some point I will be buying the upgraded license because based on what I have seen I believe it is worth it. |
Sounds like you got screwed again. Why is the script trimmed down? Is this script part of the "package" or did you pay extra with the money you don't have?
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Also I would like to mention that K0nrad was able to integrate his script with Nats which he did specifically because I requested it. It wasn?t part of the script before that but a custom feature he setup for me. He did this simply, and elegantly in a way that made it seem ridiculously easy and made it very simple for me to plug the tubesite into my existing in-house affiliate program and start making money with it immediately.
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How much did they charge you for that?
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I have already bought additional content packages from Barefootsies and will continue doing business with him in the future.
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I guess you are no longer "bootstrapping with no cash"?