You're business is your own bud. No one needs to post up links. The majority of the trolls in this thread are not even flying sigs, nor do you have any idea if they are even in this business full time. More over what they own. You do not need to answer to them.
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Originally Posted by pompousjohn
I felt that way at first and talked to them about it. I am OK with it now, and that is why I pointed that out in my review. It was something I misunderstood at the time of purchase and it could have been clearer so I am making it a little clearer for those that follow.
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A pay site, or a tube pay site, works very different to a traffic tube that has a social element. Especially when it comes to the processing piece. Which (I am explaining different for rest of GFY interested) is why a lot of those features were stripped out. If you are running a tube pay site, at least like I sell, you are licensing content. You do not need sponsor imports, spiders, ad rotators, user uploads, embed codes, and some of the other junk in there.
A couple of years ago when I started my first tube pay site, it was built on the original MechBunny platform. 80% of the shit in the admin I would never use. So having it all in there was a waste. Konrad and I put our heads together, and basically developed his XXXCMS version.
This was tailored to those who were doing tube pay sites, and had a much cleaner interface, and was set up for managing it like a pay site. Including processing, and other b.s.. So Konrad had developed a special version which I would use for my consulting clients and could get them into at a less expensive price point. A win-win for everyone.
As those were selling like hot cakes, we opted to expand it out of just my client base into a public offering. So I could push even more business. So I partnered up with content providers, and then started the hosting, and we began pushing even more volume. Keeping everyone busy.
I even hired a tech to join my web hosting support team that works directly with Konrad (as well is emergency on call person should I need one). He does the deployment of MB client servers, all the set up for what the server needs, and preps it for Konrad so he can just come in and bang out his work on set up and testing. He is even directly available to Konrad for anything he needs on a server, or hosting-wise so Konrad does not need to piss around in my normal support channel. This make the best experience for my clients, Konrad, and myself.
The traffic tube version has those social elements, spider, RSS, importer and other things that are more conducive to those looking to build traffic or social network type of tube. Not working a membership pay model. Also, not all processors will allow you to do that. So it is a good business model to have two of them.
I can still sell the unlimited MechBunny cheaper, among other content, and design discounts, than cost for those who are my hosting clients. Through my various networking and associations, people get a good deal versus paying retail.