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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
That is interesting. What makes the margins so thin? Are the needed tasks challenging to find affordable outsource workers who can do them?
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yea i think it requires higher level talent to run any site competing with OF.
the models have to stay engaged and adding content. verification is pretty easy these days. its the onboarding and continuous engagement that takes daily work. your average outsourced 3rd worlder can't do that work. they can barely do Amazon returns.
model engagement is in addition to daily traffic work. that part can be outsourced if it doesn't take too much brainwork. then you trade time for cost, which increases daily.
OF has many issues, but traffic and engagement aren't on the list. we're out of the sandbox now with fan sites, which means it takes a decent size team and budget to pull it off.
small biz in this industry always has to be looking at the next thing. get in early before the behemoths buy or destroy the market. then get out.
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