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SteveLightspeed · 12-29-2004, 03:58 PM

31) Do you shoot bulk content of your girls in order to have peace of mind and efficiency for updates or do you have pre scheduled appointments with your girls on a recurring basis.
It depends on the girl. See #7. We have also paid models before to shoot 200 sets in 20 days, so they can move on, and we will have enough content to run a solo site for about 3 years.

32) If you were starting from scratch with the intention of being the number 1 guy in any niche what would you need to have to get the job done. Example specific type of server with x amount of bandwidth, Nats, special scripts, photo and video equipment etc.
I don?t think anyone could answer this question. I think it could be possible to hire a dream team of existing industry experts to create sites and an affiliate program that would dominate a niche, but that route would be expensive and risky.

33) And my third and final question..... does it happen that some people join your sites ( usuaully that means they buy the full membership ) and they expect hardcore in your members area....and then they get upset? Isn't that an issue that can significantly increase refunds and charge backs in a softcore solo girl site like yours?
Our refunds and chargebacks are really low. We try to be as honest as possible in our ads and tours. We don?t promise a lot of hardcore. Believe it or not, softcore sells and retains well too!

34) What is your biggest headache in this business?
Although I recognize our affiliates as the lifeblood of our business, honestly it becomes difficult for our small group of staff to accommodate the needs of tens of thousands of people. We are often asked to spend a lot of resources working on a specific requirement for one affiliate, even when that affiliate has not even begun sending traffic. And if we refuse anyone?s request, it might appear that we don?t value our affiliates. That is not the case at all!

35) Do you use DRM on your vids? If not why not?
We haven?t begun using DRM on our videos yet, I?m still not convinced in the value of it. We have always freely given tons of content away, since I believe that people get bored of looking at one set or one video, and they will eventually come to our site looking for new material. I think just labeling our content with our URLs is more effective to accomplish that.

36) Do you think a potential member will not join if they see that a license is being used?
I doubt that would stop anyone from joining a site, if the site has content they are interested in.

37) What password protection software do you use? I need one for my sites..!
We currently use proxypass. We used pennywize for years also.

38) What is your favorite car?
I?ve always been a big fan of the ?Mach 5? from the Speed Racer cartoon. I wish my car had sawblades that could cut through a forest (but what about the stumps?) I thought Speed Buggy was cool too.

39) What ideas do you have that you can share via icq that you don't have time to do?
Privately sharing info sort of defeats the purpose of this thread, doesn?t it?

40) What aspect of online marketing has given you the greatest return on your investment in terms of traffic and/or sales?
I would say that our hosted galleries system has brought us the most traffic and sales. Also, our Gallery Revshare program has been a win-win for everyone, we?ll be releasing version 2 of that system soon.

12-29-2004, 03:58 PM
SteveLightspeed Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Lightspeedworld Posts: 7,940	31) Do you shoot bulk content of your girls in order to have peace of mind and efficiency for updates or do you have pre scheduled appointments with your girls on a recurring basis. It depends on the girl. See #7. We have also paid models before to shoot 200 sets in 20 days, so they can move on, and we will have enough content to run a solo site for about 3 years. 32) If you were starting from scratch with the intention of being the number 1 guy in any niche what would you need to have to get the job done. Example specific type of server with x amount of bandwidth, Nats, special scripts, photo and video equipment etc. I don?t think anyone could answer this question. I think it could be possible to hire a dream team of existing industry experts to create sites and an affiliate program that would dominate a niche, but that route would be expensive and risky. 33) And my third and final question..... does it happen that some people join your sites ( usuaully that means they buy the full membership ) and they expect hardcore in your members area....and then they get upset? Isn't that an issue that can significantly increase refunds and charge backs in a softcore solo girl site like yours? Our refunds and chargebacks are really low. We try to be as honest as possible in our ads and tours. We don?t promise a lot of hardcore. Believe it or not, softcore sells and retains well too! 34) What is your biggest headache in this business? Although I recognize our affiliates as the lifeblood of our business, honestly it becomes difficult for our small group of staff to accommodate the needs of tens of thousands of people. We are often asked to spend a lot of resources working on a specific requirement for one affiliate, even when that affiliate has not even begun sending traffic. And if we refuse anyone?s request, it might appear that we don?t value our affiliates. That is not the case at all! 35) Do you use DRM on your vids? If not why not? We haven?t begun using DRM on our videos yet, I?m still not convinced in the value of it. We have always freely given tons of content away, since I believe that people get bored of looking at one set or one video, and they will eventually come to our site looking for new material. I think just labeling our content with our URLs is more effective to accomplish that. 36) Do you think a potential member will not join if they see that a license is being used? I doubt that would stop anyone from joining a site, if the site has content they are interested in. 37) What password protection software do you use? I need one for my sites..! We currently use proxypass. We used pennywize for years also. 38) What is your favorite car? I?ve always been a big fan of the ?Mach 5? from the Speed Racer cartoon. I wish my car had sawblades that could cut through a forest (but what about the stumps?) I thought Speed Buggy was cool too. 39) What ideas do you have that you can share via icq that you don't have time to do? Privately sharing info sort of defeats the purpose of this thread, doesn?t it? 40) What aspect of online marketing has given you the greatest return on your investment in terms of traffic and/or sales? I would say that our hosted galleries system has brought us the most traffic and sales. Also, our Gallery Revshare program has been a win-win for everyone, we?ll be releasing version 2 of that system soon. __________________ Abra-cadabra!