Question for Seanchei

[GroobySteven]

Ecstatic - in my opinion, you'd need 40-50 sets to start a site and then maybe 4-6 a week depending on content. They were all loose figures and not intended to be set in stone, just a guideline.

seanchai - yep Celtic storyteller.
seanchai

[Ecstatic]

Ah, I see: a site should open with 40-50 sets in place (+/- 25K) and have 4-6 updates/week to continue, with at least 8 weeks' inventory in place (+/- 20K). Thus you really need 80-90 sets to start, with half going up at launch and the rest following on a regular weekly update schedule.

Do you think a biweekly update cycle would be sustainable, or would it have to be weekly?

[GroobySteven]

Do you think a biweekly update cycle would be sustainable, or would it have to be weekly?

Some of the biggest sites do bi-weekly. We done it for years but when we switched to weekly updates the retention rate for members increased substantially. Let's face it, it's a mild addiction for most of us (some a stronger addiciton) to see something new in what we like, so 2 weeks is a long time to go to stop you looking elsewhere.
seanchai

[Bigguy]

I would think if a site started up in Brazil or Thailand they could get the models much cheaper and the start up costs would be much lower.

I wonder how much bandwidth the major sites use in a typical month. 9K a month sure seems like it would get you a whole lot. The cost of the bandwidth keeps dropping, my host gives me almost seven times what they did a year ago.

Thinking back I wish I had started something back when I first got the internet in '96. So much less competition back then with huge market growth.

[Ecstatic]

Thanks, seanchai. Sounds like it would be smarter to update with 4 sets weekly than 8 sets biweekly. I remember when you did biweekly updates and moved to weekly, and you've been building it since (Brazilian-Transsexuals now offers I think 5 sets instead of 4 sets weekly).

I hear you, bigguy. I got into the web professionally in '97 after mucking about for a while, and it's been good through the late dot com era and since, but I certainly envy seanchai his foresight to get into TS sites then.

[GroobySteven]

I would think if a site started up in Brazil or Thailand they could get the models much cheaper and the start up costs would be much lower.

1/ Yes they could.
2/ You'd still have travel and hotel expenses.
3/ You'd have to make contacts - easy in Thailand - not so easy in Brasil if you don't speak the language.
4/ More people are wanting US porn. Hence, the returns/members are larger on US sites than Asian and Brazilians.

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seanchai

[rocklob]

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