Re: Sean Cody closing accounts?
[QUOTE=AlexManifestMan;13502]As long as any site is presented as allowing a member to download (hold in perpetuity) every single video or image inside the site by allowing them to download them drm free as fast as they possibly can, there is zero reason for a “video/images only” site to retain.
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Sounds crazy but we have nearly a 50% retention ratio. High quality updates do retain.
The days of having an average member stay 6 months or more is long gone. Surfers join sean Cody for a couple months then join Corbin fisher then back to Sean cody. I am sure the same is true with BlakeMason and English Lads. Other sites have surfers that flip back and forth as well.
What can a webmaster really do? Make the experience at their site as best as possible so the member comes back.
When I ran my asian paysite I actually provided a link so members could burn to VCD my content (this was 5+ years ago). The site retained like mad.
Look at HBO. I can tivo to my hearts content, but I have been a subscriber for years. WHY? I like Bill Myers. The same can be applied to paysites. As long as you produce high quality content, provide excellent customer service, and make members feel at home, the site will retain. Regularly updated high quality content does retain.
Now, this is just my belief. I came from a customer service background and may be a little on the customer’s side a bit more than some, but it has worked well for me in the past.
IMHO, the traditional membership paysite model is going to start feeling the pinch from VOD sites. The more we limit access to our content and start protecting it, the more we are becoming like VOD sites without the benefit to the consumer of paying for what they only want to see.
Maybe i am too much on the customers side. But after seeing the 100s of sites that are utter crap now on the gay market, it’s refreshing to join sites that offer high quality content without tons of restrictions. Those ones will be the real winners when the market hits a saturation point in a few years. Those and VOD sites.