Promises I Can't Keep
I ran across a promotional profile of me that one of our affiliates put up that I have a couple of problems with. One of the problems is that they link to ALL of my free galleries from the profile, rather than providing a representative sample. Kind of like this person does with his "fansite" that lists every single promo gallery the sponsor provides for one girl's newish site, 37 picture galleries and over ten movie galleries. At least one girls' profile on this affiliates' site links to OVER NINETY OF HER GALLERIES. All from one place, her profile, making it a minisite in itself and more of an alternative to joining her site, rather than a motivating factor. Needless to say, this person has sent my galleries tons of traffic . . . and NONE of it has converted.
The other problem is the text they wrote to lure people to my site:
Nowhere on my site or my tours do I lead surfers to believe that I fuck, suck and stroke myself all day. It would be a bad promise to make since I have spycams and they will find out soon enough that I spend most of my day IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER. Hands on keyboard. Or shoving ding dongs into my face whilst watching Project Runway.
Even more misleading, I do not invite people to boss me around. In fact, if someone comes into the chatroom and tries to "give me some direction", chances are I will boot his bossy ass right out (unless of course he's paying by the minute for a private show which is a totally different thing than buying a site membership). When people make promises I can't keep or encourage surfers to do things that will lead to me reaming their asses out, there's a potential for chargebacks. We don't like chargebacks.
I think there's a real misconception amongst both surfers and affiliates alike that genuine amateurs running personality sites are all about taking requests from and fucking their members. I didn't build my own site to have other people tell me what to do. I built my own site partly because I already KNOW what I want to do and I don't WANT to have one boss, let alone thousands of them. My site offers a whole hell of a lot, but a 24/7 sex show inviting members to tell me what to do and how to do it is NOT on the menu. Yes, I do fuck, suck and masturbate on cam regularly, but I'm not putting on a dog and pony show all day and night. Give the surfers realistic expectations that are easy to EXCEED, not promises we just can't keep.
While it's true that one of the main draws of self-run personality-driven sites is interactivity, there are more ways to have interaction than having bossy people thinking they can tell a girl what to do because he paid $20 for a month of access to her site. That's not a realistic business model, it's not how I market myself, and it's not how other people should market me.
I honestly think this affiliate has built a nice-looking site and I really don't think s/he had any intention of writing promo text that could be construed as deceptive, but he or she is shooting him/herself in the foot and putting us at risk for chargebacks. Some of the other text they wrote was quite sweet and did indicate they took the time to check out my site quite a bit, I think they're just a bit misguided. I hate to use them as an example, but it was a good opportunity for me to write this up to let other people know to avoid these kinds of mistakes. I really do not want surfers to be disappointed because I don't want to go into my chatroom and hear them barking orders at us. Though the wording of the text was nice (not anything like, "tell this fuckslut which hole to stretch for you on cam!"), I've spent years on cam and I know the perception surfers have . . . there are some boundaries you have to keep very clear, one of them being how far you will go to "satisfy" your customers. Fielding requests from thousands of people is farther than we can go.
The other problem is the text they wrote to lure people to my site:
Trixie is a true voyeur as this thirty something year old strumpet fucks, masturbates and sucks her way thru her days. She's also open to alot of suggestions so once you join up be sure to give her some directions!Sigh.
Nowhere on my site or my tours do I lead surfers to believe that I fuck, suck and stroke myself all day. It would be a bad promise to make since I have spycams and they will find out soon enough that I spend most of my day IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER. Hands on keyboard. Or shoving ding dongs into my face whilst watching Project Runway.
Even more misleading, I do not invite people to boss me around. In fact, if someone comes into the chatroom and tries to "give me some direction", chances are I will boot his bossy ass right out (unless of course he's paying by the minute for a private show which is a totally different thing than buying a site membership). When people make promises I can't keep or encourage surfers to do things that will lead to me reaming their asses out, there's a potential for chargebacks. We don't like chargebacks.
I think there's a real misconception amongst both surfers and affiliates alike that genuine amateurs running personality sites are all about taking requests from and fucking their members. I didn't build my own site to have other people tell me what to do. I built my own site partly because I already KNOW what I want to do and I don't WANT to have one boss, let alone thousands of them. My site offers a whole hell of a lot, but a 24/7 sex show inviting members to tell me what to do and how to do it is NOT on the menu. Yes, I do fuck, suck and masturbate on cam regularly, but I'm not putting on a dog and pony show all day and night. Give the surfers realistic expectations that are easy to EXCEED, not promises we just can't keep.
While it's true that one of the main draws of self-run personality-driven sites is interactivity, there are more ways to have interaction than having bossy people thinking they can tell a girl what to do because he paid $20 for a month of access to her site. That's not a realistic business model, it's not how I market myself, and it's not how other people should market me.
I honestly think this affiliate has built a nice-looking site and I really don't think s/he had any intention of writing promo text that could be construed as deceptive, but he or she is shooting him/herself in the foot and putting us at risk for chargebacks. Some of the other text they wrote was quite sweet and did indicate they took the time to check out my site quite a bit, I think they're just a bit misguided. I hate to use them as an example, but it was a good opportunity for me to write this up to let other people know to avoid these kinds of mistakes. I really do not want surfers to be disappointed because I don't want to go into my chatroom and hear them barking orders at us. Though the wording of the text was nice (not anything like, "tell this fuckslut which hole to stretch for you on cam!"), I've spent years on cam and I know the perception surfers have . . . there are some boundaries you have to keep very clear, one of them being how far you will go to "satisfy" your customers. Fielding requests from thousands of people is farther than we can go.
posted by Trixie Fontaine @ 10:11 PM
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