I’ve been spending a lot of time updating my partner account database. I will get into it more in another post. But, I manually request them, email people if they request it, explain a bit about myself, how long I’ve been in the business, examples of my work, etc…

So, I receive a PA from someone last week, about Thursday or Friday. Tuesday, I wake up, check my email, and I have a message form this person saying that he/she is deleting my PA because I have not used it yet…

Sorry, I was away for the weekend. If the jerk would have just waited a couple hours he/she would have received something from me.  I understand the need to maintain your database(s), and even cleaning them up from time to time. But deleting my account for not being active in a period of 3-4 days is a little retarded.

I proceeded to maintain my database by deleting this person’s site, and making sure I never work with this person in the future…

We all know that traffic in general is getting harder to come by, especially quality traffic. There comes a time where you simply need to spend money to make more money. One of these options, if you are a regular submitter, comes in the form of buying partner accounts to basically get preference over regular/free submissions of your ads (galleries, freesites, etc…)

In this new ongoing series, I will be randomly picking out new partner accounts, testing them out, and writing about my opinions with them. Keep in mind, what works for me, may not work for you. But, through writing about my experiences, it may help you make better decisions about which ones to choose. There are so many out there that this can’t hurt anything, and will hopefully be productive. Feel free to share your thoughts about which ones have and have not worked for you.

The popular adult 2.0 tube site xtube.com has closed its doors from allowing adult webmasters the ability to upload their promotional content. From their site:

“Webmasters,

Due to circumstance arising after attending the AVN Webmaster convention, ALL WEBMASTER UPLOADS HAVE BEEN PUT ON AN INDEFINATE HOLD. XTube has come to this decision after months of deliberation, user imput, sponsor input, etc. We would like to apologize for the inconvenience and wish all our webmasters the best in the future. Thanks for all your efforts.”

This is unfortunate for the adult webmaster community because another quality traffic source is gone. Hopefully, you were able to take advantage of the opportunity while it lasted.

I see a lot of mixed opinions on the boards about tube sites, and I was wondering how you feel about them. Does this change affect you? Are tube sites killing your traffic and conversions? Do you think it’s a coincidence that adult web 2.0 sites use up webmasters to help establish their brand, then spit you out once they no longer need you?

It will be interesting to see how many new tube sites pop up now that this traffic source is gone.

Just what the world needs, another blog. Well, I hope to offer something interesting for the people working in the online adult community. If you found your way here, please bookmark the site, or add it to your RSS feed reader. I promise I will make all of your wildest dreams come true…