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Elevated X Adds 6 Responsive Themes to CMS Platform

Triple XBIZ Award-winner Elevated X has added six responsive design themes to its paysite CMS software.

opinion

Finding the Right Road to Success

Last month, I wrote about collaboration, surrounding yourself with good people and top-tier service providers and having an alliance group.

A.J. Hall ·

Verotel Slashes Fees for Elevated X VOD Processing

Elevated X and Verotel have announced a partnership to remove the cost barrier for models and clip store owners seeking to launch their own site.

Zuzana Debuts New Premade Paysite Template

Zuzana Designs has released its newest premade paysite template powered by Elevated X.

trends

2017 Outlook: Technology Drives Adult Forward

The adult industry is widely known for its driving of technology, but it is an industry that is also driven by technology itself — adopting and embracing the latest in digital media and beyond. XBIZ sought to take the pulse of the industry to discover its predictions for the year ahead. Here’s the forecast from some of its top technologists:

XBIZ Staff ·
opinion

Expanding Your Mastermind Group Should Be a Game Plan

After a decade of selling an automation software product for managing websites, it’s been interesting to follow the trends of our customers throughout the past year.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Start Being Mobile Progressive

With the end of the year approaching, I found myself at a loss for a timely end-of-year article idea. Enlisting the help of everyone at ElevatedX, I opened our internal communication app and fired off a chat that asked, “Any XBIZ article topic suggestions for my last one in 2016?”

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Adds Verotel to List of Processors Using VOD Software

As it nears the end of the open beta phase of its newly released on-demand content purchasing system, CMS software company Elevated X has added integration of widely used third-party billing provider Verotel to its list of standard video-on-demand inclusions.

opinion

Finding the Right Payment Business Model

One consistency among nearly all paysite owners is that they are creatures of habit. After all, how else could someone tirelessly produce or procure similar content steadily in order to update their commercial enterprise or labor-of-love on a weekly or daily basis? Through passion or routine, it becomes habitual.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Adds NETbilling to Processor List for VOD Platform

CMS software company Elevated X has added integration of NETbilling to its list of standard video-on-demand inclusions.

Elevated X Adds OrbitalPay Choice to VOD Software

Paysite CMS software company Elevated X has added OrbitalPay to its list of standard video-on-demand payment inclusions.

opinion

Creating a Top-Notch, Lucrative Adult Website

If there’s one thing I’ve seen consistently over the 10 years I’ve been running Elevated X and working exclusively with paysite owners it’s that no matter how competitive the paysite market gets or how high the barrier to entry seems, there are always people eager to break in and start their first site.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Witnessing a New Dawn in Adult?

Last month I was asked by XBIZ to provide a short blurb for a magazine feature that asked the question: “What will the paysite market look like five years from now?”

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Audit Your Paysite for Better Dividends

When we think of paysites we usually think of content, design, traffic and how to make sales. Rarely do things like user experience or customer service rank high among a paysite owner’s as site operators are not generally dealing with customers directly on a one-to-one basis. Sadly, it shows in the way some sites are treating customers.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Expands VOD Features

Elevated X today added new features, including shopping cart support for both CCBill and Epoch, to its beta video-on-demand release within its CMS software platform.

opinion

How to Successfully Market Your Paysite Offerings

With a flip-flopping public consensus on message boards, depending who you choose to listen to, you’ll be led believe that one paysite business model is better than another.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Today’s Realities With Paysite Entrepreneurship

The online adult entertainment industry has come a long way these last few years.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Paysite Owners’ Big Challenge — Optimal Pricing

I’ve been writing for adult industry magazines for nearly a decade and have somehow managed never to touch on a topic that every paysite owner has to content with — the pricing conundrum.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Rolls Out On-Demand Content Store Function

Elevated X has announced the addition of an on-demand content store function to its popular adult content management system.

opinion

8 Tips for Successful Business Partnerships

2016 marks my 16th year in the adult entertainment industry and the 10-year anniversary of my adult paysite management CMS software company, Elevated X, a still-thriving business formed out of a partnership that began 12 years ago.

A.J. Hall ·