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Elevated X Boosts Mobile Paysites

Elevated X has announced the expansion of the mobile pay site creation features of its popular content management system (CMS) software.

opinion

The Art of the Upsell

Since 2006 my company Elevated X has sold CMS software used by thousands of adult pay sites including the official sites of dozens of studio brands. I like to login to my customers’ sites from time to time to see what people are doing. When I look at studio sites I see a lot of similarities but the one thing missing from nearly all of them is product upsells.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Giving Your Website a Health Check

In addition to logging into sites run by my CMS software customers, I join a good number of websites throughout the year. Once in a while I’m impressed but usually surprised is the word that comes to mind. What’s surprising is that it’s not uncommon to see broken links, missing pages or non-working join pages. Even some very big industry brand websites have join forms that fail and require multiple attempts and reentering info via a multi-billed cascade to purchase.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Placing a Focus on User-Buying Triggers

This is the last of a series of three articles focusing on specific ways that paysite owners can optimize the user experience and present sites and content in ways that attract modern customers and keep them coming back.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Promo Benefits ASACP

The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced that online content management system (CMS) provider Elevated X, will be holding another promotion benefitting the association.

opinion

Paysite Power: Keep Them Coming Back

This is the second in a series of three articles focusing on specific ways that paysite owners can optimize the user experience and present sites and content in ways that attract modern customers and keep them coming back.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Paysite Power: Tweaking the System

My next three articles will be a series that focuses heavily on specific ways that paysite owners can optimize the user experience and how to present sites and content in ways that attract modern customers and keep them coming back. This starts with thinking about streamlining and how to repurpose your current paysite assets to make them fit within the constraint of what online users have grown accustomed to.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X CMS Releases 4 Free Paysite Themes

Elevated X announced this week that it has released four free adult paysite tour design themes for its popular Elevated X Pro adult CMS software package.

Sonya C Launches TheFetishWarehouse.com

Sonya C, founder of EthnicKink.com and radio personality host of “Kinky News & Views,” has launched 14 new fetish- and BDSM-niche sites under the umbrella site TheFetishWarehouse.com.

Elevated X Introduces Entry-Level Software Package

Elevated X, the two-time XBIZ Software Company of the Year Award, on Wednesday announced the release of a lower-priced version of its adult site CMS software package.

opinion

Paysite Power: Why We Wait

Last month I posed the question, “What will be the next big thing?” and then answered it rather anticlimactically by simply saying “nothing.”

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Paysite Power: Refinining the Biz

With every new year we kick off, the big question always is, “What will be the next big thing?” The start of a new year signifies different things for people. For some it’s an opportunity to start fresh, for others it’s simply about carrying on where things left off. But for many, the new year will start full of energy and renewed vigor.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X Unveils New CMS Software Management Interface

Elevated X unveiled a brand new management interface for its popular adult site CMS software at last month’s XBIZ 360 conference in Los Angeles.

opinion

Paysite Power: Your Goal is More Sales

When we put a paysite online the usual assumption is that if the design is decent and the content is good, people will buy. A lot of site owners experience a very rude awakening when they launch a site and nothing happens.

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Paysite Power: Looking Legit

One of the statements I hear most often from site owners has to do with the cost of design and usually goes something like this: “I’m building (or rebuilding) a site but don’t have $__ to spend on a fancy design.”

A.J. Hall ·
opinion

Great Join Pages

Join pages are the checkout counters of the paysite world. The join page is the last stop a customer makes on their journey from sales prospect to paying member.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X CMS Adds Modernized Video Player

Adult site management CMS software producer Elevated X has added a brand new, modernized video player to its list of standard product features.

opinion

Paysite Power: Take a Look at the Text

As website owners we spend a lot of time thinking about page layouts and designs. Sometimes we fixate so much over wanting things to be perfect that we overlook one very crucial design element and neglect to give it the attention it deserves —text.

A.J. Hall ·

Elevated X CMS Adds Streaming Video Support

Elevated X, the 2012 XBiz Software Company of the Year Award, on Tuesday announced it has added video streaming support to its adult site management CMS software product.

opinion

Paysite Power: Porn Packaging

Millions of people are online every day. Most of them have access to widely accepted payment methods and each is interested in specific things. Despite the nonsense being spewed on message boards, a lot of people don’t want to join a big all-you-caneat generic porn site and be it free or not, a lot don’t want to browse tube sites hunting through thumbnails trying to find what interests them. Far more people are open to the idea of buying adult content than we think – but only when it’s presented to them in the right way.

AJ Hall ·