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Barry-xlovecam · 07-21-2017, 08:00 AM

Like I said, the UK can devise a scheme that is lawful in their country, give me validation access with and verification API AT THEIR EXPENSE.

Any fool that thinks this is calling for a pop up dialog and an I am over 18 checkbox is extremely misinformed.

The UK is mandating a age verification without stating the terms (so far). The onus is on the UK if they want this to happen. Otherwise they will close most of the adult internet to their citizens like China does.

Stop insinuating I want underage traffic -- that is a crock of shit. Why don't you spend the $0.48; £0.37 to credit card validate every site visitor you have -- if you really give a shit about the kiddies entering you websites -- looks a little different now?

At a 100:1 conversion rate, with credit card verified adults, your customer acquisition cost for validation is $48.

Say an affiliate made the conversion and earned 50% PPS
*(affiliate revshare used in place of advertising expense-- not including content expenses or fixed operating expenses)

$30 - ($48+$15) -$33 first sale
$30 - ($33 [loss caryover]) -$3 second sale (rebill)

,38 eurocent was the cost I was quoted (when the Euro was $1.30)
The reason I took the time to consider it was to give 5 minutes of free cam credits to new customer signups that validated their credit card. Many cam site customers spend $500 or more in Customer lifetime revenue. I thought it was doable and viable.

I have heard, (heresay) that the porn paysites average 2.6 rebills per customer, if that is true, then they would lose money on new UK customers if they have to pay for the validation for age verification.

If you can do this at a better conversion rate -- then just fucking do it.
At 30:1 you break even on the above basis on the first sale.

Free sites and affiliate websites could not pay these costs.
Tubes could not pay these costs either.

So, either the UK government pony's up and offers a age check API for its citizens and an no cost to web operators or I doubt anyone outside of the UK will cooperate -- I sure as hell wont.

07-21-2017, 08:00 AM
Barry-xlovecam It's 42 Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Global Posts: 18,083	Like I said, the UK can devise a scheme that is lawful in their country, give me validation access with and verification API AT THEIR EXPENSE. Any fool that thinks this is calling for a pop up dialog and an I am over 18 checkbox is extremely misinformed. The UK is mandating a age verification without stating the terms (so far). The onus is on the UK if they want this to happen. Otherwise they will close most of the adult internet to their citizens like China does. Stop insinuating I want underage traffic -- that is a crock of shit. Why don't you spend the $0.48; £0.37 to credit card validate every site visitor you have -- if you really give a shit about the kiddies entering you websites -- looks a little different now? At a 100:1 conversion rate, with credit card verified adults, your customer acquisition cost for validation is $48. Say an affiliate made the conversion and earned 50% PPS *(affiliate revshare used in place of advertising expense-- not including content expenses or fixed operating expenses) $30 - ($48+$15) -$33 first sale $30 - ($33 [loss caryover]) -$3 second sale (rebill) ,38 eurocent was the cost I was quoted (when the Euro was $1.30) The reason I took the time to consider it was to give 5 minutes of free cam credits to new customer signups that validated their credit card. Many cam site customers spend $500 or more in Customer lifetime revenue. I thought it was doable and viable. I have heard, (heresay) that the porn paysites average 2.6 rebills per customer, if that is true, then they would lose money on new UK customers if they have to pay for the validation for age verification. If you can do this at a better conversion rate -- then just fucking do it. At 30:1 you break even on the above basis on the first sale. Free sites and affiliate websites could not pay these costs. Tubes could not pay these costs either. So, either the UK government pony's up and offers a age check API for its citizens and an no cost to web operators or I doubt anyone outside of the UK will cooperate -- I sure as hell wont.