Boycotting Backpage
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Lo-ki......VCA, in my eyes has become hideous lol, and V.W was smart to run from it. It's now cheap looking and seems to attract the throwaways that people avoid.Vancityads was almost next to FREE..
But those days are gone....
VCA use to be a great site....use to be.
I think thats all, LL, perb, BP, CL...I can't think of any other site worth mentioning, maybe eros? I Personally only use LL, nothing else. I don't like to spam the internet with my photos and #, makes me look desperate and embarrassing in my opinion if I'm on some dying sites with only 2 ads posted per day...but yeah like I said if none of those sites are working for you then it's time for a business re-vamp, or giving it lots of time...and if you're a client using those sites and can't find anything - good luck
...^...So thats what it is ? I'm an expolorer. I was thinking that my Rodeo buckle was magnetic.
The quality and quantity of traffic from every site is down. A decade ago, there were only a handful of sites, and they weren't covered in spam or flashing ads to porn sites. They were clean, easy to navigate, and didn't create a sense of sensory overload just by viewing them.
The web is just too diluted with countless advertising sites that require half a dozen clicks to even read a profile (I'm really talking about Eros)
Places like backpage are easy to navigate, and have the advantage of anonymity in that no passport or drivers licence is held on file to post an ad. Therefore, they appeal to a specific demographic of ladies who will likely be fine with the rate increase.
The advantage to price increases is reduction of customers. So backpages may actually be much more appealing to advertise on, even at $20/post if 80% of people stopped advertising there and individual postings were more visible.
I applaud you for standing up for your personal principles, and for letting a company know that you are leaving. The worst customer is the one who was unhappy and never comes back....but never expresses why they are unhappy to the person capable of changing things. If a company isn't aware of a potential problem, they can't fix it.
However, just like us, websites are welcome to charge whatever they like for the services they provide. It's really a self regulating system. If they price themselves too low, they will be too busy and cluttered. If they price themselves too high, they won't have sufficient clientele to maintain their inflated rates.
The web is just too diluted with countless advertising sites that require half a dozen clicks to even read a profile (I'm really talking about Eros)
Places like backpage are easy to navigate, and have the advantage of anonymity in that no passport or drivers licence is held on file to post an ad. Therefore, they appeal to a specific demographic of ladies who will likely be fine with the rate increase.
The advantage to price increases is reduction of customers. So backpages may actually be much more appealing to advertise on, even at $20/post if 80% of people stopped advertising there and individual postings were more visible.
I applaud you for standing up for your personal principles, and for letting a company know that you are leaving. The worst customer is the one who was unhappy and never comes back....but never expresses why they are unhappy to the person capable of changing things. If a company isn't aware of a potential problem, they can't fix it.
However, just like us, websites are welcome to charge whatever they like for the services they provide. It's really a self regulating system. If they price themselves too low, they will be too busy and cluttered. If they price themselves too high, they won't have sufficient clientele to maintain their inflated rates.
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I don't want to be blatantly obvious here but I see a trend emerging in this thread between those who are protesting the price hike and those who are accepting of it. Was that blatant enough?
I will continue to visit backpage and think less advertisers at the site will be a good thing for men who are looking for quality. Of course I will also continue to do my research as to what is real and what is fake out there but expect a lot of the fakes will move on to different avenues of promoting themselves with a steeper price to pay at BP.
I will continue to visit backpage and think less advertisers at the site will be a good thing for men who are looking for quality. Of course I will also continue to do my research as to what is real and what is fake out there but expect a lot of the fakes will move on to different avenues of promoting themselves with a steeper price to pay at BP.
Did you have to pay for advertising ? You sound sad about it.Vancityads was almost next to FREE..
But those days are gone....
No I didn't but I know many SP's that used it.
But I did pay for side banners for SP's and it was cheap...
No I didn't but I know many SP's that used it.
But I did pay for side banners for SP's and it was cheap...
Hey I work in Toronto, The price is now $12 per bump!!! Its robbery if you ask me, Backpage are the biggest thieves around. Everyone familiar with bp and bp knows it. So the escorts want/need to post there and bp therefore has the monopoly. I think ALL ESCORTS should boycott bp and see what happens. They would lose a pile of money which serves them right for all the money they take from us. One of the escorts should make a site and charge half as much to advertise we d blow bp out of the water!
LOL BP is worldwide and you think they care about Canada - There will still be girls who will advertise at Backpage because of the recognition factor. You think travelers know about leolist or some of the regional sites? or this site?
I advertise on Eros on a monthly bases. At 67$ a month it has allowed me to make greathigh end American friends from all over the US. I recommend.I've heard positive opinions about EROS, but have never tried myself...but am curious to give them a run.
$10 a bump for BP escort advertising now? Holy Jezuz!! ... I only use BP for my Domme ads. Still $2/bump. But I'm finding many BP clients to be flakey WOT, the ones who actually show up use PERB & LL as well. So here I am back in Red again
Everyone who participated in this thread brought great insight to the issue.
I know that inflation is inevitable and that is unfortunately the reality of life. But when that inflation goes from 5$ to 10$ in a short amount of time (less 24 months, 18 months if I remember correctly?). That is not the natural flow of nature. This is something else.
I know that inflation is inevitable and that is unfortunately the reality of life. But when that inflation goes from 5$ to 10$ in a short amount of time (less 24 months, 18 months if I remember correctly?). That is not the natural flow of nature. This is something else.
There is an old salesmans rule of thumb...and I think it applies here.
If you have long standing clients, loyalty is worth 10%....In other words, you will keep a client's business for a 10% price increase, and still be competitive enough, to procure new ones.
If you have long standing clients, loyalty is worth 10%....In other words, you will keep a client's business for a 10% price increase, and still be competitive enough, to procure new ones.
