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Subject: hosting costs - negligible expense

Date: Mon 01/04/13 01:08:15 GMT

Name: Jessica

Email: friends@fantasystockings.com

Website: http://fantasystockings.com/ / http://www.fantasystockings.com/

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Guys,

At least in my case, hosting didn't cost too much at all, I'm lucky to have good connections. But yeah, it would suck if the blog wouldn't be able to cover even that.

It's not the hosting, it's the fact that Youtube videos bring WAAAAAAAY more attention, comments, and interaction than the blog. But both would take up a lot of time. Yes, money too - wardrobe & production expenses, in my case, but hosting is at the bottom of that list.

If my visitors prefer to look at Youtube rather than at a blog, I will focus on creating better Youtube content.

I could never know unless I'd try to run a blog! I did, I tried for 1 year.

It's like the Pareto rule, 80/20.

Youtube videos drive 80% of my traffic.

I would like to go to a nice Victorian Bed & Breakfast in April and film in a jacuzzi some sensual lingerie. I promise you, it will be good!

Jessica

http://fantasystockings.com/ / www.fantasystockings.com

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well said, and well done

By wetimer - isthisobscureenough@yahoo.co.uk Fri 29/03/13 08:34:53 GMT

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MK and others,

I have also always been suspicious of this reason for blogs closing. It doesn't make any sense in an age when so many cloud based services are provided for free. But thanks for spelling this out, MK.

I also loved the siren site. Although it didn't get updated very often, there was always enough fresh content to keep me interested and I even posted a few stories of my own. In any case, there was such a large bank of stories, there was fun to be had just by browsing to something random.

Come on, Mr Siren, sort it out!

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....note for Siren and Jessica

By MK - wamtec@comcast.net Thu 28/03/13 15:38:41 GMT

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Hey guys.....I just don't understand your reasoning for closing your blogs or site.....cos lack of funding has never been an issue....cos there are PLENTY of places where you can create blog sites FOR FREE and you will not have ANY hosting costs.

I feel like I am beating my head against the wall.....cos Flaviu and I have REPEATEDLY over the last 5 years been telling wam fans that we already created a FREE BLOG SYSTEM at our Wambank site....where anybody at theWambank can register for free and set up their own unique blog site with their own unique URL....and all the hosting costs are paid for by MK on my server.

We have had this blog system for 5 years.....but only 5-6 people ever used it, and we promoted the system many times....but for some reason most folks ignored our system and preferred to use BLOGGER or WORDPRESS instead (which are ALSO free to use). But our Blog system is still there....gathering dust....cos nobody has been using it recently....here is one of the blogs that was started on our system and is still online....

http://blogs.thewambank.com/Wetlook-Australia/

Erik Elsas, Tracie and several others were using our blog system....but for some reason they stopped updating their blogs....but our system is still available and online and free for anybody to use. Just register at the wambank and create your own blog....

http://blogs.thewambank.com/

Flaviu and I know there are lots of producers and fans in the past who do not like our wambank site....and so they boycotted our site....but look at the traffic rankings for the top 10 most visited sites in the wetlook and messy world.....these are the top 10 sites in our world that get the most traffic, as per Alexa traffic rankings....

http://www.topwam.com/toplist.php

So....if you want to reach as many wetlook fans as possible with your stories or blogs or pics......it makes sense to have your blog where it will get the highest traffic from wetlook fans.

The number one ranked site in the wam world is not a wetlook site.....it is the UMD forum which is predominantly for messy fans....so the number one wetlook site in the world is THIS forum. But does this forum have such sophisticated features such as the ability to upload and host pics or to imbed videoclips or to write your own blogs or conduct your own polls....NO....this forum is as basic as a 1980's style forum....and has none of the modern features that modern forum softwares (such as Graham;s forum) have. You can't post pics or imbed videos or conduct polls or write blogs here.....so....whats the 2nd most visited site in the Wetlook world.....it is our WAMBANK site.....which can do all of those things that this forum cannot do. But for some reason....people do not want to use our FREE blog system......go figure.

So....I am sorry....but I do not buy the phoney baloney excuse that you have to close your site cos you cannot afford your hosting costs....cos Flaviu and I have been offering free hosting for years....and so has Graham and his wetlook forum...cos Graham has been very generous and has provided free hosting for lots of producers as well....e.g. he provided free hosting for JJs vintage wetlook site (and still does). So...you have Graham, myself and Flaviu....all offering free hosting services to those folks who have the motivation and want to write stories. So....please be more honest about your real reasons for closing your sites.....cos it has nothing to do with lack of funding to support your sites....cos for years myself, Flaviu and Graham have been offering free hosting support from our servers and systems.

Even if you do not like our Wambank site and do not want to reach the largest audience by using the 2nd most visited site in the wetlook world.....your argument is still disengenous to gripe about the hosting costs....cos look at the message thread below this one....from SOAKFANN......cos what does Soakfann use......he uses the FREE blog system called BLOGGER.COM. We offered Soakfann a free blog at our wambank site too....but he preferred to use the Blogger.com system.....which is cool....cos both systems are free.....but with Blogger you face a higher risk of deletion if you post any erotic pics.

So....if you do not like our free Blog system at the Wambank....you can always use the free Blog system at Blogger.com

And if you do not like either of those 2 systems......you can always used WORDPRESS....which is free and has loads of features too. Just look at this wet and messy blog site ....this is the biggest and best blog site in the wet and messy world....this guy does an amazing job....and he uses wordpress

http://tellygunge.wordpress.com/

So.....come on folks.....quit complaining about the hosting costs....and tell folks the real reasons behind your decisions.....cos lack of funding is a load of baloney.....when you have myself, Flaviu, Graham, Blogger and Wordpress all offering free sites where you do not have to pay for your hosting costs.

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Re:Does someone know what happend with Sirens wetlook page ?

By Jessica - friends@fantasystockings.com Thu 28/03/13 13:26:49 GMT

Website: http://fantasystockings.com// http://www.fantasystockings.com/

I can feel the pain, my own Fantasy Weltook blog just closed down for the same reasons. It's a lot of work to write. Somehow I wasn't able to even get advertiser networks like Google to generate any funds.

My Stockings blog is a different story. Actually somehow hosiery fans are very generous in that sense. They constantly offer to write for me, to send me pantyhose, some even send donations through paypal. I also recently got some sponsors recently.

Jessica

http://fantasystockings.com/ / www.fantasystockings.com

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Re:Does someone know what happend with Sirens wetlook page ?

By Bruno - Thu 28/03/13 09:30:15 GMT

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I am in contact with Siren. He had to close down because of high costs for the Hosting.

There was not a lot of positive feedback and also little participation of writers ... it's always the same ;-))(

In the mean time try this one:

http://www.wetlookforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12&sid=0e94820d6c2ad6d003dd9e1904900c05

Best regards,

Bruno

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Does someone know what happend with Sirens wetlook page ?

By Smokey - Thu 28/03/13 08:07:47 GMT

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Does someone know what happend with Sirens wetlook page? Does this page shot down ?

If this page was closed, this was wary sad because it has got many good stories.

Does someone know for alternative site ?

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