My first post as a TGP owner

[MadMax]

Hey everyone, normally I've avoided this forum because, well, I didn't have a TGP

I just successfully installed AG SQL (on the first try, amazingly enough...I'm somewhat of a hack when it comes to installing scripts). Just like most, I'm going to load it up with FHGs for starters, but since this is the first TGP I've run I'd like to get some opinions from others on which sponsors have the best FHGs.

Once I get the whole site set up and get some traffic rolling (starting with about 20 categories) I'll be doing the partner account thing and doin partner only submissions from the get-go due to all the horror stories I've heard.

In my analysis of the competition I've decided to avoid trade scripts entirely since they piss me off when I'm surfing and I don't even genuinely want to find porn

Any words of wisdom for the new guy?

[bstrawse]

When I'm looking at FHGs, I tend to look for one's that sponsors list with descriptions.

Some of the better performers for me have been Nasty Dollars, Epic Cash, Fetish Hits, Traffic Cash Gold, Netpond Cash, Pussy Cash, and Medium Pimpin.

PM me for referral links if you want'em

Bryan

[Useless]

What he said. When you are adding tons of FHGs it is a real pain in the ass to come up with hundreds of descriptions. So definately look for those whom have already written up real descriptions and have it set up so you can download the text file with URL and descrip. I don't use Fetish Hits galleries much though because I found some descriptions which were way off the mark and I just don't have the time to verify each and everyone. I treat FHGs just like a submitted gallery. If you call the babe a blonde and she's really a brunette, or you say they're fucking when they're only sucking, I hit delete.

As far as partner accounts go, I have heard of a lot of the new TGPs starting that way. I think that is tricky, but I have different feelings about such things. Though I have partner accounts at my bigger TGP (big in size, not traffic), I don't accept requests. After I have seen enough galleries with good descriptions from a submitter, I send them a partner pass code and tell them to start submitting on my partner page. I list partner's galleries up top with mine, both on my main page and category pages. For my site, I need to see more than the fact that they can take sponsor content and build a gallery. I want to make sure that they can be trusted to accurately describe them on a consistant basis. If you are building a thumb TGP and not text link, you don't have to worry about that. I doubt that I'll ever close off public submissions. That would take all of the fun out of the game.

Use your blacklist often. I don't even consider mine a blacklist anymore. More of an additional filter really. I ban folks not only who have cheated or pissed me off, but also who have repeatedly submitted substandard galleries or they can't pen a description to save their miserable lives. (Have I mentioned that I take descriptions very seriously?) It is just easier to filter out submissions that you know you'll never accept.

[bstrawse]

Actually, with fetish hits, I didn't use their descriptions, I just thumbed their galleries and rotate them through the thumbs section as filler

Great stuff, by the way...

bryan

[docholly]

As the "owner" of a TGP that's just over a year old.. i can tell you what i experienced:

In retrospect I wished i'd started with partners and free hosted galleries from the beginning. Because mine is mainly fetish, I thought i'd filter out the typical teen, lesbian etc.

I have lesbian submitted to legs, tranny submitted to outdoor and pissing teen submitted to bbw. *rolling eyes*.

we are in the process of locking it down and only taking partners.

I have found really good galleries at ChopsCash, KatCash, and Flash Cash.

[bstrawse]

Always looking for a new fetish TGP - I'll drop you a note.

Bryan