How to start small TGP?

[mniki]

Can somebody give me few pointers how to start a TGP, step by step, If isn't to much of a problem. Or link/links to related articles would be fine.

Thx in advance

[Genbucks: Sean]

Get yourself some reliable hosting.

Get a good script that will allow you to take submissions - Here's a good freeone to start with You can buy a better one later if your successful.

Build/design your tgp page(s)

Initially fill it up with sponsor galleries so surfers have something to see before you start getting submissions.

Setup you submit page with rules and the recip link you require submitters to use.

Submit your site to all the submission software sites so that they can add your site to their database....you will need to add a link back to them from your submit page. I would avoid adding it to the Russian Submitter database....your just asking for a massive amount of cheaters.

Start getting link partners to swap links with you.

Feed the site with links from freesites you build etc.

Once you start getting a bit of traffic get a trade script - CJOverkill and SmartTrafficTrader are decent free scripts that will do until you need something better. Don't set your skim to low. Add small trades to start and keep an eye on their productivity. Replace trades with a constantly bad productivity with new trades. Don't be tempted to try and trade with big sites.

This is a fairly general guideline. Hope it helps

[mniki]

Thx for advice and links , will try It

[pcum]

yep Genbucks: Sean good post to start with a small TGP

[Joe]

First off, the credit of this article goes to: zzgundamzz

Intermediate Guide to Building a Thumb TGP:

(A. Getting Started)
1. Buy yourself a domain. Buy one that has something to do with Porn and play with the words. Do not register with Go Daddy or other cheap places! Register with the big

companies. They charge more but you won't get fucked over.

http://www.Directnic.com (Recommended)

2. Get yourself a Server
- (Do not try to do the stuff in this tutorial with a virtual account hosting account)

What you have to remember is you're not running a game server... So don't go with the extremely fast servers. But if you can afford it by all means.

- Do not get a (Windows Server). Make sure you get a Unix based O/S.

Places to get a server:
http://www.servermatrix.com
http://www.webair.com
http://www.realitychecknetwork.com
http://www.jupiterhosting.com
http://www.candidhosting.com
http://www.isprime.com

(B. Getting Your Tools)

Thumbnail Manager:
1. You're going to need a thumbnail/gallery manager to do all the grunt work.

http://www.comusthumbs.com

This is the ultimate tool for managing thumbs and increasing productivity. Make sure you either purchase this or get the 2% Skim version. This is a must have tool.

I'll give you tips on setting up your layout later on.

Trade Script:
2. You're going to need a Trade Script to manage trading with other sites. Make sure you get one that is suitable for a high traffic site. Make sure they're coded in C.

Premium Scripts:
TM3 - http://www.tgpsoftware.com
Arrow Trader Extreme - http://www.arrowscripts.com/
UCJ - http://www.ucj.com/

Free Script(they take some of your traffic)
Arrow Trader - http://www.arrowscripts.com
AWG Trade - http://www.awgtrade.com/ (Zero Traffic Taken)

(C. Building Your Page)

You should now have all of the necessary tools and hardware to build your TGP. But your still missing your main page.

- Build one Yourself
Customize your page:
- brand it
-make yourself your own mascott
-make it unique and clean

- Have one built for you or buy a Template

http://www.dynamixxx.com (They'll build you a custom TGP page for $55)
http://www.sexzity.com/templates.html (Sexzity has premade templates starting at $15)
http://www.galleryguy.com/

(D. Comus Thumbs Template)
To get the full Productivity template grab it on the Comus Thumbs Forum

This is similar to what I personally use:

First Table(Skim 65):
1st Row: 8 Thumbs(Query Best with No Clicks Option)
(Why the no clicks option? You want your thumbs to rotate and don't want the top thumbs to dominate just because of placing.)
2nd Row: 8 Thumbs(Query Best with No Clicks Option)
3rd Row: 8 Thumbs(Query Best with Clicks Option On)
4th Row: Thumb 1 Query New) Thumbs 2-8 Query Stage 1 (What does this do? It injects a thumb every time your page is rebuilt. Set your rebuild to 5 minutes ~12 Thumbs per

hour)

Now make two or three more tables all using (Query Best).
Remember for each table that you make lower the percentage that go to galleries upto 50%

1st Table 65%

2nd Table 60%

3rd Table 55%


(E. Populating your Page with Content)

Things you should have ready:
- Main Page Design(Filled with Macros)
- Trade Script
- Comus Thumbs

1. Filling it with galleries.

Your page will be rebuilt every 5 minutes using 12 Thumbs per hour, Using 288 Thumbs per day.
You're going to need a bunch of sponsors with alot of galleries to fill this quota:

A. Signup with These Sponsors
Recommended Sponsors:
Brain Cash (1000+ Hosted Galleries)
Medium Pimpin (1000+ Hosted Galleries)
Nasty Dollars (1000+ Hosted Galleries)
NS Cash (1000+ Hosted Galleries)
Extreme Paychecks (1000+ Hosted Galleries)

If you signed up to all of these sponsors you should have 8000+ Galleries to place in your database.

In Comus Thumbs
- Make sure you enable hotlinking and 302 redirects
- Bulk Import all of the galleries from these Sponsors into your Comus database. (Avoid Movie Galleries: They'll leave you with a cutoff watermark)
- Auto Thumb Every Single on of them with the Auto Thumber with the skin setting turned on
- Now before transfering all of them into your main category: Examine them in blocks of 200 for quality.

Congrats the Easy Part is over

Part II.

So now you have a kickass site with kickass software thats fully setup but your not making any money cause you got no visitors...

A. Buy Traffic

Buy 100-200 K of traffic to build up fast.

Places to buy cheap productive traffic from honest people:
FPC Traffic(Buy Exit Traffic 100K or 250K for 1.75K)
Sexzity(Buy Unfiltered 50K or 100K)

B. Using the Traffic

- Divide the amount of traffic that you bought by 5. This will give time just in case something isn't setup right or for unforseen complications.
- Signup to Trade with Other Thumb TGP Sites:
http://www.findtrades.com

- Force 30-50 Per hour depending on the size of the trade for 24 hours to your trades(set value for each trade).
After 24 hours turn the force off and let your script handle it.

- Keep the trades that are productive dump the ones that aren't.

- Keep adding trades.

- Make sure you pick niches that correspond to your site.

- Do not trade with sites that have a skim lower than 60% (trading with sites that jerk around their surfers give you lower prod % traffic and will hurt you in the long run)

- You might want add more adds to your site but other than that...

You're finished.

[mniki]

This is great, thx , wasn't expecting such a detail description, You have saved me a lot of time and $$

[guestcam]

Joe, Sean,

excellent posts. Wish I had this a year ago........
Question - WHY couldnt I start out with a virtual host on this plan ? Couldnt I upgrade with my host when things start growing?
What about a VH package would make this plan difficult to do?

Harry

[Talleyrand]

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Talleyrand

[Elias]

Great tutorial. Bookmarked!

[freexxx365]

good thread!

[m0nk3yb0y]

Anyone know of any threads like this for setting up a porn blog?

[Vendzilla]

And if anyone needs help with ComusThumbs, I'm around every day!