It’s no secret that adult websites are among the most visited in the world. The amount of money a great porn site makes is leaps and bounds ahead of what a lot of other websites make, simply because of the volume of traffic. So if you’re looking to cash into this fact, you’ve come to the right place! Unlike regular websites, creating a porn site require a lot more careful planning and execution because there are already a lot of popular established sites, and you can’t advertise as freely as you can advertise non-adult sites. So the design and creation is one thing, but marketing it to gain more traffic is another thing entirely.
To create a porn site, you can do one of two things. Either you can build a website from the ground up using an adult turnkey script, or utilize a platform like HostedTube to get started on a tube site that simply hosts videos from other websites based on niches. We’re going to detail the second method for beginners. So here’s what you need to do:
Choose a Name and Niche
First of all, you need to decide what niche you’re targeting. While you can’t choose something extremely specific, there are a whole lot of niches you can pick from, ranging from teen to amateur to Japanese. Once you’ve picked out what you want, you need to create a name that not only conveys the message about what your site is about, but also sounds catchy. For example, if you’ve chosen ‘amateur’ as your niche, think of something like ‘amateurtube’, ‘amateurxworld’ or ‘realamateurtube’. Just make sure that you have a couple of options, or keep checking your preferences on a domain registration site so that you know it’s available.
Create a Domain and Add Protection
The next step is creating a domain, for which you can use pretty much any service you want. Stick to the bigger and well-known companies so that you have no issues in the future. Check for availability of the domain, and then go ahead and register it. Just remember to use either .com or .net domains because they’re a lot more trusted by both search engines and users. You don’t want your site to seem like a rip off, do you?
Once you’re done with the domain registration, make sure to add domain privacy, or add WhoIsGuard. This service basically makes all domain information private, so no one has to know that this particular adult website is owned and run by you. If you’re also running other businesses on the side or working somewhere else, you probably don’t want them to know you’re dabbling in the adult business too.
Sign Up for Adult Affiliate Networks
Now here’s where things start getting serious, this is where you register for monetization. Adult affiliate networks let you, as a webmaster, link content from other sites to yours and earn a profit from it. Since you’re actually advertising someone else’s content, you get paid for it. Let’s take the example of PimpRoll, an adult affiliate network. You need to create an account and wait for approval, just make sure that you furnish all the right information. PimpRoll is not available for a certain number of countries, so if yours is one among them, just go with easyXsites, one of their competitors.
Set Up Your Adult Tube Site
While you can use PimpRoll credentials to log onto HostedTube, easyXsites lets you do everything on one platform, so it’s just a matter of choice for which one you want to use. Despite the differences of platform, there are a couple of things you need to set in order, which is common to both. First of all, set up your new site using the name and domain you chose in the first step, and think of a great site tagline. The tagline is displayed everywhere, when users visit your site or in search engines as well, so make sure it’s catchy.
Then, set your website to be compatible with desktop, mobile and tablets, because you want to get maximum traffic from all platforms. All hosted adult tube websites are responsive, so that’s one less thing to worry about. Now, in the tags section, you need to add your primary niche, which in this case is ‘amateur’, and also add all related tags, such as ‘real couples’, ‘leaked videos’ or whatever you can think of. This way, your tube will be populated with all related videos as well, since not all videos are tagged using one term. Finally, fiddle around with settings according to your preference, just make sure you set video length to maximum so you have all kinds of videos.
Finally, in the look and layout section, choose your preferred colors, fonts, thumbnail settings and more. Also, don’t forget to add blocks, so videos can be divided into categories like ‘Hottest’, ‘Newest’, ‘Most Viewed’ or something similar.
Search Engine Optimization
SEO is of the best ways to get more organic traffic. Advanced SEO will definitely take time, money and expertise, but you can take care of some basics so that your adult tube site is at least recognized by search engines. The three main things we’re looking at is interlinking, metas and Analytics. If you’re running other similar adult tube sites or blogs, feel free to link them to this one for more traffic, this is called interlinking. Metas are small pieces of information, both titles and descriptions, that let search engines understand what your site is about. So if you can add in a little info about the pages, it will help immensely. It might take a while, but it’s well worth it. Finally, connect your tube site to Google Analytics so you can analyse traffic and see what people like or don’t like. This helps you decide on future optimization.
The Launch!
Once you’ve set everything up, it’s time to launch the site! The only thing you need to do is redirect your domain to the tube site. Log into your domain management account, choose ‘Transfer DNS to Webhost’ or whatever similar, and input the DNS servers from your tube site. Within 48 hours, your domain will redirect to your porn site.
It isn’t over though, there’s a lot of marketing and advertising to be done before you can rake in big money, but this will get you started. Stay tuned for more guides on how to make money from adult tube sites!
