
Four months ago AEBN launched xPeeps, the fastest growing on-line adult community, with over 100,000 members. Roughly a month ago, its sister site qPeeps was launched and showing the same strong momentum, with close to 3000 members.
According to AEBN, qPeeps is the world’s first free on-line Gay Community. qPeeps, the gay equivalent of their already-popular xPeeps, offers all the same perks and services, but is targeted specifically to directors, stars, surfers, and fans of gay adult content.
Both sites create an environment for members to make contacts, conduct business, find friends, increase one’s fan base, promote a product, or browse sexy user profiles. AEBN claims the potential to increase your bottom line is limitless as you begin to utilize the many features offered by xPeeps and qPeeps.
Members have access to community forums, an events calendar, personal blogs, and email services. New features are being added regularly, such as: a business directory and user-moderated groups. Now members can build public or private groups with their own picture galleries, descriptions, and forums. While the new business directory offers industry members an opportunity for free advertising of their products and services.
AEBN has not published any membership demographics for the two communities, but common sense suggests the majority are consumers. It remains to be seen how effective the two communities will be for true business-to-business networking. However, it’s an obvious slam-dunk for businesses wanting to get in front of a consumer base, something you typically would not be allowed to do in rival consumer properties.
You probably won’t see qPeeps as an excuse to completely abandon your favorite watering hole, but it does fit well with a larger marketing and networking strategy. Who knows, qPeeps may end up being the glue that pulls this fragmented gay adult industry back together again. And by establishing communities for both straight and gay, there’s also strong potential for building a much-needed bridge between the two - a position many community founders would like to be in by early next year.