Gumtree Experiments

After a few tests it seems in the right hands Gumtree could be a very lucrative way to engage with users.

I posted a Casual Sex based ad for Kensington London.. obviously as a woman and got 220 responses in 3 hours, that is crazy shit.

Most of which would jump of a bridge to have sex with my fictional character, let alone sign-up to anything.

Not that I would recommend doing that..

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  • james poole's Comment james poole Posted On: Jan 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Back in the day i used to do a lot of this “e whoring”
    Very easy and quick way to make money.

  • Daniel's Comment Daniel Posted On: Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    If you ever feel like a good laugh and/or confirmation that humanity is doomed:

    * Set sex in Skype to female
    * Set status to “Skype me”
    * Wait 60 seconds or so

    From the general level of intelligence displayed by the rush of horny men I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to get them to click on your money making links. Hell, promise them a pic or two and 50% would probably place an amazon order on your aff code :)

  • mel and dwayne's Comment mel and dwayne Posted On: Feb 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    we still would like to get something up and running to make money. please can we book some time with you, when you’re down at the end of the month xx

  • Sarah @ SEO PPC's Comment Sarah @ SEO PPC Posted On: Aug 16th, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    This is hilarious! And echoed in the recent accusations that Craigslist was aiding sex trafficking – http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1727333/craigslist-responds-sex-accusations
    Perhaps there are more to these websites then meets the eye!

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