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tangub (0)
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It's good to read an impartial review on this site from a long standing PUer without an axe to grind against the site. I would quite like to join this site but as I'm only interested in photos and like to collect full sets the lack of zips is a deal breaker for me. If I knew I would be able to download the photo sets with a programme like Firefox DTA I would still be tempted but I think the webmaster doesn't like download managers either. I think the webmaster expects us photo collectors to "right click save as" on every photo and I haven't really had the patience to do that for years. Add in the regional pricing that bumps the price up to $32 means I'll probably be holding on to my money for now.
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01-27-13 03:13pm
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BellaNetwork (Suspended)
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That is a fantastic review, thank you. Our DL limit is 12 gigs per day, we bumped that up last week and it's per 24 hours. So far it hasn't been an issue for anyone, as that is a decent amount of download. We are looking at doing away with it altogether to be honest.
We haven't as of yet because sadly, when you run a solo model site you find there are those that would join to mass download to post torrents etc. These ladies put themselves out there, so when someone steals their content and posts it, it's quite defeating to them. As such, we have limits and protection in place to try and slow this.
That is the reason we don't offer zipped photo sets as well. When we did offer them, our content was getting posted often. When we removed zips, it's as if we slowed piracy down considerably. Piracy is part of the industry, it can also be helpful at times but still, we'd prefer our content not all over. Sorry the zip thing was an issue.
Bryci started as NN in Feb 2009, went to nude in May 2009 area. Started using toys in April 2012. Hope that helps with the timeline. :)
The wishlist button is there because people have asked for it to be there. Many people love buying her things, dressing her up if you will. I completely understand you not wanting this.
If you notice in her site, you're not force fed advertisements either. Same thing, I hate signing up for a site and it's ad box after ad box. As if signing up wasn't enough, now they want to upsell you more. We created a separate site with friend's galleries as to not be counted towards Bryci's numbers like many sites do. They tell you they have X amount of images, but many if not most of those images are other models or 'friends'. In our sites, the numbers listed are for the model herself.
Thanks again for your review, sorry we couldn't bring it up 5 points by having zipped content. Best of luck in your travels!
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01-27-13 04:33pm
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KET924aab (0)
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Nice review Exotics! I checked out the network, and it looks interesting. I actually like one of the other girls (Hunter Leigh) the best, although Bryci does have a nice pussy. It would be nice if they had more girls with natural boobs.
I appreciate the webmaster responding to all reviews here, even when the reviewers are only bitching and moaning. BellaNetwork, have you considered modifying the download limit to allow a greater limit in the first few days and first week that someone joins? I know my downloading is heaviest at any site I join in the first week I'm there, and I think that's probably true for most others also.
The lack of zips for the photos would be an issue for me too. Very few sites take that approach. BellaNetwork, I know its gotta be frustrating to see your content posted somewhere illegally, but this doesn't seem to be an issue for most websites. We've had this discussion on the forum, and the general consensus seems to be that people who download pirated content wouldn't pay for a membership anyway, so you're really not losing anything. Just speaking for myself, I don't have the time to go searching all over the net looking for free content (especially since there are usually viruses and malware where u find it); I am more than happy to pay the monthly fee and get it from the legitimate source.
If you had zips and a few more girls with natural tits, I'd try the network for a month. Hopefully you plan to add more girls.
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01-28-13 05:32am
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BellaNetwork (Suspended)
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REPLY TO #3 - KET924aab :
hey there Luv_Lickn_Clit!
I'll address these one by one. :)
The limits on the server aren't set up that way, but that's an interesting idea. I think some might then call me out on it though, seems when someone doesn't get their way they go ballistic. Sucks, someone will break a term of service and then come here and post like they are innocent. Sigh.
Natural boobs -
We didn't start bella with intent of being real, fake, whatever. We simply added girls we knew and we have had some natural girls in the network. As it is now, Lexi Mason is natural (albeit not active though). if I find a hot girl I can shoot, i don't care if she is natural or not. Beauty is what it's all about.
Piracy re: zip sets
"BellaNetwork, I know its gotta be frustrating to see your content posted somewhere illegally, but this doesn't seem to be an issue for most websites."
I disagree fully on this. I can point out several trader forums, where the content that is posted most often is the content where the sites offer zip sets. We too offered zip sets once, and our content was quickly all over those trader sites. We stopped zip sets and our content theft went way down. I completely respect it'd be better with zips, I agree with you guys on this but the few bad apples *do* make a difference here. It's unfortunate, but we're not some monster company where we don't care about our content.
Some companies offer zips, knowing full well their content will get posted but they see it as huge advertising for free that way. If I had a model I didn't care about, i'd agree with this. Thing is, I do care about the Bella ladies.. they trust me to protect their image where I can, when I can. It's disgusting how many people steal things, post them, pretend to be the ladies in dating sites so they can scam men out of cash etc. All part of the biz, but sadly, yes, zip sites do add to piracy. Piracy can be a good thing, to a degree, but we like to limit it where/when we're able. Let's not forget this is how we all make our living.
I suspect those saying it's no big dela might feel very different if it was their content being stolen/posted. I know I sure changed my mind on the topic after seeing every. single. zip. set. posted a week after we launched. The 'site rips' in torrent land that are out there? Those are all from Feb 09 area when we went live. Since we tightened the screws on security - not the same problem any more. Thankfully.
Don't get me wrong, our content still gets posted - but not anywhere near like when we offered zip sets. Damn it. i wish it was different. :(
I'll be shooting exclusive girls down the road for Bella sites - and I am positive many will be natural.
Thanks for your reply though! Always good to get feedback!
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01-28-13 12:38pm
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Marcus (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - tangub :
Just to address the 'axe to grind against the site' point, I'd like to say although my review was brief, it did reflect my previous membership on the site. I gave credit where it was due (Bryci is incredible) but my membership there was a disaster. I was sorely disappointed but my review did still take into account the positive aspects of the site.
Having said that, I'm currently a member again having been reassured by Bryci's webmaster, and a new review will be forthcoming soon. So far I'm really impressed.
Thank you exotics4me for such a great review, though. I fear mine will end up being quite similar to yours, and I'm glad that Bryci's webmaster encouraged me to give her site the benefit of the doubt as so far I'm really enjoying my membership.
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01-28-13 12:57pm
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exotics4me (0)
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REPLY TO #3 - KET924aab :
Thanks llc,
And the zips are frustrating. I sometimes find myself on the fence since I would get frustrated too, if I was a webmaster and saw my hard work being passed around for free, but I agree with your side as well. Seems like maybe in the future, there could be some kind of technology, similar to DRM, that would maybe embed a code into photos which wouldn't allow them to be uploaded, but then again, someone would probably figure out how to take the code out.
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01-28-13 07:45pm
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exotics4me (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - tangub :
Thanks tangub, I did consider trying a bulk image downloader, but saw the part in the terms about how they don't like members to run scripts and though I'm not the most technologically strong person, I knew that meant no bulk downloaders lol.
I consider myself a 60% videos, 40% photos person, so the lack of zips wasn't as big of a deal to me as it would be you, but maybe in the future they will figure out a way to do it. The pictures are really nice too. I guess if they poor I wouldn't complain much though.
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01-28-13 07:49pm
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exotics4me (0)
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REPLY TO #5 - Marcus :
No problem Marcus. I've been to quite a few sites over the years that had problems similar to the ones you were having. It's at least good that you were willing to give it another try. Seems like a lot of porn users these days have a bad experience and blacklist the site for good.
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01-28-13 07:55pm
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tangub (0)
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REPLY TO #5 - Marcus :
Don't get me wrong Marcus, I certainly don't doubt the problems you had last time and it seems the webmaster was very quick to dismiss them at that time and accuse you of wrong doing even by his own admission now it seems. I really hope you have a better experience this time around. Personally I think all the models in this network look great and I love solo model sites and I'm only sorry that I can't support them with my hard earned money due to the fact I don't have time to sit in front of my computer saving photos one at a time.
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01-29-13 12:24am
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