Zocku Owners' Network

Twitter Connect, GOCart Shopping Cart AND Profile Designer are now available in the Zocku Store.

Enjoy! And as always we welcome your feedback.

We are also currently finalising the Merchant Signup Process for ClickandBuy.com for Member Billing 2.0 which we expect to be ready in the next few days. We are currently waiting to hear back from ClickandBuy and they have confirmed they are nearly done! If you try and register directly through ClickandBuy they will not accept you.

Finally, we are rolling out updated video encoding servers this week to improve the sucess rate of encoded videos so failures will dramatically reduce.

Cheers!

We will be posting up the Zocku Monetization Workshop Part 1 over the weekend. 

It was a fantastic start to a 3 part series of workshops by Ruffkin.com's Tim Morton. Many thanks to him and everyone who came along!

Cheers! 

Zocku.com is joining forces with Tim Morton, the hugely successful adult social network entrepreneur who currently runs a number of highly successful networks including Ruffkin.com, the biggest network on the Zocku platform.  In conjunction with Tim, we will be providing advice on how to monetize, grow, and develop your adult social network on Zocku.com, the only social network platform totally dedicated to adult communities.

Tim has built himself a thriving business serving hundreds of thousands of members across the world with quality adult social networks and is now able to pass his secrets onto you.

Tim can tell you how to get the most from third party affiliates and advertisers, what the best way to collect subscriptions or donations is, how to promote your network for growth, how to get quality content, and much, much more.
If interested, please contact Tim directly at tim@zocku.com to arrange a consultation.

We wish you all the best in building your adult community on the Zocku platform.

We are now a few weeks out of beta and our growth shows no signs of slowing.  Every day in excess of 250,000 unique visitors are now enjoying the SocialGO and Zocku platforms.  New and vibrant communities are popping up everywhere. 

The followiing chart gives you an insight into how many happy users are joining the bandwagon each day.  A big thank you to all the new users for choosing to join a SocialGO or Zocku network.  We hope you enjoy.

With our new data center in the US, along with our data centre in Europe, we are serving the ever increasing user body with solid page speeds and absolutely minimal downtime. 

Someone asked me the other day about our Alexa traffic. So there is no confusion, the likes of Alexa and Compete don't count any data from SocialGO or Zocku networks that have their own custom URL.  Since most of our big networks have their own custom URL's you will find the Alexa and Compete data to be a long way from what the real data is.  The data above comes from our own internal data and is accurate to the single unit.

Cheerio
Doody

5 Days remain before THE BIG SWITCH.  Before 1 March 09 all adult networks with content of a sexual nature must move from SocialGO to Zocku in order to avoid the risk of your network being suspended. 

Zocku.com is a dedicated social networking platform and support team exclusively for Network Owners wanting to create social networks with mature content.  Zocku is identical in functionality to SocialGO.  Moving to Zocku is as simple as flicking a switch.  You and your members will virtually not notice any difference or disturbance when moved.  Zocku.com will provide network owners with:

• Dedicated pricing package
• Keep your design, data, users and media
• Dedicated US data centre
• Complete white labeling
• Dedicated owner’s community (http://owners.zocku.com)
  
• Premium help support system

And for everyone that joins Zocku.com in February we will be giving you FREE until the end of April:

• Free member billing,
• Free extra bandwidth/storage,

Please see the following link for the Zocku features and pricing table.  http://www.zocku.com/zockupricing.pdf

In order to move to the Zocku pricing plan, please go to your Admin Centre http://my.socialgo.com.  On the bottom of the "Overview" page you will see the "Payment Details" block.  Click on "Change My Plan" then select the Zocku pricing plan.  Follow the instructions to make your payment.

Upon successful payment your network will be instantly switched over to Zocku and it features activated.  It may however take a few days for your url to change from mynetworkname.socialgo.com to mynetworkname.zocku.com.

If you have any problems with the payment process, please contact support@zocku.com.

Cheerio
Doody

All networks that have been set to 18+ as their network category can now upgrade to Zocku from within their admin system.

When you login to http://my.socialgo.com/ you will see a new range of options and click any of these will start you on the upgrade process.



When you complete the upgrade you will get :

• A solid, stable future for your Social Network. No surprise charges, no change in business plan, no overnight shut downs. We are here for the long haul.
• Your network seamlessly moved over to our US servers.
• Dedicated support team. Myself and the Zocku team are here to support you and your members. Premium service means premium support.
• Exciting new features. We are one of the youngest social network platforms and are building and deploying great features faster than anyone else. Look out for our upcoming widget store and layout manager.
• White labelling, chat, member billing and for three months unlimited bandwidth and storage!

We are very excited about the future and we hope you will join us for the ride. Remember, we are offering a moneyback guarantee so if you don't like it you get a refund.

I will be on the Zocku owners' network all tomorrow if you have any questions or just drop me a message as always :)

Cheers!
Jerry

PS. If for some reason you have not set your adult network to 18+ or can not see the upgrade options then drop me a message and we will activate it for you.

Thank you to all the network owners that have established ‘mature content’ networks on SocialGO.  We are very committed to serving the needs of quality networks that feature mature content and today we announce the launch of Zocku.com.

Zocku.com will be a dedicated social networking platform and support team exclusively for Network Owners wanting to create social networks with mature content.  Zocku.com will provide their network owners with:

• Dedicated pricing package,
• Exclusive Zocku sub-domain,
• Dedicated US data centre,
• Complete white labeling,
• Dedicated owner’s community,
• Premium help support system and
• Unconditional money back guarantee*

And for everyone that joins Zocku.com in February we will be giving you FREE until the end of April:

• Free member billing,
• Free extra bandwidth/storage,

1. If you are interested in using Zocku
Zocku will initially be available to Network Owners with existing SocialGO mature networks.  Existing SocialGO networks that wish to use the Zocku platform will be seamlessly moved over by our technical team upon successful application and initial payment.  Network Owners do not have to do anything else!

Network Owners who wish to become early adopters of Zocku.com can apply to transfer from SocialGO to Zocku by registering interest here. We will email you within 48 hours of your application to advise when your network can be transferred. 

If your network address was mynetwork.socialgo.com, it will become mynetwork.zocku.com.  But don’t worry, your old URL will redirect users for the next 3 months so you have time to let your members know.

All transfers from SocialGO to Zocku are expected to take place prior to 15 February 2009, after which SocialGO will no longer host networks with mature content that is of a sexual nature. 

2. If you are not interested in using Zocku
By providing a dedicated environment for mature content at Zocku, SocialGO will soon no longer accept networks with mature content that is of a sexual nature after 15 February 2009.  Existing SocialGO mature networks that do not wish to use the Zocku platform will have the option to purchase a full Database Export of their site content and membership data prior to a scheduled deactivation of any such network. Any deactivation of a network will only occur with reasonable notice and within a reasonable time period and never will a Network Owner be deprived of their data or content.

3. When will Zocku be open to new networks?
For the time being priority will be given to Network Owners that have already created quality mature networks on SocialGO and wish to transfer from SocialGO to Zocku.  We are planning to open Zocku to new networks from 15 February 2009.  In the meantime mature networks can continue to join SocialGO for FREE and then migrate over before 15 February 2009.

4. Will Zocku be fast and reliable?
Zocku will be a dedicated platform with its own totally dedicated  hosting infrastructure in the USA, plus a premium support team. It will be exclusively for quality Owners of mature content networks that are interested in paying for a quality service.  It will not be weighed down by network owners that are only interested in abusing the platform as free-loaders. 

5. Can Network Owners be sure they’ll get quality service?
*For your complete peace of mind we are offering an Unconditional Money Back Guarantee whereby any Network Owner that is not happy within the first month can get back everything they have paid to Zocku (excludes third party widgets) with no questions asked.

6. Why would you want to pay for Zocku?
Apart from providing a high quality service exclusively for Owners of networks with mature content, Zocku’s primary and future focus will be to develop a platform that helps Network Owners monetize their networks so they can create thriving and successful online businesses.  We have many exciting monetization tools in the pipeline.

7. How can network owners monetize their networks?
Already many Network Owners are using Member Billing to generate considerable revenues from their network, for example many networks charge members small monthly fees that more than cover any running costs.  To help all Network Owners monetize their networks we are giving away for FREE Member Billing until 30 April 2009 if you join Zocku in February.  We have also made Run Your Own Advertising standard in the Zocku package, so you can monetize your networks even further through advertising.

8. What happens with SocialGO?
Going forward SocialGO will operate as a separate platform and for the time being remain in BETA.  From 15 February 2009 SocialGO will soon no longer accept mature networks with content of a sexual nature.  In the meantime mature networks can trial SocialGO, but please bear in mind you will have to either migrate to Zocku or leave SocialGO before the cut-off date. 

9. The Zocku Pricing Plan
Zocku will provide Owners of networks with mature content with a dedicated pricing package plus options.

Zocku Premium a dedicated mature package that includes - $49.99 monthly

• White labeling removes all references to Zocku (& SocialGO)

• Use your own URL so you have the option to call it what you want

• Run your own advertising so you can monetize your traffic

• Premium support so you get rapid quality help with any problem

• 7GB storage & 70GB bandwidth so you can build a big network (7GB max bandwidth for video chat)

• Plus loads of extra features, developer tools & more see details below

Supporting the Zocku Package are the following options:

• Member Billing allows you to charge your members a fee to access your network. Super powerful and easy to get setup. You can make the payment optional or required, regular or one-off - normally $19.99 monthly but FREE UNTIL APRIL 30 2009 (if you join in February)

• Storage and Bandwidth Blocks if your network is highly active - normally $9.99 monthly (per block of 5GB storage & 50 GB bandwidth) but FREE UNTIL APRIL 30 2009 (if you join in February)

10. How to Start Your Transfer
If you want to transfer your SocialGO network to Zocku all you have to do to get started is click here and register your interest.  Once we have received your registration we will schedule your transfer and send you a few simple instructions to initiate the transfer.  We will do everything from there, it could not be simpler.


Zocku Pricing & Features Table

http://www.zocku.com/zockupricing.pdf

HI All,

Welcome to the Zocku Owners' network! More details to follow regarding the Zocku Pricing Plan and migration details.

Cheers
Jerry