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OUT TO LAUNCH | By Sharan Street
JTop, Trenton Ducati with Kyler Ash; bottom, from left, Dolf Dietrich, Kristofer Weston and Tex Davidson
ust 18 months ago, when Ducati Studios launched NastyDaddy.com,
gay adult star Trenton Ducati was one proud papa. But now he’s even
more satisfied with his digital offspring after redesigning the site from
top to bottom, launching his first affiliate program, and signing a new
licensing and distribution deal.
First, there’s the affiliate program, Powered by the NATS affiliate
tracking software, DucatiCash.com is something brand-new for
Ducati Studios.
“Ducati Cash is our affiliate program. We’ve never had that before,”
Ducati said. “It’s a big step up for us. We can really be more proactive to help
the members … and to showcase NastyDaddy. It’s such a great site, with great
content, but it never really had the platform.”
Ducati is looking forward to being able to promote the site more effectively.
“We have promo packs and content zips for the bloggers—it’s a lot more user
friendly for them. It brings us up to date.”
Ducati continued, “We are excited. Both Anthony Duran and I have been
working on this for a long time. We not only wanted to give NastyDaddy.com
the platform it deserves, we also wanted to add a NATS program so affiliates can
promote our site.”
In addition to overhauling the back end with NATS, Ducati Studios also did
major work on the flagship site in DucatiCash.com. NastyDaddy.com, lives up to
its tagline of “Where Daddies Breed” by featuring a mix of mature men, daddies,
muscle bears and those who admire them.
In a wide array of videos and photo sets, NastyDaddy offers up a mix of hairy
and smooth men, daddies and daddy lovers. Ducati mentioned some of the stars
WHERE DADDIES LEAD
Ducati Studios launches Ducati Cash, signs with NMG
featured on the site, including Danny Gunn. Myles Landon, Teddy Bryce, Max
Sargent and Armond Rizzo. “And I have a scene coming out with Jack Hunter,” he
added. “It’s a really cool scene.”
The website was developed by new boutique web marketing and development
solutions company No-Monkeys.com, based out of Montreal.
“Finally, we have been connected with the best dev team in the business,”
Ducati said. “The team at No-Monkeys is brilliant.”
Explaining that the site is fully customized and completely responsive, Ducati
said, “We rebuilt it basically from the ground up. It has all the bells and whistles
and all the player options you could possibly want. We went more advanced on
everything we could possibly do.”
Ducati had worked with the No-Monkeys team before, both as a content
producer and an affiliate, and he expressed absolute delight in the work they did
on NastyDaddy. “I know they’re super smart. They know all of the tricks.”
The website has been redesigned with new features, including a more user-
friendly, responsive layout and navigation. And one of the neatest tricks is that
NastyDaddy is now a two-in-one site where viewers can choose between joining
the site or purchasing tokens to use for downloads.
“It’s five tokens to download a movie. You wouldn’t have to sign up for a
subscription,” Ducati explained. “We’re trying to give people as many options at
the ready. Some people don’t like the subscription model.”
The next step, Ducati said, is to add more sites to Ducati Cash. “We’re already
in the process of migrating GentlemensCloset.com into Ducati Cash,” he said.
“It will be put onto the same template and will be controlled by NATS user
management.”
All NastyDaddy.com CCBill affiliates have been imported into the new
DucatiCash.com program and will continue to be offered 50 percent for all
memberships. Payments will be managed by CCBill for now.
Affiliates can download promo content and banners at DucatiCash.com or
contact Anthony Duran at anthony@ducatistudios.com for more information.
As if all that wasn’t enough, Ducati Studios also has a spanking-new
arrangement with NMG Management that will include oversight of its broadcast
licensing and DVD distribution. NMG handles a diverse portfolio of well-known
studios, including SexArt, Porn Pros, Team Skeet, BAEB, Mormon Boyz and Man
Royale.
WE REBUILT IT BASICALLY FROM
THE GROUND UP. IT HAS ALL
THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND
ALL THE PLAYER OPTIONS YOU
COULD POSSIBLY WANT.
—TRENTON DUCATI
“They’ve taken over distribution, which is good for us. It’s taken a lot of
pressure off of us, and now we can focus on producing, organizing the models.
… It’s a great collaboration.” Ducati expects to put out monthly DVDs from
Nasty Daddy, Gentlemen’s Closet and also the original content he creates for
TrentonDucati.com.
Ducati feels he’s moving to the next level “because they’re picky with who they
represent. They don’t have a giant collection of gay content, so we feel like it’s
special.”
Megan Stokes of NMG said all three brands will be released as different lines
“since the content is so unique.” DVDs will be carried by Pulse Distribution.
The first release is titled Bound and Raw, named after a series on NastyDaddy.
com. “It’s more bondage, BDSM, a little bit of a rougher line,” Ducati said.
“According to NMG, people are really excited—people like TLA and the buyers. So
that’s exciting.”
According to Stokes, the release date is March 27, and the featured performers
are Ducati, Kyler Ash, Devin Dixon, Jack Hunter and Lance Hart.
‘We are very excited to be handling the Ducati Studios brands,” Stokes said.
“In today’s market it’s important to not only have great content but to offer
something unique. Ducati Studios offers all of this and more!”
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