Porn Surfing 101

There are hundreds of thousands of small porn sites that are affiliated with Adult Entertainment Networks (AENs), still commonly referred to as Age Verification Services or AVSs.

A charge of about $20 a year gives you access to thousands of very small member sites in a particular Adult Entertainment Network.

The Premium Membership Upsell

Every AEN wants to sell you a "premium membership", which can cost up to $40 per month. The premium memberships may include:
* access to video, live sex sites and e-zines - in other words, a pay site membership
* access to AEN sites that keep a standard of a minimum number of quality photos or video. In other words, the very best affiliated sites on the AEN may only be accessible with the premium membership.

Whenever you sign up with an AEN you are always automatically signed up for a free one or two week trial to the premium membership. Remember that you must cancel the premium membership before the end of the trial in order to avoid being charged for the next month of premium service.

BananaGuide doesn't go out its way to promote AEN's because:
* at most of the many thousands of AEN sites, you'll discover a handful of pictures and lots and lots of ads.
* many of the pictures and videos on the sites you get with an annual membership can be found on free sites and blogs.
* the premium monthly memberships offered by AENs are, in today's marketplace, poor value for money. 
* AEN tours are misleading as to what is included with the basic annual membership (access to member sites) and what is only available with the premium monthly membership (video, live sex feeds and other extras).