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Originally Posted by tony404
Didnt they try the everything is free, ads will pay for all model in mainstream already and it pretty much failed?
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Are you assuming it failed because of the handful of moron dot com companies that went bust? There really wasn't that many companies that went bust in the 'dot com crash', it was blown far out of proportion by the media ... and the day traders!
The free content/paid advertising model is working all over the internet - in adult AND mainstream.
It's easy to make the mistake of thinking "I don't know how to make that business model work therefore its going to fail for anyone who tries it" ... or "That business model messes with mine therefore it is bad business" ... but if someone wants to put a tgp online, pay for the content and bandwidth, build relationships with sponsors to buy ad space, move into a mainstream model as they ruined the adult one and then sell out - good luck to them!
This thread is funny "What happened in mainstream is happening to adult online". Adult has already had a few crashes a long time before mainstream did ... its not just happening in adult now, it happened a long time ago and this is just another phase of the same evolution ... or a new phase. Whichever. Its not the first time and it won't be the last!
"the problem with everything free and advertising paying is that in adult, the buck will have stop at some point or people wont be able to afford to advertise"
Just like that stupid google business model where people will end up having to pay more than a dollar for a single click? Oh wait ... that's now and google are making a fortune off every ma & pa site who don't realize that a click isn't worth a dollar or more!!!! If you remember what the Internet was like before Google & YouTube existed, you'd keep your mind open and be ready for change ... none of us know what's coming next.
"Unfortunately I don't see this having a big future in adult because once the end user blows his load, his demand for our product drops to zero, at least for that day, or that few hours, or whatever."
Since when has the surfer been the customer of the adult industry?! The entire adult industry business model is based on webmasters (affiliates) being the customer ... its only been the last year or 2 when affiliate programs have started cutting out the mostly unnecessary middle man and looking at the surfer as their customer. But is it really the case yet that the surfer is the customer of the adult business?