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Originally Posted by amateurcanada
I think the recession for the adult industry is quite obvious. Perhaps its the old way of doing business with affiliate programs etc. Maybe this model is not feesible anymore? Sales are down, people won't pay for porn as much as before. OR... They know of free places to get it! Maybe its not a recession but a lack of interest in what they can get for free - yet NO ONE adjusts their own sites to justify the cost of 19.95/24.95/34.95 a month. I can get premium tv with many 24/7 channels with HDTV for 49.95 a month.
Just my 2 cents ;)
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For our industry it's multiple issues.
First we saw wallets tight up, and then the amount of free porn. I was doing some SEO research the other day when I typed in a key word I got all tube sites.
Then it was the affiliates. Companies laid off people, sent affiliate reps packing, no new sites, no new content. Affiliates see traffic going down and ratios going up - they making less and less money to the point where it's no longer profitable for them to keep on gong. So the affiliates bail.
If you loose 25% of your business because of free porn and tube sites, 25% because of the recession, and another 40% because your affiliates left porn, well, your not left with much.