Seeing some of the comments on this thread
http://www.gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/1001722-mainstream-webmaster-fix-playboy.html I thought I would weigh in with another view of the porn market a bit wider than some who are more Internet based.
Over the years Eva and I have made a lot of money from the Internet. Selling content to the Internet was a very profitable business up to about 2006. In the early days, before digital cameras were affordable it was a goldmine. Especially if the content you was selling was paid for by another market.
During the 15 years plus of selling on the Internet I've seen many many people with little or no money to spend come and go. A very few made it, a lot didn't. We opened Bargain Basement to cater for those who couldn't afford to spend $40 for a set and sold the already sold or less wanted sets for $5 to $10 and sold them a 100 times or more.
We never shot much custom because of the prices offered. $300 to $400 for a solo girl scene was the going price. Often people couldn't afford that. Their was more money in selling a set to the AVS people 100 times than there was in shooting custom. The big sponsors who could just wouldn't and thought loading a site with low level porn was the way.
And in general my view of the Internet was, easy money to be made by selling content, a lot of small people and a few big.
Now read the second part.