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Originally Posted by Robbie
And you do? LOL
You know, it's laughable to me to see you guys talk like you know about traffic and how to monetize it. Reality is there were only a handful of us in the online adult that ever had the kind of traffic that made real money. And unless you are me, Patrick, Al, or Pierre...then you're not one of them to know how things are/were.
These pirate sites destroyed all that. They now have all the traffic. But I have eyes and can see how their scripts set up the pages. Everyone that I know who is good at what they do can run circles around that shit with 1/1000th of the traffic.
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I agree with you 99% of the time, but you're wrong on this one.
Hotfile is #56 on Alexa. They throttle your bandwidth and if you're a heavy user, it will be worth the $9 a month to upgrade and get unrestricted downloads (faster speed and less of a wait).
With #56 on Alexa, I'm certain there are plenty of people spending $9 a month. That $9 gets you pretty much any file you want -- without paying for it -- so there is huge incentive for people to signup.
Plus, for the people that do not pay, they rely on the advertising model to make money. Whether referring sales like a traditional affiliate (easy to match relevant ads to file names, IP's, etc.) or ad sales.
The owner of Hotfile is making a shit load of money.
There are plenty of pirate sites that make little to nothing, but Hotfile isn't one of them.