ya paysites or cams are still the way to go to make money in porn. there just isn't much else to this business.
i develop, maintain and sell PornCMS (
www.porncms.com) and i've had hundreds of sites on the system in the last 4 years. there are only 2 paysite niches making any money right now: solo and gay (and especially gay solo). the web got social and personal. you have to build personalized intimate websites.
my suggestion - spend 20% to build a solo model paysite, plug in a cam white label, and spend the rest on marketing. once it is profitable, add more solo sites.
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