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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Once the Adult Internet adopted the business plan of giving away free content to get surfers to view free sites, so some would buy porn and spend more on this than on often everything else combined, the route to today was set.
It was teaching people a bad precedent, that porn is free. however I see why they did it. Even in 200 people selling porn were saying "Why does anyone buy, when so much is available for free?"
The only thing that held the system in check was hosting and BW costs. We all knew that unless a gallery and tour were good, BW costs on a gallery on a major TGP site could cost more than it made. When advertising a product costs more than it returns, then it's a sign something is wrong. Unless the product is real crap. Then few will sit and view the free images.
Still the ladder was placed in front of us and we happily climbed it.
It began with 10 images on a gallery and the top of the ladder is whole sites being given away. OK that's pirated content, so let's for a moment be dreamers and dream that tomorrow piracy online disappears.
99% of those pirating will end up on Tubes. In fact dreaming 1-100 will suddenly switch to buying is dreaming as well. Robbie might find a small increase in sales, as he has Claudia Marie and if she is exceptional she might pull in a few buyers.
For most here they don't have a unique product. They have the same stuff being given away for free on Tubes. Very few sites have a great product, very few have a unique product.
Is that because the industry was too complacent 5-10 years ago when seemingly money was slushing into online porn. Or was it slushing out just as fast to pay affiliates?
I find it ironic that someone who made so much money giving porn away is now complaining too much is being given away.
This is very very true.
100s here talk the talk and with no proof.
Been here for years bud. But spent my time diversifying, evolving and now laughing at the lot of u"
No one has diversified and evolved in online porn. They just copied what has been done before. Or invented better ways to give away free porn. Proof or it leaves us thinking OH YEAH????
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Paul you fail time and time again to understand that it is a free market. If one company start offering 10 pictures, affiliates will go to them. If another company offers 20 pictures to use the affiliate will go to them instead. It is natural. There is no point saying stop, because companies are out to make money.
Even if affiliate companies limited free content and we lived in this magical world there would always be one who would offer a large amount just to gain an advantage.
You seem to say day in and day out about giving too much away for free. Well its happened, we don't live in a dream world. Its business and affiliate companies know that.
The same is true of affiliate payouts. the same logic.
So please just stfu, I am sick of reading your posts on how things should be when your fantasy is never going to play out. You really do like to flog a dead horse.
What are people supposed to do? Hang their heads in shame and say well we blew it and preach to others about how everyone fucked up, or carry on and innovate? Yes its difficult, but I am up for the challenge.