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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
I'll agree with you there.
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The thing that struck me about that thread, which I assume was only a small % of the people who use the hosted tube. Is the tiny payouts people are getting. It's like I shooting custom for $5 profit a set.
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I would bet that CCB, or any other real processor, could lose all of their adult clients and still be clipping along like a champ in the processing world. Especially considering adult is considered "high risk" and the fees are typically going to be higher for them, than dealing with a brick and mortar, hosting or 'clean' mainstream processing business.
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The money in processing for online businesses not porn is growing. Internet revenues are only shrinking in the porn business.
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Originally Posted by eroticsexxx
And whatever happened to government lobbying to ensure that the interests of the industry are met on a persistent basis? Serious money is needed in that regard. Or what about specific venture capital funds for industry companies/productions or even IPO's? There has only been a handful of companies that have stepped up to that plate. How about technology incubators that focus on developing the latest and greatest innovations to allow customers to view and interact with porn products?
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The business has changed 180 degrees in the years I've been here. From my P{OV of the industry, stilll a good indication of how we all changed.
Jun 2001 few could afford a digital camera or scanner or video editor and most were buying content like there was no tomorrow. In those days online pron was a novelty and the customers were curious and easily converted. Also 10,000s who bought offline were coming to buy or get free online porn. It was so easy to drive traffic and convert it.
Jun 2005 ish. Big changes had happened. TGPs ruled the traffic game and to get the traffic, affiliates couldn't be given content 20 other sponsors were giving out. So sites had to start getting very cheap exclusive content. Very cheap in terms of what the rest of the industry produced.
This led to 1,000s of sites full of poor porn.
Today. Tubes rule the traffic. The customers are far more educated and picky. There's an odds on chance that today's customer has been a member of another site selling the same niche and style. And an even safer bet they have been a member of a site that has filled and exceeded their needs. They now demand that on every site they join.
This led to 1,000s of sites full of poor porn.
Failing.
The problem is how to pay affiliates and satisfy the customers demand for a great product. Because,
this is an example) if he's into "Teen Lesbians" he's found and joined Sapphic Erotica and that's now the bench mark for getting his business. A sponsor in that niche now has to exceed his needs to get his business.
Throwing mud at the wall no longer works.
Now you can all tell me throwing mud at your sites works.