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Originally Posted by SomeCreep
Get real for one second and look at the facts. Zoom out from your own personal opinion and try and look at the whole picture from a bird's eye view. There are half as many sponsors out there, half as many paysites, half as many affiliates. 100x the free porn. Dvd sales, magazine sales, content sales down 50 - 75%. Revenue wise the industry is half the size it was in 2006/2007. That doesnt mean select affiliates or programs arent still doing well. For example, I'm sure the owner of Xvideos.com is making considerably more now than in 2007. But so what, the industry is still smaller as a whole.
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ok, i agree that overall it might not be growing - but i am very sure most money has just shifted - from 200 sponsors with 5 employees to 1 with 1000
also - opposed to the past - most people that still make money dont hang out on GFY anymore and post "Bro" pics with cars and champagne bottles
i spoke to billing companies - cause they are the only ones who really can tell - and while they took a hit because xsales are much more limited now - they number of initial signups and rebills overall is quite steady. i tend to believe this cause those people had no reason to tell me bullshit
and then i see groups of young russian guys at shows that own traffic networks with insane numbers - they have a totally different take on this business
the thing is: the days of "Pornographers" are over - people owning their own small sites, shooting their own content etc.
or people running small sites with non-exclusive content - i had many clients like that, they are almost completely gone
but trust me - there are people out there doing a lot of money