adulttext

Hi!
I can see my post didn't get the responses I was hoping for. Many of you asked why someone would use this site. It's a fair question and so here's my answer:

First, a better explanation of what it is -
AdultText is a room-based chat server. More similar to IRC than to Google Hangouts, Skype, etc. The closest site I've found is chatropolis. AdultText allows people to meet others in an anonymous, group setting and then talk one-on-one or in smaller groups. Currently, it allows only rudimentary image sharing, but other forms of non-text media is in the roadmap.


My Vision for the Site -
AdultText is primarily about fantasy fulfillment. Anonymous chat is a service where adults can talk out their fantasies. Being room-based gives participants the ability to meet each other in a non-threatening setting. Being anonymous gives people the distance they need in order to allow themselves to explore their most hidden fantasies. Text-based chat restricts the conversation in a way that makes it very difficult to invade the privacy of the person you're talking to. (It also restricts the market, but that's not always a bad thing.)

AdultText is actually psuedonymous. That means that people have a username, but it can't be linked to their real-life identity. That allows you to build a reputation. I even have ideas for interesting reputation management, like linkedin-style recommendations.

Markets
Right now, this market is poorly served. There are a number of sites out there, but they suffer from the same poor design decisions that most online porn sites have. They are extremely male-focused, overly cluttered with upsells and hawking "nekkid b00bs now!"

There are a number of highly desirable markets these sites don't serve:
1) Women. Professional women is the largest growth market, in terms of revenue, in the adult sector.
2) People who are not able to make in-person relationships. This can be married people, but in a way that's less skeezy than Ashley Madison. It can be people with fetishes that they are embarrassed of or are maybe illegal when done in-person. Gay, zoophilia, incest, etc. Pedophilia is still illegal on text-chat and will have to be forbidden.
3) People who want better technology. No frames, polling, applets or flash. Works on mobile, too. This opens the site to a far wider audience.
4) Extensible. The best websites are constantly updating. This means we can do a/b testing, testing of new features and markets, etc.

But, what can the site do, right now?
It's only an MVP. I have it up to attract people to work on it with me. As I said above, I have a short-term roadmap. But, I want to attract people who can contribute to the vision. Not a typical porn site, but something that is more of an open communication environment that focuses on fantasy fulfillment.

Credit card numbers are identifiable information. Without credit cards, how do you make money?
There are so many other ways to make money. If the main target is professional women, then cross-marketing deals with 2 blue industries - sex toys and cannabis - is an easy option. There are other options, but I really don't want to get into them on a public forum.

"If I join, what do I get out of it?"
Revenue sharing, plus partial ownership of the site and project.