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Why did no one question the BIG porn sites business model?
One thing that I found interesting was how for a few years porn sites came out offering 50% or more on there affiliate schemes. Some even 100%.
These sites seemed to have exclusive content, a huge amount, and often very expensive. By this we are talking huge budget shoots.
Presumably they invested thousands upfront.
Presumably the Netflix model, where you purchase a huge amount of content, and the idea is you make a profit. In the short term, you burn cash, make a huge loss, and live off whatever money you have, and act as if your a millionaire, pose next to expensive cars, talk a lot of rubbish about being rich.
Even some giving away cars.
How many of these sites are still around would be interesting (I mean not sold off, or taken over by other firms).
What was interesting was many started to set minimum affiliate playouts higher and higher. At first it was often $50, then $100, and many now is much higher. Presumably because in some cases they simply cannot afford to pay affiliates.
Indeed, if you pay affiliates 50%, and minus your costs, your profit could be very close to $1, and your still having to pay for content.
Often we read how people have not been paid by such firms. But the truth is, one suspects thy have not got the cash, and you can moan as much as you want on this and other forums, but they cannot pay you if they do not have the money. And to be honest, if you promoted these sites without questioning how they could make a profit, then perhaps you have some blame in the matter.
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