Originally Posted by trevesty

If this were mainstream, I would've agreed with both of you - I actually hate the premise of what Konrad said. I know guys in mainstream who are killers and used to be huge affiliates, but decided to start an agency as their 20's ended and 30's began.

But the two I'm thinking of specifically, their smallest "package" for a client is $5,000-$7500 (mostly because one is in LA and one is in the Midwest) per month. This doesn't include any link budget, etc., either. The clients here are mostly smaller e-commerce sites who maybe went online from a local brick and mortar setup. Then they both have clients with 6 figure billables every month also who have essentially an entire staff dedicated to them.

That doesn't happen in adult. So if you're good at SEO and stay in adult but mostly work for others / clients, you eventually come to a crossroads of sorts. Do you want to make money, or not?

This was me personally, and I know a LOT of others who've done this exact thing, or they left the adult company they worked for and went to a mainstream SEO agency for 3x the money and 1/3 the bullshit.