Yes, there is too much free porn out there, and everyone who makes a living from this business has suffered in one way or another because of it. You might think you're doing well, and that's great, but believe me - you'd be doing better if the industry wasn't so damned big. Back in the good 'ole days, I used to pull in $2K a month from a shitty AVS site. I don't consider that a lot today, but it was a damn good turnover for the little amount of work.
If you've ever taken a college psych course, you may have heard of the "prison dilemma" - basically, 2 guilty guys facing 5 years in prison get arrested and interrogated by the cops:
- If they both keep their mouths shut, they get no prison time.
- If one talks and the other doesn't, the person who talks gets 1 year and the other gets 5 years.
I may have the numbers wrong, but you can see where I'm going - if webmasters would band together and stop giving away free porn, we would all do better. But, facing uncertaintly, it's easier for people to cheat. For example, if the major LL's stopped listing hardcore sites, the one guy who says "fuck it" and lists them anyway will do better.
Understand that the industry right now is set up in a pyramid - 99% of webmasters are promoting sites run by an elite 1%. Most newbies are taught to build free sites as quickly as possible to funnel business into the megasites. Hell, there is a whole industry these days in "teaching" webmasters, an industry that actively tries to discourage people from starting a paysite of their own. Is it any wonder there is a porn "glut" under these circumstances?
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