Business Back from the dead... Now what? - GoFuckYourself.com

KrisKross · 09-10-2020, 09:53 AM

OK, so I didn't really die. But after several years running sites as a side hustle, I mostly stepped away from the business in 2013. Now I'm contemplating getting back in if it's worth it. Not sure if GFY is still the best place to ask, but I'll give it a shot.

My story: I was an affiliate and ran a small network of blogs and a model directory. I probably put in 10-15 hours a week and at peak I was making around $1500 a month. Definitely not fuck you money but enough to buy a few nice things, take a few nice trips, etc.

I had kids and my career also became more demanding so I largely gave up on this side hustle. I left a few of my most popular blogs up along with the model directory. Over the years, I've made the occasional update, more as a hobby, and typically when a specific scene or model caught my attention.

Where I'm at: Some of the blogs are niche specific and some are general hardcore. The posts are all custom text written by me along with 2-3 pictures and sometimes a video. I add 2-3 posts a year to each blog. The model directory has about 150 models in it with links to FHGs. I also add 2-3 girls per year to it.

Collectively I still get about 300 hits a day, mostly from Google and from some Twitter accounts running on autopilot (one with 35K followers, a few others with 4-8K followers). I still make about $1000 a year mostly from a combination of Chaturbate, solo girl CCBill sites and Gamma.

Kids are older, I'm working from home full time and my career requires less time, and I now find myself with some spare time every week. I'm not looking to get rich (though that would be nice), but I wouldn't mind turning that $1000 a year in to $5000 or more.

My ask: Is it still worth it? With what I have still running, can I turn that in to a few K per year? If so, should I make any changes? And where can I go for traffic nowadays? Or should I pivot to something else? Or invest my time in sometime mainstream instead?

Any advice or help would be appreciated, though I'm preferably not looking for bullshit sales pitches. Alternately, feel free to tell me to go fuck myself. Thanks!

CaptainHowdy · 09-10-2020, 10:00 AM

Welcome back . . .

AmeliaG · 09-11-2020, 04:33 AM

Can you do what you are doing, just more often? Like 5x the updates or 5x whatever you normally do to get traffic? Is it possible to scale what you are doing or do you feel like you would need to do something different? Hope this helps and good luck

NatalieMojoHost · 09-11-2020, 09:04 AM

Go fuck yourself

Also, there's money to be made despite everyone saying porn is dying.

CurrentlySober · 09-11-2020, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by KrisKross

Back from the dead... Now what?

before you do ANY of the above, take a moment to relax and self soil yourself... It will relax you and ease your transition back into the adult space...

yuu.design · 09-11-2020, 02:54 PM

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george MH · 09-15-2020, 01:00 AM

Welcome back, I hope to find what you are looking for.
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Good luck

NatalieK · 09-17-2020, 10:49 PM

you mention making money with gamma and some solo girl sites, are you linked to centroprofits.com with 1000´s of models on the same site, and welcoming you to search me, NatalieK if you do sign up to centroprofits

fuzebox · 09-17-2020, 10:55 PM

What was your peak monthly income during 2006-2010?

$5 submissions · 09-19-2020, 08:31 PM

Look into botting IG

Tim · 09-21-2020, 03:48 AM

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~Evilin~ · 09-21-2020, 03:53 AM

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Zuzana Designs · 09-21-2020, 04:06 AM

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KrisKross · 09-22-2020, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmeliaG

Can you do what you are doing, just more often? Like 5x the updates or 5x whatever you normally do to get traffic? Is it possible to scale what you are doing or do you feel like you would need to do something different? Hope this helps and good luck

The updates can definitely be scaled since each blog only gets 2-3 posts a year. I don't really think by current traffic generation methods can be scaled. My SEO skills need a lot of sharpening and though my Twitter accounts continue to get new followers, Twitter as a traffic source has gone down a lot with the proliferation of models promoting Onlyfans pages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatalieK

you mention making money with gamma and some solo girl sites, are you linked to centroprofits.com with 1000´s of models on the same site, and welcoming you to search me, NatalieK if you do sign up to centroprofits

I took a peek and it looks interesting! I'll sign up and look you up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzebox

What was your peak monthly income during 2006-2010?

Peak was about $5000 but it wasn't sustained for a long time. This was right in the early days of YouTube before the advent of tube sites. I'd post tease clips (non-nude) with a watermark and redirect the domain to PPS sites. Once Google bought YouTube, they started cracking down on this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Look into botting IG

Sounds sketchy.

j3rkules · 09-22-2020, 09:14 AM

You can try to update them regualry and see how it goes.

plsureking · 09-22-2020, 12:23 PM

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hdbuilder · 09-22-2020, 03:12 PM

I would promote cams if i were you, still good money to be made with cams..

09-10-2020, 09:53 AM	#1
KrisKross Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5,024	Back from the dead... Now what? OK, so I didn't really die. But after several years running sites as a side hustle, I mostly stepped away from the business in 2013. Now I'm contemplating getting back in if it's worth it. Not sure if GFY is still the best place to ask, but I'll give it a shot. My story: I was an affiliate and ran a small network of blogs and a model directory. I probably put in 10-15 hours a week and at peak I was making around $1500 a month. Definitely not fuck you money but enough to buy a few nice things, take a few nice trips, etc. I had kids and my career also became more demanding so I largely gave up on this side hustle. I left a few of my most popular blogs up along with the model directory. Over the years, I've made the occasional update, more as a hobby, and typically when a specific scene or model caught my attention. Where I'm at: Some of the blogs are niche specific and some are general hardcore. The posts are all custom text written by me along with 2-3 pictures and sometimes a video. I add 2-3 posts a year to each blog. The model directory has about 150 models in it with links to FHGs. I also add 2-3 girls per year to it. Collectively I still get about 300 hits a day, mostly from Google and from some Twitter accounts running on autopilot (one with 35K followers, a few others with 4-8K followers). I still make about $1000 a year mostly from a combination of Chaturbate, solo girl CCBill sites and Gamma. Kids are older, I'm working from home full time and my career requires less time, and I now find myself with some spare time every week. I'm not looking to get rich (though that would be nice), but I wouldn't mind turning that $1000 a year in to $5000 or more. My ask: Is it still worth it? With what I have still running, can I turn that in to a few K per year? If so, should I make any changes? And where can I go for traffic nowadays? Or should I pivot to something else? Or invest my time in sometime mainstream instead? Any advice or help would be appreciated, though I'm preferably not looking for bullshit sales pitches. Alternately, feel free to tell me to go fuck myself. Thanks!

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