Has anyone here started a non-adult business and made money? - GoFuckYourself.com

detoxed · 01-09-2005, 04:50 PM

I just found a business opportunity. Another one. This shit is so easy. For less than $20k startup I can have a multi-million dollar company in less than 6 months. WOW.

AndrewKanuck · 01-09-2005, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by detoxed

I just found a business opportunity. Another one. This shit is so easy. For less than $20k startup I can have a multi-million dollar company in less than 6 months. WOW.

Talk to Bdjuf about pyramid schemes

mrthumbs · 01-09-2005, 04:56 PM

yes, our mainstream stuff we started in august 2003 cleared 1 mil in 2004.

BlueWire · 01-09-2005, 04:56 PM

Thats what we do...mainstream development (adult designs and scripting on the side

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dunefield · 01-09-2005, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AndrewKanuck

Talk to Bdjuf about pyramid schemes

DarkJedi · 01-09-2005, 04:57 PM

Interesting..

Steen2 · 01-09-2005, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

yes, our mainstream stuff we started in august 2003 cleared 1 mil in 2004.

Nice

Wanna fill me in?

Funky Bastard · 01-09-2005, 04:58 PM

If it's to good to be true then it is!

DarkJedi · 01-09-2005, 04:58 PM

Hit me up.
I will invest if its worth it.

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okny · 01-09-2005, 05:00 PM

I been running an none adult business for a few years now it has been paying of very well.

Steen2 · 01-09-2005, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HKS

If it's to good to be true then it is!

Keep that up kid.

9-5 is for you.

Steen2 · 01-09-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkJedi

Hit me up.
I will invest if its worth it.

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Because Detoxed needs your $

detoxed · 01-09-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HKS

If it's to good to be true then it is!

Its not too good to be true, too good to be true is $1 can make $1 billion in 14 minutes, or 90% of you finding a girlfriend.

detoxed · 01-09-2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Steen2

Because Detoxed needs your $

I need everyones money. I want everyones money.

flashfire · 01-09-2005, 05:04 PM

I've tried and failed...think I'll stick to adult

mrthumbs · 01-09-2005, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Steen2

Nice

Wanna fill me in?

Well its dead simple:

if there are 5000+, webmasters pushing the same sex sites and making little to decent money just imagine what you can do with a product or service that you alone are pushing.

The only big difference between sex and any other product is that you ahve to push it (sex is a pull product, or was.. with all the saturation and competition even this isnt much of an advantage during the marketing process).

Another great advantage of sex is that its a perfect subscription service as in : rebills. But again due to the saturation of the market thats easily compensated by high volumes sales of a product with less competition.

To be honest if i had to start something new *from scratch* i could easily think of 100s of nonadult ideas but not one adult idea that would take off and be profitable within 3-6 months.

jayeff · 01-09-2005, 05:24 PM

My first non-adult business had sales of more than $400 million in 2003. Unfortunately I sold it 25 years ago and sales back then were only just into 7 figures. It has also changed hands and been merged with other services several times since (it's part of Deutsche Post now), and bears little resemblance to what I began.

Even so, I can't help getting a kick knowing the brand name is still around and although the logo is a different color, it's otherwise unchanged.

Theo · 01-09-2005, 05:28 PM

im with mrthumbs on this.

mrthumbs · 01-09-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Soul_Rebel

im with mrthumbs on this.

holla fo shizzle !

Theo · 01-09-2005, 05:33 PM

FelixFlow · 01-09-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by HKS

If it's to good to be true then it is!

12clicks · 01-09-2005, 06:07 PM

hmmm, mainstream.

you know, I'll bet if you took an adult mindset and entered mainstream you could make a killing.
I wonder why no one has thought this yet.

detoxed · 01-09-2005, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 12clicks

hmmm, mainstream.

you know, I'll bet if you took an adult mindset and entered mainstream you could make a killing.
I wonder why no one has thought this yet.

I'm not even talking about internet, I'm talking about ANY non-adult business. Most people here just cant hack it outside the adult industry, and thats why they are here.

killshot · 01-09-2005, 06:21 PM

I've run several non-adult businesses
Some have done well.. some not so well..
Everything has always been over the internet though

Before next year though I plan to have my first non-adult brick-and-morter business
Should be interesting

Kevsh · 01-09-2005, 07:11 PM

I ran a mainstream e-commerce site/business for awhile. I bought from the client I made the site for as he didn't put any money into marketing it. I had the site #1 - #3 on Google for just about every important keyword ... not that I was/am an SEO guru but I built the site in '97 before everyone and their sister was trying SEO. I had good inbound links from hobby sites, listed in Yahoo/DMOZ and made sure that SEs could index the ASP-based pages. It was aquarium related and for "aquarium supplies" we were #1 for literally 2+ years - even ahead of all the biggies (Pets.com, etc.)

Unfortunately, a victim of my own success (too much time on fulfillment) and a plunging US dollar in 2002/3 killed it. Since 99% of my customers were in the US - I'm in Toronto - I was converting US funds to CDN at 1.5x initially. By early 2003 it was something like 1.35?!? Anyway, my supplier hadn't lowered his prices yet so I was getting crunched badly. Thank goodness I sold it off as now the USD is anywhere from 1.17 to 1.21 here. Ouch.

pornguy · 01-09-2005, 07:13 PM

We do web and print stuff main stream. It is our side business to the adult.

KRL · 01-09-2005, 07:14 PM

Yes . . . .

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12clicks Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: God's right hand Posts: 19,788	hmmm, mainstream. you know, I'll bet if you took an adult mindset and entered mainstream you could make a killing. I wonder why no one has thought this yet. __________________ I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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killshot Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OGG / PDX Posts: 456	I've run several non-adult businesses Some have done well.. some not so well.. Everything has always been over the internet though Before next year though I plan to have my first non-adult brick-and-morter business Should be interesting __________________

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detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	Has anyone here started a non-adult business and made money? I just found a business opportunity. Another one. This shit is so easy. For less than $20k startup I can have a multi-million dollar company in less than 6 months. WOW.

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mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	yes, our mainstream stuff we started in august 2003 cleared 1 mil in 2004.

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flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	I've tried and failed...think I'll stick to adult

01-09-2005, 05:24 PM	#17
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	My first non-adult business had sales of more than $400 million in 2003. Unfortunately I sold it 25 years ago and sales back then were only just into 7 figures. It has also changed hands and been merged with other services several times since (it's part of Deutsche Post now), and bears little resemblance to what I began. Even so, I can't help getting a kick knowing the brand name is still around and although the logo is a different color, it's otherwise unchanged.

01-09-2005, 05:28 PM	#18
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	im with mrthumbs on this.

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Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	I ran a mainstream e-commerce site/business for awhile. I bought from the client I made the site for as he didn't put any money into marketing it. I had the site #1 - #3 on Google for just about every important keyword ... not that I was/am an SEO guru but I built the site in '97 before everyone and their sister was trying SEO. I had good inbound links from hobby sites, listed in Yahoo/DMOZ and made sure that SEs could index the ASP-based pages. It was aquarium related and for "aquarium supplies" we were #1 for literally 2+ years - even ahead of all the biggies (Pets.com, etc.) Unfortunately, a victim of my own success (too much time on fulfillment) and a plunging US dollar in 2002/3 killed it. Since 99% of my customers were in the US - I'm in Toronto - I was converting US funds to CDN at 1.5x initially. By early 2003 it was something like 1.35?!? Anyway, my supplier hadn't lowered his prices yet so I was getting crunched badly. Thank goodness I sold it off as now the USD is anywhere from 1.17 to 1.21 here. Ouch.

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