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It's just a matter of having a clue and getting it right. Sit and think about it properly - 'mainstream' is a generic term for just about everything else on the Internet and that's a HUGE area. Of course you can make good money in it and often it's much easier to do than porn these days. |
The silence from AEBN is ear deafening... :2 cents:
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The "mom and pop" sites will never disappear, but in future they will be fewer in number and they will earn an income more in line with their real worth: ie a lot less than now, which in turn is already a lot less than 5+ years ago. In terms of how online porn will develop as it matures as an industry, I'm not aware of anything to suggest it will prove to be in any way unique. If that development follows the usual route, then over the next 5-10 years there will be a lot of consolidation among the larger operators. Those that remain will hold a fairly lowly second tier because a handful of corporate-style businesses will emerge at the top of the tree (buying out some existing sites along the way). Finally there will remain many smaller sites, most much further down the economic ladder, working in specialist areas or servicing the bigger operations in some way. The discussion about free porn is basically irrelevant, not only for the reasons I gave in an earlier post, but because it is merely a symptom of more far-reaching changes. How could it be otherwise? When an industry like this is new and there is an overwhelming excess of demand, sure someone with minimal relevant skills can sit down at a PC and with no investment but his (or her) time, make lots of money. But we have had 10 years of that already and it is naive to imagine it can continue. If it's any consolation, many well-known names will disappear too because they will be unwilling or unable to adapt. And definitely on the plus side, once the industry has shaken itself out, drops the infighting of the last 3-5 years and starts looking outwards for new business again, total revenues will rise dramatically. |
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yes, but im starting to see that die off a tad. i dont see that model around forever. its a flawed model. duke |
The next 5 years belongs to the folks that can afford 1gbs or better pipes. The biz is about to change. I think the rest will have to give it away free and sell ads.
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But when you look at the bottomline, then ANY studio could make TONS more money by not handing over their product/content to a company, which does not work on maximizing profits. Another benefit would be control over the content... would you trust someone with your content who also run sites, which is designed for people to "share" content? They can call it "web 2.0" or "the future" as much as they please, but its all old concepts. User driven content have been around since the internet was created, and before that on BBS, and even before that on disks, tapes, paper etc. So what made the golden years in the 90s on the internet, if the concept of free was already around on planet earth? It was because business people knew that surfers were willing to pay for "quality, quantity, and convenience" (thanks shiloh451), so why bother with giving away free content? Those who broke away from that ideal business concept, where surfers with their backdoor sites (ex. thehun started as a backdoor site). Canīt really blame them - no one did anything legal to stop them, and so today history repeats itself with AEBNīs desire to once again make "quality, quantity, and convenience" FREE to the surfers - all in the name of "quick traffic numbers" instead of "long term bottomline". |
jayeff, you are one of the most intelligent people on gfy
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Wow..this is a great thread...lots of cool ideas from guys who have been thinking hard
To be honest, I'm not a bit surprised at ANY of the changes that are happening.. Could have predicted all of this several years ago But I'm coming from the small operator point of view.. I just have small sites with original content...no affiliate programs...and make a solid income since probably 98-99 ish lately I'm making less money...but that's just because I'm lazy..not cuz the paying customers are disappearing You MUSt understand the psychology of the paying customer to make it in this biz The paying customer uses money for power.. He wants power over his life...He uses money to control his time spent...He will spend money just to save time Also, the paying customer is often a collector...He will pay good money just to make a seemingly small addition to his collections The free porno surfer is the exact opposite..The free porno surfer thinks "why do all those suckers pay 30 dollars when they can just spend all day looking for the same content for free?" This is the psychology of a loser ..ignore these people. These are the same people that will spend thousands of dollars fixing up an old car that always breaks down...and never get enough money together to just buy a new fucking car. 100,000s of thousands of images....100s of hours of video..>BIG DEAL.. THe paying surfer will fork out 30 dollars for just a few photo sets of a girl he likes....or a certain fetish he has..Thats it... One girl sells your site...or one fetish sellls your site...NO need to be Wal-Mart I agree with the previous poster about Type in Traffic becoming more and more important and I also think that pay per view...or pay per download type of thing will be very important. The feeder site/ affiliate/ tgp idea is dying...I think you need one main site with a URL that surfers will remember and type in... I always made the best money just by producing good content and constantly updating...That's really the key...just KEEP PRODUCING GOOD CONTENT AND CONSTANTLY UPDATE...PERIOD Brand your URL...burn that URL into people's brains..make sure they remember it and type it in...and will check back every week or month or even every year...But make sure they check back. Don't get obsessed with rebills...Lots of paying customers sign up....cancel...and then sign up again six months later. Don't obsess on rebills...Just keep producing good content and the paying customers almost ALWAYS return. Ok I'm done rambling:2 cents: |
amalekite - some good points in there :thumbsup
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sites should always have there video content watermarked, and even if it is used for free then it becomes a good viral technique :thumbsup
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Try to start a program and not give out any free content, see how long it lasts. People you sell a product of jerking off for $1 a day. How bad are you at selling or how bad is your product that you can't sell a wank for $1? Think about it for 10 seconds and then ask yourself, why is the surfer going to a free site to look at piles and pilse of shite, when for $1 a day he could join a site? Maybe becasue he's been conned, let down, disappointed after spending $1 that he now thinks "Fuck You" I'm keeping my money. So long as you worship the God of traffic, you will always have this situation. If you really want to stop "Free Porn" effecting your income. Start giving the member so much genuine value he will not bother with free porn. |
I will now go back and read the rest of the thread, but what's the betting on most of the people complaining about "Free porn" are giving it away themselves.
So there free porn is alright and other peoples free porn is bad. :Oh crap |
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For 6 years now I have argued up the quality of the content we sell to members and all I get in return is told I'm arrogant and think I'm the only guy who can shoot porn. Also any fool can shoot porn if he has a camera. Now you are running scared of a site that looks like a piece of shit. My take on this is simple. If you think the new surfer is never signing up and going straight to this kind of site to jerk off without ever moving up to a paysite you really do not have a clue. If you're saying that after joining a few sites the surfer would rather jerk off to content on this site then you do have a clue. Now who's fault is that? We had the surfer as a member and then we lost him. |
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no i dont work for AEBN, not even close. |
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I would enjoy revisiting this topic with you in a few years. That is if you are still around. |
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Out of the hundreds of Noobs I helped back in the day at Netpond, not many are left. I can count on one hand. You are so right. |
There is no money in the industry.
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And 100% why we are in this situation. We have over advertised and over marketed an inferior product to the extent that a shit free site is stealing paying surfers. Go away and think a bit harder. |
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pricisely Everyone hate me because I make sites with very low content % and I trade a lot of my traffic... If just everyone would back up a bit again and people once again would be annoyed by the crappy content % on tgp's and mgp's they would actually consider buying shit again. Right now they really don't have to consider this. This industry is drowning. |
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They think more money is made by paying affiliates more, giving away more free content, cutting costs on content, using more pop ups and conning the surfer. Making more money by "quality, quantity, and convenience. " Is like talking Latin to them. |
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Look around at the content providers and tell me which ones are REALLY GOOD and could survive in the magazine or DVD fields. Look around at the prices paid. Look around at what some people expect from a shooter and model as a days work. There are VERY FEW content providers earning a living selling to DVD or magazines. A solo girl set in the magazines can easily make $2,000, exclusive buyers want 10 sets for that price, think about the level of work from a porn aspect. DVD scenes can easily make more than that. So why aren't more people who produce the ONLY PRODUCT THE SURFER WILL PAY FOR, working in the other fields? Either don't want to make the extra money, not good enough or don't have the brains to find out the phone number. So are you really surprised that a large section of the market is scared about surfers who don't want to pay for such a great product? That was English irony. You get what you build, for years we have been building this business to where it is now. So if surfers would rather get it for free from the crap site I saw who is to blame? |
As you can see I now run a paysite and as many of you know I also run a content store, and pretty good at shooting. Not the best though.
What Eva and I did when we set out the budget for the paysite was build in a portion to buy in new non exclusive content for members. It's this simple, one rebill is worth $10 if it comes from an affiliate $25 if not. We kicked off with 200 videos and 1500 sets from our stock of 300 vids and 2400 sets. The stuff we held back was for the 1 video and 2 sets a day we were adding. The budget for buying in would be when we cleared our back log and need to buy in to augment our shooting. We believed treating our customers well would be the right way to go. Did it work with conversions and retentions? We moved it up to 2 videos and 4 sets a day recently, convert on all traffic 1:250 and retain over 7 weeks on average. We also give away free watermarked content and get lots of type in traffic. Treat the customer like a king and he will treat you like a friend. We will also be developing something for the surfer who does not want to spend $30 to just jerk off once. |
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if you can't understand what I am saying then no point in reading any further. Here are the cliff notes. - free porn is not going away, bitching about it is a waste of time. - sell something that can not be giving away for free (live content, interraction). - Things will ALWAYS change, so you better as well or you will be left behind. - There is an oppertunity to make money in everything, just takes a little creativity to find it. People who spend time bitching about problem instead of thinking of solution are never going to accomplish anything. |
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thanks to everyone else that had something intelligent to say as well. it kinda sucks being part of the problem. :( -John |
Ant you crack me up
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bump for this thread, the one who hasnt read it should go back and read it all!
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There's more money in porn than there used to be. Your premise is wrong.
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