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Originally Posted by mechanicvirus
I understand the supply and demand part of it, and as well as the history of free porn, however my question is more geared towards the community itself. Why didn't porn come to an agreement early on, no more than 6 pictures per gallery, no more than 2 minutes for video? etc. I would think an industry on the verge of trouble would come together and work on a way to a solid long term revenue stream without eating each other alive.
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They never saw the eventual effect of free porn. Most denied it had any detrimental effect. They claimed the losses were countered by the extra traffic online. Forgetting that offline sales were falling as online grew. They spoke about new countries having access to porn as if porn was only consumed in the US and Europe.
The problem was they were getting a taste of the wealth offline porn has enjoyed for decades. Most even quoted the published accounts of offline porn production companies v online retail companies as an indication of how wealthy online was.
Ultimately they never saw B/W and hosting drop to the price it is. That was the valve that controlled how much could be given away. Tubes, Piracy, File lockers, ambushed them. And some even embraced Tubes as a means of promotion.
Point taken JLP.
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Paul I think a lot of the issue is you worked 50 years and now are retired and spend your time gardening and living off a pension (sorry not really sure what that is... Like an IRA?). Which is super unimpressive. That's like just get a normal job and work impressive. Heck you even live in a cheaper country. Just tossing that in there since people are giving shap grief about living somewhere else.
So you claim to have been in porn's glory days but it sure seems like a lot of people in this thread have gotten a lot further in a whole hell of a lot less time. Yet you preach about the current doom and gloom yet people still killing it. A lot more ways to monetize, leverage technology etc to appeal to an ever widening sea of people
Signed "guy who started running paysites 3 years ago"
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Who here is killing it with paysites? I saw where the traffic was coming from during the online boom days, knew it was finite, knew that if people keep escalating what they give away they will destroy the need to buy. And many would fall away. Was I wrong?
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Originally Posted by JayAllan
Sad to see another good thread here on GFY shit the bed.
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This thread is about coming up with new ideas about how paysites should adapt. When I offer suggestions, others offer nothing but abuse.
We need to change the content. Tubes have killed the market for the quick jerk off fans, which is where we made so much money before. Now we have to offer the porn and something extra. It will have nothing to do with webmastering, the price, 1 click whatever. Changes will be rooted in the content and real marketing. It's up to guys like you, who create the product, to change paysites.