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John Marco · 09-07-2006, 07:40 AM

You guys probably don't realize expenses associated with cams:

40-50% for model payouts
12-15% for processing fees (including cb fees, txn fees, etc)
5%-7.5% for refunds (if you don't deduct it from models immediately)

That's 57-72.5% of gross revenue, which leaves 27.5% to 43% gross before affiliate payouts. So assume you pay 20%, this leaves 7.5% to 23% to cover all operating expenses and turn a small profit. Cam programs can't really pay 30% without some sort of catch to it if they want to be even mildly profitable which is probably why cams.com has a fair 20% payout.

Oh and I should mention that webcam sites require much more staff than a regular site because you have to have full time risk management/fraud preventation staff reviewing transactions. We have 3-4 people per shift, 24 hours per day doing this, for example, due to all of the fraud attempts from Eastern Europe and Asia

I hate to take up for the competition but this is simply the facts

09-07-2006, 07:40 AM
John Marco Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 912	You guys probably don't realize expenses associated with cams: 40-50% for model payouts 12-15% for processing fees (including cb fees, txn fees, etc) 5%-7.5% for refunds (if you don't deduct it from models immediately) That's 57-72.5% of gross revenue, which leaves 27.5% to 43% gross before affiliate payouts. So assume you pay 20%, this leaves 7.5% to 23% to cover all operating expenses and turn a small profit. Cam programs can't really pay 30% without some sort of catch to it if they want to be even mildly profitable which is probably why cams.com has a fair 20% payout. Oh and I should mention that webcam sites require much more staff than a regular site because you have to have full time risk management/fraud preventation staff reviewing transactions. We have 3-4 people per shift, 24 hours per day doing this, for example, due to all of the fraud attempts from Eastern Europe and Asia I hate to take up for the competition but this is simply the facts __________________ WEBCAMS.COM $42+ PPS or revshare ICQ: 476-111 Google Talk: Webcams.com Last edited by John Marco; 09-07-2006 at 07:42 AM..