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Originally posted by quietbut seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).
Silly money is right. I can remember doing almost nothing and having stacks of Ibill check stubs on my desk. I could have dropped dead in 2001 and my business still would have grown.
I do regret not being more radically audacious with everything. I could have done 5x what I did, but at the time I just couldn't wrap my head around it.
It's not all finished yet tho...Comment
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Nah, just being realistic. I don't need a lot of money to be someone else's equal, nor do I need a lot of money to be happy.Originally posted by WarChildStuart, don't you think that's an unhealthy attitude? You're right that you dont NEED to be rich, but if you think you might like to, why hold yourself back with preconcieved notions of what you can and can't accomplish?
Don't say "I'll never be able to afford ..." instead try asking "What can I do so I can afford to buy ... ?"
Read Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Yes, it would be nice and I wouldn't mind if I did have a lot of money, but I know that not everyone is meant to be rich. It's not because they just don't try hard enough, or that they just don't know how.... they're just not meant to be.
It's easy to see that in lottery winners. Every day people win themselves millions and end up worse off than when they started.Comment
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Sure, again money doesn't equate to worth. I'm just suggesting that you limit yourself by not exuding confidence.Originally posted by NichePay - StuartDNah, just being realistic. I don't need a lot of money to be someone else's equal, nor do I need a lot of money to be happy.
Yes, it would be nice and I wouldn't mind if I did have a lot of money, but I know that not everyone is meant to be rich. It's not because they just don't try hard enough, or that they just don't know how.... they're just not meant to be.
It's easy to see that in lottery winners. Every day people win themselves millions and end up worse off than when they started.
I've never believed I could be anything but sucessful. I don't say things like "I wish I could afford a beautiful beach home.". Instead, I say things like "I can't wait until i buy a beautiful beach home.". It might seem like only a minor difference in attitude but I assure you it makes a big difference in the long run..Comment
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I agree with WarChild. While wealth sometimes has to do with just being lucky (right place, right time etc.), most of the time it's your mind set though.Originally posted by WarChildSure, again money doesn't equate to worth. I'm just suggesting that you limit yourself by not exuding confidence.
I've never believed I could be anything but sucessful. I don't say things like "I wish I could afford a beautiful beach home.". Instead, I say things like "I can't wait until i buy a beautiful beach home.". It might seem like only a minor difference in attitude but I assure you it makes a big difference in the long run.
Since I was a little kid I always said I wanted to be rich and buy whatever I want. That mentallity is what made me try so hard in the beggining and succeed at this. You have to truly want it to be able to put the effort in.
I fail at 90% of the projects I try. It's the 10% that work that make money. I got in Adult when I was 23...it was my THIRD company I started. The other 2 failed but this took off. Failure never stops me...I'm much too full of myself to ever give up.
Stuart. It sounds to me like you're basically saying "I wasn't meant to be rich, so why bother trying"? Of course there is more to life than money. So maybe you just have other priorites that are more important to you, which is completely understandable. But if you genuinely want to be rich, and it's actually a true life goal...then you'll never achieve it if you give up before even trying with that attitude.
Just my 2 cents
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Good stuff. Warchild too.Originally posted by MelomanI agree with WarChild. While wealth sometimes has to do with just being lucky (right place, right time etc.), most of the time it's your mind set though.
Since I was a little kid I always said I wanted to be rich and buy whatever I want. That mentallity is what made me try so hard in the beggining and succeed at this. You have to truly want it to be able to put the effort in.
I fail at 90% of the projects I try. It's the 10% that work that make money. I got in Adult when I was 23...it was my THIRD company I started. The other 2 failed but this took off. Failure never stops me...I'm much too full of myself to ever give up.
Stuart. It sounds to me like you're basically saying "I wasn't meant to be rich, so why bother trying"? Of course there is more to life than money. So maybe you just have other priorites that are more important to you, which is completely understandable. But if you genuinely want to be rich, and it's actually a true life goal...then you'll never achieve it if you give up before even trying with that attitude.
Just my 2 cents
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There is still tons of money to be made ... some of us who aren't millionaires just didn't work hard enough or focused on the wrong things ... money isn't as easy to make as it used to be... but it's still easier then most other industriesOriginally posted by rayadp05I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?Comment
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Originally posted by RossYou are my inspiration buddy for reasons you will find out in due course!
And if I can help you in your ventures in any way good buddy you let me know. You're already on the right track. It would please me greatly to see you make 10 times what i do. I'm always here man.. Just hit me up as always. Who knows, big red and I might even pay you a visit one day. Just keep the pull out sofa's ready
Cheers good buddy
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i've heard your numbers from people who i more or less trust - you're not far away from either Karups or ATK - ahead of Alsscan for sure. Most sites that got started in the pioneer days have a fraction of the members they had during their heyday - still lots of money to be made, but nowhere near what it once was.Originally posted by FTVGirlsAh, sucked for me because I started FTV in early 2003 haha. I always wonder how I would have stood out if I opened up the same time as Karups, ATK, Alsscan... etc...I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!Comment
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who cares? i do. people love to to talk about what they might do. i (as well as many others), have.Originally posted by xloggerWho cares about the past. We will be talking about 2005 in 2010 and saying it was good times.
By 2010 all the oldies buisness will be taken over.we'll miss you our friend. RIPComment
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You could say it's luck, I would say luck comes to those who work hard.Originally posted by LegendaryLarsbut a lot of things have to come together just prfect for it to happen so it has alot to do with LUCK !Comment
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I should have understood branding better put more into building one large site.
But yeah I started in 97 and It was easyer , free hosting a simple gallery or 3 and 2 hun listings a week where enough to live off back then.Buy great domains from drunken burned out old webmaster CHEAP bullseyeporn.com art-met.com and more.
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Nothing in life is easy... Thats why we work our asses off..
right now im editing video for 2 new sites...Why am I editing video? Because I dont feel a couple of flips could do it as well as i can. Yea im controlling, demanding, and hard to work for.. but we've grown quite a bit and are bigger than some "well known" programs already.. So i just keep plugging away.. no time for fun, just work.. and I'm cool with that.
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OH mate... '97... I helped a mate of Mr-Yellow's manually move tonnes of porn around on IRC servers a couple of times more or less as a lark.. I kick myself to this very day i didn't see the opportunities at the time and that I was on a very different mainstream path and only really started coming around to the idea of pushing porn in '99-'00 and even then it took me far too long to get started after a couple of failed ventures. It's what made me so very conscious of having to work with the right people.Originally posted by BakeI should have understood branding better put more into building one large site.
But yeah I started in 97 and It was easyer , free hosting a simple gallery or 3 and 2 hun listings a week where enough to live off back then.Last edited by bhutocracy; 07-24-2005, 01:22 AM.Comment
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i did GREAT 2000-2003 - and still am doing great.
thank god i never used ibill
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Dammm man, I really love your atittude, unlike dozens of people that got big you are still humble and willing to help other people out.Originally posted by DukeSkywalkerAnd if I can help you in your ventures in any way good buddy you let me know. You're already on the right track. It would please me greatly to see you make 10 times what i do. I'm always here man.. Just hit me up as always. Who knows, big red and I might even pay you a visit one day. Just keep the pull out sofa's ready
Cheers good buddy
Duke
Major respect m8
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nice duke dollars seems to be growingOriginally posted by DukeSkywalkerNothing in life is easy... Thats why we work our asses off..
right now im editing video for 2 new sites...Why am I editing video? Because I dont feel a couple of flips could do it as well as i can. Yea im controlling, demanding, and hard to work for.. but we've grown quite a bit and are bigger than some "well known" programs already.. So i just keep plugging away.. no time for fun, just work.. and I'm cool with that.
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And you did it very rightI got in at early/mid 2002 full time. It seems like it was eaiser to make a buck back then. Deluxe Pass was my first sponsor that took off. It wasnt long before i was doing 20k a month sending about 2k hits a day to my archive. I knew it wouldnt last forever so I didnt go silly with that money and just took what i needed, saved ALOT of it and reinvested the rest back into Duke Dollars. Then for reasons I can only specualte, Deluxe Pass litterally stopped. We're talking 1500 members down to 300 in a 3 month period. Glad i saved my money and reinvested it
Duke
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I love old threads
I'll be the first to admit I made a lot more money in adult in 97-03 than I am now. But I didn't spend all of it which allowed me to invest in things which are making me money outside adult now. Plus I'm back in school (10 more days until my final exam - yipee! Then I get to wait until the summer for the state exam and hope like hell I pass it so I don't have to wait another year to take it again......) so I'm hoping that will parlay into another revenue stream.
Hell, I think quiet's pretty much retired now, hasn't he?Comment
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Man I kick my self in the ass all the time. I orginally looked into AVS's back in 99-2000 read up as much as I could, but I thought it was all a scam. I didn't trust anything on the net, so I stuck to my other stuff offline.
I didn't decide to give adult a try until late 2003 and then it was just part time. But I remember surfing on the AOL banner farm and looking looking for porn on the web. lol man it was sooo easy to hack into websites back then.
Actually it must have been before 99-200 because I was surfing on a 386 with windows 3.1 and a 28.k modem.Last edited by crockett; 03-11-2007, 03:58 PM.In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.Comment
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I'm one of those
started in '99 but didnt take advantage of it at all, was so much other stuff going on in my life at that point so I only had a couple of hours a week to put into adult. Regret it with all my life right now though
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"WTF, on google you can find the answer to every question in human history, EXCEPT how to convert cams..
Its crazy..."
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You are not alone, hehe. I stopped for a little over 2 years and made my money with full-time stock trading and when the stock markets went down the drain I came back...wasted almost 3 valuable years. Not that I don't make money, but I could sit on a huge pile if I wouldn't have stopped back in the golden years.Comment
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so did you ride the concorde between 97-03, or before that?adult changed my life. here's some motivation for you- my rags to riches storyComment
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