Is the online adult industry going the way of coke/pepsi and energizer/duracell?

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  • StuartD
    Sofa King Band
    • Jul 2002
    • 29903
    #1

    Is the online adult industry going the way of coke/pepsi and energizer/duracell?

    The more you dig into many of the new programs these days, the more you find that they're not new companies, just new programs.

    Many companies are owning 3, 4 or 5+ programs and some even try rather hard to "not tell" anyone that all those programs are under the umbrella of one company.

    Coke and Pepsi basically are the only two soda companies... they just make all the other kinds of pop and bottle water that are out there.

    Energizer and Duracell basically are the only two battery companies, they just make all the other kinds out there that we think are "no name."

    Will the adult industry eventually end up working it's way into 2 or 3 mega companies that own all the rest without us knowing it?
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    • polish_aristocrat
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2002
      • 40377
      #2
      congrats on the nickname change


      ( and now let me read read the post )
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        • Deej
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          • Jun 2005
          • 24386
          #3
          Lord have mercy on our souls, I hope not...

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            • SilentKnight
              Megan Fox's fluffer
              • Oct 2005
              • 24812
              #4
              Naw, I doubt it.

              Nearly anybody has the resources to work at one aspect or another in the adult industry - from home.

              Its a little more difficult to start your own soda factory in the basement, though.

              Sure, the big corps will continue assimilating 'little guys' - but it will never be a total takeover. There's still plenty of adult entrepreneurs floatin' around out there with fresh new ideas, drive and ambition...that enjoy doin' what they do and aren't in it for the corporate buck.

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                • baddog
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 107089
                  #5
                  when did you change your name back?

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                    • baddog
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 107089
                      #6
                      You forgot about 7-UP/Dr Pepper

                      and yes.

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                        • StuartD
                          Sofa King Band
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 29903
                          #7
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          You forgot about 7-UP/Dr Pepper

                          and yes.
                          7up is a pepsi product now, isn't it?
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                            • Jakke PNG
                              ex-TeenGodFather
                              • Nov 2001
                              • 20306
                              #8
                              Originally posted by StuartD
                              7up is a pepsi product now, isn't it?
                              Yeah... 7up to pepsi is the same as sprite is to coke.
                              ..and I'm off.

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                                • StuartD
                                  Sofa King Band
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 29903
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                                  congrats on the nickname change
                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                  when did you change your name back?
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                                    • Manowar
                                      jellyfish  
                                      • Dec 2003
                                      • 71528
                                      #10
                                      are you no longer with nichepay?

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                                        • baddog
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 107089
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by StuartD
                                          7up is a pepsi product now, isn't it?
                                          hmmm, when did that happen?

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                                            • Jakke PNG
                                              ex-TeenGodFather
                                              • Nov 2001
                                              • 20306
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by baddog
                                              hmmm, when did that happen?
                                              I dunno about the US, but in here it's been for as long as I can remember. I don't know whether they have different arrangements in europe/finland (we don't have dr.pepper at all)
                                              ..and I'm off.

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                                                • Meloman
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                  • 1540
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by StuartD
                                                  The more you dig into many of the new programs these days, the more you find that they're not new companies, just new programs.

                                                  Many companies are owning 3, 4 or 5+ programs and some even try rather hard to "not tell" anyone that all those programs are under the umbrella of one company.

                                                  Coke and Pepsi basically are the only two soda companies... they just make all the other kinds of pop and bottle water that are out there.

                                                  Energizer and Duracell basically are the only two battery companies, they just make all the other kinds out there that we think are "no name."

                                                  Will the adult industry eventually end up working it's way into 2 or 3 mega companies that own all the rest without us knowing it?
                                                  I don't think it will shrink down to just 2 or 3....but it's definitely consolidating big time.

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                                                    • kristin
                                                      GOO!
                                                      • Sep 2002
                                                      • 9768
                                                      #14
                                                      Funny comparison ... but yes, it seems that way. I know many larger programs that buy other ones revamp them, give them a new look, more content and bam, more sales. What seems to be happening is they can't get past X number of sales a day and hit that wall so what next? Buy a new program and do above, revamp. Hit that number again, repeat cycle. It's actually easier to start a new affiliate program with new sites and fresh content than to try and get new sales once the program started to die out, or so I've heard. ; ) But sshhh... this is GFY and we are talking business on a Saturday nonetheless!
                                                      Last edited by kristin; 02-18-2006, 11:54 AM.
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                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                          • 35299
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by baddog
                                                          hmmm, when did that happen?
                                                          It did not happen.
                                                          Dr Pepper/7up (Cabury Scweppes) owns the following brands:

                                                          A & W
                                                          Canada dry
                                                          Country time
                                                          Deja blue
                                                          DNL
                                                          Hawaiian punch
                                                          Hired root beer
                                                          Motts
                                                          Raging cow
                                                          RC cola
                                                          Diet rite
                                                          Red fusion
                                                          Schweppes
                                                          Slush puppie
                                                          Snapple
                                                          Squirt
                                                          Sundrop
                                                          Sunkist
                                                          Vernors
                                                          Welchs

                                                          In many areas or regions they have a distribution agreement with Pepsi to allow in certain brands Dr Pepper/7 UP own. Yet in now way here in the US or elsewhere does Pepsi own any of Dr Pepper/7 UP.
                                                          Last edited by After Shock Media; 02-18-2006, 12:02 PM.

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