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  • AOLGuy
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2002
    • 1261

    #1

    Biggest Moneymakers of the Past?

    What sponsors, sites, or methods USED to make you a shitload of cash.

    I always enjoy stories from the 97 era--what were the best ways to make cash that no longer work? Why did they get phased out? Who shut it all down?
  • juicylinks
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 122992

    #2
    Posting a picture of my cock on the web and asking for donations

    I made 6 million that year

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    • Tipsy
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 6989

      #3
      Bring back the high paying pay per search days.
      Ignorance is never bliss.

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      • rooster
        Confirmed User
        • Jan 2003
        • 2384

        #4
        back before there was all the tgps, and filesharing shit, I would get one signup after another with maxcash. Back then 25 bucks per free trial. And back then there wasnt all that scrubbing and fudging by the processors.
        Ever notice that pretty much everything added to the Constitution after the original was a mistake.

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        • AOLGuy
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2002
          • 1261

          #5
          man, I should have started my first site in the newsgroup days.

          sad thing is, I spent A LOT on porn from 96-2001...

          I consider it my education - beats going to college.

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          • Wizzo
            2011 GFY Hall of Fame!
            • Nov 2000
            • 15224

            #6
            When Maxcash put the Houston500 on Kara's, it was worth anywhere from 50-100 signups a day from TGP traffic....Of course I think there was only 30 ot so TGPs on the net...lol But those were some sweet ass paychecks....
            Looking for Opportunity!

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            • Eric
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2000
              • 8818

              #7
              Cyberthrill.... All thanks to a little web page with a story about a girl with Cancer and a link to Cyberthrill on it that said "webmasters make .20 cents a click" Never saw a dime from those fuckers but that is how I got my start.
              No One

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              • AOLGuy
                Confirmed User
                • Oct 2002
                • 1261

                #8
                I used to have Cyberthrill banners on my Ron Jeremy fanpage.

                I made A LOT and never got a fucking dime. So I never made shit, actually.

                Sigh, one small banner back then used to make me a few hundred every other month or so... and I had zero clue what I was doing.

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                • Scoobs
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2001
                  • 492

                  #9
                  Back in '97 I started the 2nd online gambling portal ever... You wanna talk about sweet dollars?... That thing went mad and then I sold it in '99...

                  I remember doing some porn at the time and I made some cash with a sponsor I don't even remember anymore, but it had something to do with a pig... does anyone know what I am talking about?

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                  • [Labret]
                    Registered User
                    • May 2001
                    • 10945

                    #10
                    Originally posted by AKFK
                    beats going to college.
                    There is something you dont hear everyday.

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                    • freeones
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 3406

                      #11
                      strange I also never got paid by Cyberthrill
                      They still owe me $70

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                      • Eric
                        Confirmed User
                        • Dec 2000
                        • 8818

                        #12
                        Originally posted by freeones
                        strange I also never got paid by Cyberthrill
                        They still owe me $70

                        I think their min payout is 100 bucks.
                        No One

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                        • AOLGuy
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 1261

                          #13
                          Cyberthrill never paid anyone.

                          And if you gambled on their site and won, you got some email saying you were being looked at for suspicious activity! They would never pay anyone, and owed many webmasters and gamblers cash.

                          Anyone ever track them down or resolve it? I believe they were in some other country, and seemed untouchable.

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                          • [Labret]
                            Registered User
                            • May 2001
                            • 10945

                            #14
                            I made thousands off Cyberthrill... then they just stopped paying one week. Was awesome while it lasted.

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                            • Dawgy
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2001
                              • 5856

                              #15
                              Originally posted by juicylinks
                              Posting a picture of my cock on the web and asking for donations

                              I made 6 million that year
                              pesos dont count.
                              the revolution is coming.

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                              • Maqua
                                E.M.O
                                • Jan 2001
                                • 2031

                                #16
                                The old UltraCash days were good when they only had Ultrateen and were paying approx 55$ then 50$ then 45$ per sale and then someone turned to religion and they were gone, hmmm that was about 5 years a go I think
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                                • Wizzo
                                  2011 GFY Hall of Fame!
                                  • Nov 2000
                                  • 15224

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Scoobs


                                  I remember doing some porn at the time and I made some cash with a sponsor I don't even remember anymore, but it had something to do with a pig... does anyone know what I am talking about?
                                  Don't remember the pig, but I do remember RawLikeSushi which was a sweet ass proggy....Kinda like it's owner...Sweet Ass 12clicks
                                  Looking for Opportunity!

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                                  • Jer
                                    God is Brazilian
                                    • Feb 2001
                                    • 10601

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by AKFK
                                    Cyberthrill never paid anyone.
                                    That's not true. I got a $40 check from them and I still have the scanned check somewhere. They didn't pay me the others $500, but I got this $40 check from them. It was very funny.

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                                    • Snapper
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Apr 2002
                                      • 409

                                      #19
                                      I used to make good money from ifriends, but my traffic doesn't convert as well with them anymore.
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                                      • Zebra
                                        Banned from Kimmy's couch
                                        • Oct 2001
                                        • 5091

                                        #20
                                        back in '97 I made a killing with Babylon-x with my Yahoo Celeb traffic!
                                        Old School

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                                        • Jer
                                          God is Brazilian
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 10601

                                          #21
                                          I was making some nice money with bimbocash.com

                                          and with stiffycash in the first 2 or 3 months... but they closed my account saying like too many chargebacks, too many refunds or something like that. They closed my friend's account for the same reason. I never got my last pay period check from them. But the others were sweet.

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                                          • Massivecock
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Mar 2002
                                            • 800

                                            #22
                                            Cyberthrill - scammed Lots of money really fast!
                                            Xpics - Biggest Ever money program!
                                            Babylon X - Still large!
                                            Intergal ( First Spy cam sites Ever ) - Made a Killing!
                                            Max Cash (1999 - 2001) - Obscene amounts of money.
                                            Wired Solutions - Wow! - Low key but racking in the Doe!
                                            Babenet - Used to Be Monsterous...not sure how they are now.
                                            Easynews.com - Still Crazy big!
                                            Pictureview.com - used to be big .. not sure now.

                                            And the Winner is! Ta Da!

                                            Ifriends.net - The Undisputed Kings of Internet Porn Money Making. - No one even comes close! If anyone remembers they use to run Amateur Hardcore, a Truly huge site.

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                                            • D-man
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2001
                                              • 1291

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Massivecock
                                              Cyberthrill - scammed Lots of money really fast!
                                              Xpics - Biggest Ever money program!
                                              Babylon X - Still large!
                                              Intergal ( First Spy cam sites Ever ) - Made a Killing!
                                              Max Cash (1999 - 2001) - Obscene amounts of money.
                                              Wired Solutions - Wow! - Low key but racking in the Doe!
                                              Babenet - Used to Be Monsterous...not sure how they are now.
                                              Easynews.com - Still Crazy big!
                                              Pictureview.com - used to be big .. not sure now.

                                              And the Winner is! Ta Da!

                                              Ifriends.net - The Undisputed Kings of Internet Porn Money Making. - No one even comes close! If anyone remembers they use to run Amateur Hardcore, a Truly huge site.
                                              what about X-pics - in the day x-pics paid 25 cents a click and Babylon per click - When Persian Kitty was put on the map by Amateur Hardcore - oh yes the good old days - I paid my rent in Vegas for 3 years off i-friends

                                              My favorite day was the look on the bank cashiers face when she saw I was cashing a $4,000 check from Fuck Productions - anyone rember who ran that one?

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                                              • Pipecrew
                                                Master of Gfy.com
                                                • Feb 2002
                                                • 14888

                                                #24
                                                I just registered and sold good domain names back when they were much more expensive All was fun till I got sued

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                                                • Yassi
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Sep 2002
                                                  • 136

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Wizzo


                                                  Don't remember the pig, but I do remember RawLikeSushi which was a sweet ass proggy....Kinda like it's owner...Sweet Ass 12clicks

                                                  ahhhh rawlikesushi.com

                                                  It was from rawlikesuhi.com that i got my first paycheck from the porn industry in 1999
                                                  Before that I was fucked by Cyberthrill which owed me $250
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                                                  • AOLGuy
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                    • 1261

                                                    #26
                                                    correction - seems like CyberThrill paid if it was under $40.



                                                    There are some great messages if you do a google search for them - disgruntled warez webmasters.

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                                                    • 12clicks
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                      • 19813

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Wizzo




                                                      Don't remember the pig, but I do remember RawLikeSushi which was a sweet ass proggy....Kinda like it's owner...Sweet Ass 12clicks



                                                      Originally posted by Yassi



                                                      ahhhh rawlikesushi.com

                                                      It was from rawlikesuhi.com that i got my first paycheck from the porn industry in 1999
                                                      Before that I was fucked by Cyberthrill which owed me $250
                                                      Ah, it brings a tear to the eye.

                                                      I'll have to drag out some old worn out stories of my early days.
                                                      I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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                                                      • stfu_Dave
                                                        Registered User
                                                        • Oct 2002
                                                        • 30

                                                        #28
                                                        Xpics: got me into this biz, money never came so easy....
                                                        Maxcash: When maxcash first started, money with them was like water, turn the tap on and it flowed for a long time without even lifting a finger...

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                                                        • Backov
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                          • 1600

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by 12clicks


                                                          Ah, it brings a tear to the eye.

                                                          I'll have to drag out some old worn out stories of my early days.
                                                          We wanted to get that domain for our new thing, but Kimmy thought you might actually want something for it. ;>

                                                          It doesn't fit the program at all, but I do like sushi.

                                                          Cheers,
                                                          Backov
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                                                          • magicmike
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Feb 2003
                                                            • 2384

                                                            #30
                                                            On both Adult and non Adult:

                                                            I remember getting good free Yahoo listings

                                                            I remember when Microsoft clicktrade was paying for hits to expedia etc, for 25 cents a click.

                                                            I remember when there was nudity/sex all over the big tradshows / IA2000's... then the pasties came.

                                                            I remember when a dmoz listing was good [aol,netscape,etc]

                                                            I remember when there were fewer webmasters.


                                                            There are a lot more people that know how to make $$ on the internet these days.
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                                                            • Nick
                                                              Registered User
                                                              • Jan 2001
                                                              • 259

                                                              #31
                                                              A good way to detect an industry veteran is by mentioning Xpics.. If they don't get an instant hardon they're a newbie...

                                                              My formula was:
                                                              Xpics + "No Credit Card Required" blind links + easy top listings..

                                                              ahh.. the good old days...
                                                              Riverside Digital was the only online content dealer.
                                                              FrontPage was in it's infancy.
                                                              Domains were $100 each, but with Xpics no one gave a fuck..
                                                              Tits.com, Fuck.com etc. were available. But banned..

                                                              Anyone remember when you couldn't register 'vulgar' domain names? Those fuckers at Internic had first crack at them when they became available..

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                                                              • AOLGuy
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Oct 2002
                                                                • 1261

                                                                #32
                                                                I will say that I set up a GammaCash free site when I first started a year ago, and it has made like $60 for 5 minutes work I forgot about. I think a rebill is still active on it, too.

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                                                                • jim manly
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                  • 605

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by AKFK
                                                                  Cyberthrill never paid anyone.

                                                                  And if you gambled on their site and won, you got some email saying you were being looked at for suspicious activity! They would never pay anyone, and owed many webmasters and gamblers cash.

                                                                  Anyone ever track them down or resolve it? I believe they were in some other country, and seemed untouchable.
                                                                  Actually it was resolved a group of hackers took it down
                                                                  Here is the info http://www.hackology.com/projects/cy...ll/ginfo.shtml

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                                                                  • harvey
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Jul 2001
                                                                    • 9266

                                                                    #34
                                                                    beat this: in 1998 I got a 33,333 prize from UltraCash. Best thing is that I weren't aware of that, the winner was some cheater, they found it and then they took another winner and it was me. Imagine when I got this phone call telling me I won $33,333

                                                                    As for the money makers, my biggest one was Intergal, too bad they didn't pay (they had the most idiotic excuse ever: wire transfers were lost! ). They still owe me $14,000. XPics was grrrreat! 20 cents for a blind link! I also did some good money with PornFun, MaximumCash and TrafficCash Gold, each cheque no less than $2000 Give me those times back!
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                                                                    • KRL
                                                                      Entrepreneur
                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                      • 31429

                                                                      #35
                                                                      AH

                                                                      était le mien, une fois, vendu lui . . .


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                                                                      • kevinl
                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                        • Apr 2002
                                                                        • 261

                                                                        #36
                                                                        When I started out I built sites after work for a few hours each night. About 3 months after starting I was pulling a thousand a week from Max Cash. Damn I miss that.
                                                                        kevinl

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                                                                        • AOLGuy
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                                          • 1261

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by harvey
                                                                          beat this: in 1998 I got a 33,333 prize from UltraCash. Best thing is that I weren't aware of that, the winner was some cheater, they found it and then they took another winner and it was me. Imagine when I got this phone call telling me I won $33,333

                                                                          As for the money makers, my biggest one was Intergal, too bad they didn't pay (they had the most idiotic excuse ever: wire transfers were lost! ). They still owe me $14,000. XPics was grrrreat! 20 cents for a blind link! I also did some good money with PornFun, MaximumCash and TrafficCash Gold, each cheque no less than $2000 Give me those times back!
                                                                          tough to beat, i will settle for being the millionth post here.

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                                                                          • SykkBoy2
                                                                            Jesus loves bacon
                                                                            • Feb 2001
                                                                            • 19969

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Fuck, I remember the days of submitting a gallery or two every day to Adult Buffet and the other Buffet Family and Porn Lords sites and making $1K per week (still working a day job too).
                                                                            Support my new movie “The Second Coming”

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                                                                            • docomofo
                                                                              Registered User
                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                              • 71

                                                                              #39
                                                                              this may be WAY old but i used to make bank w/intergals impression program.

                                                                              Of course this was when you had to work to NOT make money with traffic....

                                                                              ahhhh the good old days.......

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                                                                              • bignosejimmy
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Oct 2002
                                                                                • 136

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Used to make $30,000/month with cybererotica alone back in the DMR days. Xpics, Virtualynx and a couple of others were also quite huge. All traffic came from avs traffic. That was a time when you could barely lift a finger and make a few grand. As I look back I regret that I didn't work harder at it back then. I think I only worked about an hour a day. If only I would have put in the same hours back then that I do now.....oh well!
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                                                                                • Gman.357
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                                  • 2796

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Intergal ( First Spy cam sites Ever ) - Made a Killing!
                                                                                  Incorrect.

                                                                                  The first spy cam paysite ever was SneakyPeeks.com

                                                                                  They didn't have a revshare proggie though... they paid flat fee on a selective basis.


                                                                                  Ouch.

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                                                                                  • Dax
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • Apr 2002
                                                                                    • 3161

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    oh man.. the site i loved for a looong time

                                                                                    busty-amateurs.com

                                                                                    Made me money and got a free membership to it

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                                                                                    • UnseenWorld
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • May 2001
                                                                                      • 5279

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by D-man


                                                                                      what about X-pics - in the day x-pics paid 25 cents a click and Babylon per click - When Persian Kitty was put on the map by Amateur Hardcore - oh yes the good old days - I paid my rent in Vegas for 3 years off i-friends

                                                                                      My favorite day was the look on the bank cashiers face when she saw I was cashing a $4,000 check from Fuck Productions - anyone rember who ran that one?
                                                                                      There may have been special promo days when they paid $.25 a click-through, but $.12 or $.13 was a bit more normal. Even so, it was good money. It was a snap to get traffic to a site then, too. Many a person who couldn't market their way out of a paper bag were making hundreds of dollars a week back then, and those with real talent were pulling in thousands.

                                                                                      And before anybody tries to run any bullshit past me about XPics, I should tell you I worked for them for a few weeks as a webmaster relations guy. And that was after I'd been one of their webmasters (promoting them) for about a year.

                                                                                      As it turned out, it was all smoke and mirrors and the gov't shut them down. They made their money by making it easy to join their sites and difficult to cancel,
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                                                                                      • AOLGuy
                                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                                        • Oct 2002
                                                                                        • 1261

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        what made busty-amateurs so good?

                                                                                        I keep seeing it referred to... don't think I ever saw it as a surfer...

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                                                                                        • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                                          • 40377

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by juicylinks
                                                                                          Posting a picture of my cock on the web and asking for donations
                                                                                          for penis pills ?
                                                                                          I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                          • Gman.357
                                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                                            • Oct 2002
                                                                                            • 2796

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by AKFK
                                                                                            what made busty-amateurs so good?

                                                                                            I keep seeing it referred to... don't think I ever saw it as a surfer...
                                                                                            They were the first to let pple who advertise them get free access to the member's area and use their content for promotion.

                                                                                            Ouch.

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                                                                                            • bikinihouse
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                                              • 843

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              I was getting $2.00 per UNCONFIRMED email address 2 years ago...

                                                                                              If I could get that today, I swear, I'd be richer then all you guys!

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                                                                                              • Gasper

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                well .. some 3 or 4 years ago i opened an free website account at sexshare.com and then it was a month after that and i was recieving like 1200 uniques per day and earning 3 or 4 bucks a day with it .. the sponsor was maximumcash or something .. (i don't really remember the name) ... Well... sexshare.com then closed my website (maybe because i was burning 2 much bandwidth) so i ended my adult webmaster career. But now I'm back again...

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                                                                                                • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                                  • 40377

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by novaknet
                                                                                                  well .. some 3 or 4 years ago i opened an free website account at sexshare.com and then it was a month after that and i was recieving like 1200 uniques per day and earning 3 or 4 bucks a day with it .. the sponsor was maximumcash or something .. (i don't really remember the name) ... Well... sexshare.com then closed my website (maybe because i was burning 2 much bandwidth) so i ended my adult webmaster career. But now I'm back again...
                                                                                                  and you expect that now it's easier ?
                                                                                                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                                  • Gasper

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    i never said it was easy ... and like some said, it's now harder to earn money and to get traffic .. but hey, i like to work hard .. so

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