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Originally posted by stocktrader23
Funny you mention that because the same ones that are bitching about too much free porn are usually the ones that say a paysite will never sell for that much etc. When I got online $10 to $20 was the norm. I'm sure the same discussions went on about charging $40 but amazingly a ton of programs do it.
So keep whining about profits, competition, etc. Someone that is more worried about running their business good will pass you up and kill your profits. Personally I love competition. Gives me something to shoot for.
If this were a local business I could see the point behind it but with hundreds of millions of people in the customer base with a product that people CAN'T get enough of there are no worries.
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you just don't get it do you? there's only so much money in an industry and if there's more growth in the number of new businesses in an industry and it outpaces revenue growth, the result is less money per company. look at the changes over the past few years. tons of programs now offer free hosted galleries, they need more content or exclusive content and they still don't retain like they did in the past. it cuts down on profits no matter how you look at it. if you do come out with something new, within 3 months 20 people have copied your idea in one form or another.
there aren't really concrete numbers for the online adult industry. a few years ago research firms were expecting adult sales to slow from the growth of the late 90's. i believe the growth rate has been slowing down since the late 90's. since that time the number of people in this business has grown dramatically. now if you don't think that doesn't cut down on profits then you really shouldn't be discussing this issue because you don't have a clue.