From wired.com
Full article here http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.02/sex.html
"Welcome to the real world of Internet porn, a market where the easy money has long since been pocketed"
"It's still possible to make a modest income by posting some free pictures and links as part of an affiliate program"
"When we started in late '95, our conversions were about 1 of 20. Now our average is 1 of 200," he says. "If you started now in this business with $5 million and didn't make a single mistake, I still don't know if you'd make it."
"Half of all adult sites gross less than $20,000 a year. Breaking in anywhere in the chain is tough. Going big is almost impossible. "
"Part of the problem, of course, is that few advertisers outside of the porn world want to be associated with the industry. Even companies that supply the business often pretend they don't"
"This has become more like any commodity business - lots of people with similar products," says Talley. "The number of sites has shot up; our conversion rate has stayed flat, but we're putting 10 times as much work into keeping it there."
"It's still possible to make a modest income by posting some free pictures and links as part of an affiliate program"
"When we started in late '95, our conversions were about 1 of 20. Now our average is 1 of 200," he says. "If you started now in this business with $5 million and didn't make a single mistake, I still don't know if you'd make it."
"Half of all adult sites gross less than $20,000 a year. Breaking in anywhere in the chain is tough. Going big is almost impossible. "
"Part of the problem, of course, is that few advertisers outside of the porn world want to be associated with the industry. Even companies that supply the business often pretend they don't"
"This has become more like any commodity business - lots of people with similar products," says Talley. "The number of sites has shot up; our conversion rate has stayed flat, but we're putting 10 times as much work into keeping it there."
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