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Originally Posted by Nathan
Paul, the first thing that YOU need to do to get even the chance of an answer here is to post how much revenue there was before the internet and back it up...
Once you do that, I'm sure there will be plenty of people happy to back up internet revenue.
Also, I will have to disagree with looking at revenue only. We should be looking at Profit generated from porn, not revenue generated from porn. Since when a market develops, it usually gets cheaper because profit margins are increased.
So the important number is profit, not revenue. But we can do both, not a problem.
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I have answered it and will clearly indicate it again.
10,000 video titles a year, selling 10,000 copies each at $30.
That's all small figures and a low average. Probably just the US would of done that. So add EU and the rest of the world.
Then add softcore videos.
Then add cable.
Then add magazines. Say 300,000 per title per month at $10 and multiply it with every title around the world.
Phone sex was also a big earner. Probably not as big as web cam, but still very big.
It's really all guess work as there has never been solid figures to back it up, just guesswork. Pointing to Private or Wicked turnover and comparing it Manwin's is stupid. They were only producers, not retailers. You have to include retail to get the true value.
As for profit. What do you think is the profit from a $30 join? Compared to a $30 video?
I would say 50% of online porn's turnover goes in generating traffic. And that's probably getting higher as few people join. Unless you're shaving.
50% in traffic, 10% in processing, 5% in hosting, 5% in running the site, 10% in content. That leaves 20% and is probably generous. By the time overheads are included.
The only real clue we have is PLAYBOY bought Adult.com for $9 million. Not a lot of money in the business world and neither online. And they probably wished they hadn't spent that much. Didn't Penthouse buy AFF?
What online company has bought an offline pornographer?
Why didn't Manwin buy up Wicked and only get a deal to market their online side?
Wicked, Private, Evil Angel have a fortune in back catalog content. If online is so successful why hasn't an online company bought them out? According to you online could make a lot of money from the content.
No they buy broke online sites.
