I realised from the start this guy was selling something. Opening with some pleasant chat asking how I am, flattering me on my posts, telling me he's a newbie and learning a lot from me and more Blah, Blah. A newbie would be reading all the others telling me how I'm wrong, he wouldn't know how fucked up this business is.
Then he tells me he works for a porn Tube. So I'm thinking, he's not buying content or he would be offering me a price right away or asking for one.
So then he offers me ad space on the Tube site he works for.
I'm not interested in paying a Tube site to rape me. So I say no, politely as I can.
He then offers me a months trial. Paid up front.
I'm still not interested.
He then offers me a weeks trial and eventually 3 days.
I'm smell desperation.
I have realised by now this Tube site is losing advertisers and has space. Newbie guy with not enough sense to know I'm not the guy to ask to advertise on a Tube. He's thrown in the deep end with no training and floundering.
Yes they have space. 15% free space.
So I get the prices and I can see why they have free space. The cost of their advertising is so high. Few will make a profit from it.
Few have made a profit from it and now they have free space. They obviously didn't or they would have a clue how to sell it. Now advertisers have left and they have free space.
Is this a good sign for the future. Will the decline in online sales hit these guys in the pockets?
We can live in hope.