Getting Analytical: How much are you really making in adult?
Another thread got me thinking about this.
While this can be applied to anyone in the biz, lets first take a look at people who have been around for 10 - 15 years, more or less since the 97 when i came into the scene.
Back in 97 payouts were roughly the same as today.
For example: Gamma was paying around 25-30pps as was Hpic and many others in the late 90's, and many had bonus deals going on as well (i can recall gamma was dishing out 2k prize a month for most signs sent which is pretty huge)
Today it's still around that same number for standard pps, i'd say 30-35 dollars is the norm now, but not a huge difference, as the membership cost for adult sites has not increased dramatically, still hovering around 20 - 30 bucks a month from what i see, and many have dropped their monthly prices.
Back in the late 90's hosting for adult was far more expensive to the tune of about 5x more expensive with less to offer of course.
Content was more expensive, not sure how much more, perhaps a content provider can shed light on this with a percentage decrease since 97.
I believe domain names were around the same, i dont think that has undergone a significant change in price.
Today for affiliates and paysite owners you can easily calculate how much you are actually making by adding these factors (net before taxes)-
hosting-
content-
domains-
design work-
internet service-
legal/accounting-
But it gets far more difficult trying to figure out how much more or less you are really making with adjusted cost of living, because while certain things have not changed much, others have significantly decreased or increased in this time frame of 10 to 15 years.
If you are self employed in this biz you know what i am talking about. How many people factor in adjusted cost of living every year to the money they make?
Affiliates-
Paysite Owners-
Content Makers/Suppliers-
Web Hosting Companies-
And many will say things are far worse and adult is dying etc., but thats not true. Adult is changing, but its here to stay.
What i'm getting at is how the online industry has monetarily adjusted in a large span of time, from affiliates to paysite owners to content suppliers etc....
in this biz 10 to 15 years is a long time;)
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