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xenigo · 08-18-2011, 07:26 PM

I kinda feel weird about the state of the industry now. I'm kinda at an impasse with my life. I don't want to continue shooting content. I don't want to continue working with models. There's not a lot of things I consider to be significantly worthwhile anymore.

I started a new mainstream business over a year ago that actually does pretty well from a profitability standpoint but the people I've contracted are retarded incompetent fuckwits who I want to murder.

I want to walk away from adult, but it's hard to walk away from a 10+ year investment. Recruiting models seems to be getting more and more difficult, despite the fact that the economy is supposedly not doing all that well. You'd think it would be the opposite, right?

I've been considering selling my web properties. But I feel like the brands are quite valuable and I'd do far better if I just sunk some time and money into developing them properly.

I see clearly now that the membership-based paysite model is dead, and my traffic and sales have slowly diminished. People have lost interest. Clip stores I believe are the future, but I am having difficulty with formulating a solid strategy for how to obtain the talent I'm seeking. It seems as if the tube sites have such a huge advantage because they've got such a massive captive audience. They're not simply a destination to spend money (paysite, clip store, VOD, etc), they're a destination to surf and therefore have a much tighter grasp on the market and ability to obtain user-generated content.

For the past year of my life I've mostly been contemplating new opportunities, and wondering what I should be doing with my time... But I can only take so many vacations without going insane.

What do you think is the next big money maker?

08-18-2011, 07:26 PM
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	So... what's upcoming in adult? I kinda feel weird about the state of the industry now. I'm kinda at an impasse with my life. I don't want to continue shooting content. I don't want to continue working with models. There's not a lot of things I consider to be significantly worthwhile anymore. I started a new mainstream business over a year ago that actually does pretty well from a profitability standpoint but the people I've contracted are retarded incompetent fuckwits who I want to murder. I want to walk away from adult, but it's hard to walk away from a 10+ year investment. Recruiting models seems to be getting more and more difficult, despite the fact that the economy is supposedly not doing all that well. You'd think it would be the opposite, right? I've been considering selling my web properties. But I feel like the brands are quite valuable and I'd do far better if I just sunk some time and money into developing them properly. I see clearly now that the membership-based paysite model is dead, and my traffic and sales have slowly diminished. People have lost interest. Clip stores I believe are the future, but I am having difficulty with formulating a solid strategy for how to obtain the talent I'm seeking. It seems as if the tube sites have such a huge advantage because they've got such a massive captive audience. They're not simply a destination to spend money (paysite, clip store, VOD, etc), they're a destination to surf and therefore have a much tighter grasp on the market and ability to obtain user-generated content. For the past year of my life I've mostly been contemplating new opportunities, and wondering what I should be doing with my time... But I can only take so many vacations without going insane. What do you think is the next big money maker?