Overall a good thread
the main point it seems to be:
- sites with certain type and amount of traffic can do money in cams, but most others may have not the type and amount necessary.
- the conversion ratio is less important in cams then the total money made. Unlikely sites with fixed price per user. In fact, even if Paul Markham does not believe it, there are few guys spending thousands dollars alone and for long time (it is always cheaper a real meet then a cam chat, do some research, simply some guy feel guilty or is shy or afraid of virus or whatever and want cams only). So I would talk of total money made than ratio simply.
- most people don't understand why cams sell because they would not buy cams as basically it is not logic or worth (for normal people) to spend lots money in cams. This is why majority of people don't spend in cams, but the minority exists and spend enough.
I would also add that since the world wealth seems to be more and more concentrated to 1% of people where 99% are poor, in all countries, those 1% of people are the whales who spend a lot in cams and they will always exist. So cams suffer less from middle class destruction - esp. I would suggest to raise prices per minute