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Old 05-22-2012, 12:23 AM  
epitome
So Fucking Lame
 
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Not arguing, I believe arguing is when you lose your composure. Its a forum. Its meant for debate. I didn't attack anyone personally. I stated my opinion on what sites make in this niche. Not my problem if owners of sites come in here offended because i have an opinion of their sales levels and its not up to their standards. Since nobody else is honest about their sales, i figured i'd be honest about sales publically and give people more accurate information on a forum so when they use the search function, they can learn something and not have unrealistic expectations. Everybody always says they make a ton, its always a good sale day with people. Im going to state i dont believe thats true. Im never going to claim i know and im not going to write 'IMO' after every single line but i am definitely going to give my opinion. I think this thread had more realistic information than any other thread in recently history and i rather see threads like that.

And I do think i help people out by being honest by not exaggerating, not worrying about my image, and not saying i make millions doing this. For example, if sexypattycake owner wanted to start a new site, possibly before this thread, he might believe all these people claiming they make 15k-20k a month and he could go in with those expectations and end up at a loss. I rather see him go into a new site with a realistic vision and make it - with more realistic expectations, he might do his next project on more of a shoestring budget.

I think giving information and opinions to guys who haven't launched in a while can only benefit them, they dont need to fully believe but the consideration that everybody isn't making a ton helps alot in future decision making. It also helps models with unrealistic expectations, why do you think so many quit after starting a site, i can't count how many times models have been lied to about their potential earnings
While I get what you're saying, I've seen the numbers of quite a few sites (actual numbers from logging into CCBill, etc. to help them) and have found that it's really hard to predict what people are doing. I've seen some sites where they are making good money and it makes absolutely no sense to me. I've seen others where I thought they were bigger but ended up doing nothing like I had them pegged at.

I've seen an Alexa 900k paysite that does better than an Alexa 100k one.

Now I have heard that solo is these days and I imagine it is. A girl can make good money on cam and while in the past she would focus more on her site, these days she's probably more focused on cam.

Just trying to say that it's very hard to judge a book by its cover in this industry.
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