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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
Any industry is what you make of it. You have to try new business models, and innovate. I would say that most of the adult industry has just followed the sheep over the past 5-7 years. Now they are getting slaughtered, which should be the end result.
That said, I agree with you that timing does play a roll to some degree. Adult is still profitable. Around here as an example, $3-5k a month will bring you a decent life. Most of my friends make this, have homes, trucks, boats, and are not struggling. You can achieve this easily online. You just have to work a 8 hour day, 5 days a week (ya know... treat it like a real job).
That being said, I think most of the people I have talked too that are getting out of the game really are just tired of the webmaster grind. The life of a webmaster is the same thing day in and day out. Doing your updates, and so forth. It gets old after a decade. Leaving them to believe the grass is greener.
As you get older, you priorities change. Whether with a family and kids, or you no longer like to ride the ups and downs of working for yourself, the economy, the industry, and alike. Some just want health benefits, and a pay check. No skin in the game. No risk. No thinking required.
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All very good points. I still do alright with my adult projects and I earn a living, but it's a far cry from what it used to be. It's hard to see a catalyst on the horizon that will turn things around, too.
I think the grind is a lot more appealing when you know you're going to see good results. There's a breakeven point in each day. So when you can make your daily nut in 1-2 hours and worked 10, you were doing well. But now that you have to put in 6+ hours a day to get the same results, there's not a lot of room for growth, and you're not as excited to do the work.
One of the real bonuses of riding this out maybe a bit longer than I should was family for sure. This allowed me to stay home with my kid from birth to first day of school, month long trips to Mexico where my wife is from for him every year, sometimes more than once. Will be hard to give those things up.
Maybe I'll learn some new skills, set some new positive routines and get back to my own thing one day.