Originally Posted by Trend

Exactly,

I am no expert on the adult industry. Im a long time ( and still ) suit & tie who decided to dabble back in 2005. I do a lot of work with financial pro forma's and banking... and that I am good at.

I had .. and in many respects still have no idea what people consider solid revenue for sites / companies. I'm just looking at the facts & trends. The facts and trends I'm seeing are daunting.

When you look at the real numbers from 2003-2008 you'll find that these companies had some solo models and or sites that had "x" factor. Those companies, from 2003-2008 were making between 38k - 98k per month gross.

These same companies also had sites that did very little.

Company 1 : 87% of their revenue came from two of the 9 sites.

But as businesses, they are in tight spots today.

Gross Revenue: $28,000ha
- Processing & Fees ha 4, 200
- Affiliate Payout ha ha ha 6,ha300
- Server Costsha ha ha ha ha ha ha 1, 800
- Model / Content Costs ha 6, 400
- Software Licences ha ha ha 500
- Domain Registrations ha ha ha 280
- Business Class Internet ha ha ha 495
- Utilities ha ha ha 425
- Rent ha 1,ha 750
- Marketing ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 1,ha 500
- Line of Creditha ha ha ha 400
- Business Taxes 964

- Leftover for Payroll $2, 986

This is not taking into account any equipment costs (computers, cameras ), travel, trade show registrations etc.