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Originally Posted by EriktheRabbit
You left out the millions earned by uploading content they do not own.
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Yes, this is why bankers and pension funds purchased these tubes (without tell they done so, or own christian partners may lose reputation) for hundreds of millions. But just saying: the Manwin tubes was previously owned by several different people, then bank / new york investors put on the table money for buy them all, and make scale economy. I think such big buy invest/loan is not got back yet.
I buy ads for cam sites from many years and I remember an ICQ chat with owner of one of big tubes, before that he sold to Manwin, was 2009 or so, and he was clearly saying me he was in paranoia to sell all his ad spots in time for be able to pay the huge hosting bills every month ($100,000+ if I remember). He was selling as spots at $5k to $30k per place, so all site was more than hostin bill of course. But if lame or lazy or unlucky in sell ads even one single month then tube owner ends up broke, this is why they sold, or use big ad networks (you see is same ad networks in all tubes), or do multi-month deals (most those livejasmin popunders are 3+ month deals prepay). Now the hosting bills are cheaper than in 2009, but also sites are buying less the ads because lower sales, so same math; just saying: to make money from stolen content you need constant sale of adverts to casino, cams, "make money secret" or else with no interruption, is no automatic wealth.
Anyway the file locker business more rely on pay accounts than ads, it is perhaps the torrent sites more relying on ads, and got even less hosting bill than tube as torrent is small kb or even use magnet.