I started with my membership-site a few years ago. Long after what some call the golden years of porn. Recently I launched a new site and will launch another one within a month.
That would be not possible without money coming in... or did you think my bank is funding my porn? Or did you think i'm sucking cock besides the freeway?
So... i don't know how it used to be; don't know how it is to see millions of dollars flying in; don't know how it is to run an office with 20 employees. It also means i never had to fire most of that 20 employees; never got paranoid/depressed from drasticly dropping moneyflow and seeying your bizz going to shit. I started in the "porn is dead" era... so... i started with nothing and only have bizz and opportunities to gain.
I'm not really concerned about people not willing to pay for porn!!!!!! I have great conversions... people still pay for porn. That said... i don't have that much traffic. So... i'm really more concerned about affiliates getting ass-fucked by google and dying out all over the place...
If i want to grow i need new traffic sources... and affiliates having trouble keeping traffic up and gaining new traffic themselfs. All i see are these "looking for ccbill sponsors" threads. It's really sad most affiliates nowadays need ccbill programs only because they send so little traffic they can't afford to have a few bucks sitting in EpochStats waiting till they reach minimum.
So are paysites trending up or down? For me it has everything to do with traffic. I have sales; i have good conversions so if traffic would grow for me the trend would be up!