Hi there, I'm Lindo. I am on my thirties, have studied computer science and live in Europe. I've been lurking in the shadows for some time and finally decided to join this community
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First of all, english is not my first language so excuse my spelling mistakes.
I'm introducing myself on Q&A because I have a some questions about my project that I'd like to be adressed about.
I had the idea of making a themed free tube for more than 2 years. Been working on it full time for a couple of months and the site is almost finished, and I have collected enough initial content for the 'release'.
The questions are not about the site itself, I have been in the internet since forever and I'm also tech savvy, I'm pretty confident it will drag enough quality traffic. It's not another shitty out of the box tube, trust me. Let's assume I'm not wrong and it works.
My questions revolve around traffic monetization. If one reads this forum it seems like this kind of bussiness is dead: ads have terrible ratios, networks falsify stats, nobody buys memberships, etc. So it's almost impossible to earn a decent amount of money working on adult.
I have been following the website hornbunny.com as an example of free tube and it may be reflecting this reality. It's traffic peaked at 320k daily uniques, but because of poor maintenance (broken videos, no new content added) it went steadily to the 80k it has today (still falling).
I wonder why the owner don't invest more effort on it's website, I tried to reach him a couple of times but to no avail. Maybe ads don't pay off? Maybe legal problems? If ads are so low-rewarding why not try an alternative? Like having a membership for more than X daily views or having some premium videos (but I suspect this could lead to more legal issues?).
I have been searching on this forum but I coulnd't find any owner or experience of a really successful free tube, that means they don't exist or don't want to be known.
I appreciate anyone bringing light to this subjects, clearing my doubts will surely help me, even tho I will release no matter what. Feel free to reply or PM me, I will be here for any quick clarifications.
