Will the porn industry rebound? If so, how and why?

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Webmaster Army
    Confirmed User
    • Jun 2009
    • 236

    #101
    Originally posted by Barefootsies
    Actually, you have that wrong. Unless you are only referring to the affiliate game.

    Smaller companies, especially niche, can adapt more easily to change. Also do not have a huge overhead in staff, content, 100 sites, and so forth to keep up with. Smaller companies will survive, and the monoliths will either merge (i.e. get bigger), or go out of business.

    However, for those who merge and do not invest in new technology or consumer tailored content will fail as well. They may pull out another few years, but no reinvestment, and they will be gone as well.

    The days of buying a company just for their porn library so you can re-run it on your sites (assuming people have not seen it) is over. You need to invest in consumer driven content, and provide it to them in a delivery system they prefer at a cost they are willing to pay.

    See Playboy.
    Solo Girl Sponsors - Contact Me For Affordable Promo
    ICQ: 597472742

    Comment

    • Barefootsies
      Choice is an Illusion
      • Feb 2005
      • 42635

      #102
      Originally posted by Webmaster Army
      See Playboy.
      No need.

      Should You Email Your Members?

      Link1 | Link2 | Link3

      Enough Said.

      "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

      Comment

      • GonZo
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2002
        • 3180

        #103
        Originally posted by leg4
        No...

        It can't...

        The idea that porn should be free.... is in the mind of the world now.
        Following that logic the industry never would have got off the ground.
        Ever hear of newsgroups and binaries? They were around much earlier on than html markup or spyglass.

        You could get an account with uunet... import the messages into a BBS and run a utility to flip them into pictures instead of 7 bit code.

        McHenry's, Rusty and Edies and even GonZoland was doing this in the mid 80s... not the late 90s.

        I know this evolved to early paysite owners when a scanner cost 10K . . . and to get less than what we would call a nice high res picture these days a Crossfiled scanner cost close to a cool mill.
        Last edited by GonZo; 06-07-2009, 12:23 PM.
        Assclown Bob Rice wants to BANG your credit card!
        "I am putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage."
        All the information above is my personal opinion.

        Comment

        • greatscot
          Registered User
          • Sep 2004
          • 14

          #104
          Rubbish Porn Sites

          The only way the porn industry is going to improve
          and affiliates start to make some proper money
          is to get rid of the vast majority of crap sites out
          there. The reason affiliates earnings are falling is
          because the product ie the websites are usually rubbish.
          Most of the site owners who post messages on this
          forum seem to own poor sites. Poor design , poor graphics ,
          old/tired models and the overwhelming attitude of treating
          the surfer like a complete moron. A classic example is Score.com
          who's photographers wouldn't know how to make a pretty girl
          even sexier if you paid them double the money. A case in point
          is Linsey Dawn McKenzie. A sexy girl with a great pair of tits
          but ruined by working with Score. And that sites not alone in
          the rubbish stakes. There are plenty more out there. But compare
          that to the guy that runs Milena Velba and Nadine Jansen's websites.
          They are proper classy big boob websites worth every dollar of a
          surfers money. So until the old school buck up their ideas and
          make decent sites i'm afraid the surfer is going to continue to
          be very disappointed.

          Comment

          • MaDalton
            I am Amazing Content!
            • Feb 2004
            • 39865

            #105
            Originally posted by RadicalSights
            one of my clients is launching a brand new company/program this summer and they are shooting all their own content and focusing on very high def quality / exclusive... and movies produce like real movies... not just straight up porn..
            you can still make money if you have the quality.
            you ever heard of Pink TV?
            AmazingContent.com - providing only the best content and service since 2003
            Monetize your content on Veegaz.com - one of Germanies largest VOD sites
            Got German traffic? We convert it into money for you!
            Email: oltecconsult [at] gmail [dot] com

            Comment

            • JFK
              FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
              • Jan 2002
              • 67369

              #106
              Originally posted by MaDalton
              you ever heard of Pink TV?
              I have

              FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX
              For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

              Comment

              • PornNewz
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2008
                • 851

                #107
                Originally posted by MaDalton
                you ever heard of Pink TV?
                Pornnewz.com

                PR Round up, No one is safe!

                Comment

                • BVF
                  Black Vagina Finder
                  • Jan 2002
                  • 13975

                  #108
                  Originally posted by greatscot
                  The only way the porn industry is going to improve
                  and affiliates start to make some proper money.
                  Unfortunately, those are two mutually exclusive situations.

                  Black Pussy
                  Click On Mr Cosby..CCbill, 60/40, 136 FHG's....The Cos Loves Black Ghetto Pussy!!

                  Comment

                  • Paul Markham
                    Too old to care
                    • Jun 2001
                    • 52942

                    #109
                    Originally posted by greatscot
                    The only way the porn industry is going to improve
                    and affiliates start to make some proper money
                    is to get rid of the vast majority of crap sites out
                    there. The reason affiliates earnings are falling is
                    because the product ie the websites are usually rubbish.
                    Most of the site owners who post messages on this
                    forum seem to own poor sites. Poor design , poor graphics ,
                    old/tired models and the overwhelming attitude of treating
                    the surfer like a complete moron. A classic example is Score.com
                    who's photographers wouldn't know how to make a pretty girl
                    even sexier if you paid them double the money. A case in point
                    is Linsey Dawn McKenzie. A sexy girl with a great pair of tits
                    but ruined by working with Score. And that sites not alone in
                    the rubbish stakes. There are plenty more out there. But compare
                    that to the guy that runs Milena Velba and Nadine Jansen's websites.
                    They are proper classy big boob websites worth every dollar of a
                    surfers money. So until the old school buck up their ideas and
                    make decent sites i'm afraid the surfer is going to continue to
                    be very disappointed.
                    I was totally agreeing with you until I read your comments about Linsey Dawn McKenzie.

                    I know her, know the Score Group who shot her in the UK and know the money everyone made. For a girl shot so badly a lot of people made a fortune. Including David Sullivan. And probably still making money today out of her.

                    The reason they all made so much money was people were prepared to invest in content in those days.

                    But it's interesting what you say about about the content of most sites. Just got it wrong about Linsey Dawn McKenzie.



                    Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500.
                    PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70

                    Comment

                    • Paul Markham
                      Too old to care
                      • Jun 2001
                      • 52942

                      #110
                      Originally posted by RadicalSights
                      one of my clients is launching a brand new company/program this summer and they are shooting all their own content and focusing on very high def quality / exclusive... and movies produce like real movies... not just straight up porn..
                      you can still make money if you have the quality.
                      When will people understand it is not about own content, high def quality / exclusive... and movies produce like real movies ?

                      It's about shooting something that captures the buyers imagination enough to get him to buy.

                      Private went that route and did it even more than Pink TV, did not work.

                      If I was well, I could shoot a great porn scene using my phone, so can other people and one of the reasons we are in the situation we are today (Internet, DVD and cable) is we went the route your friend is going and Pink TV and thought we could market the hell out of it and make it work.

                      Welcome to the result.



                      Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500.
                      PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70

                      Comment

                      • Emma
                        Confirmed User
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 2288

                        #111
                        Originally posted by Rochard
                        Our industry has died because right down is a bad time for everyone. People are loosing their jobs, their houses, and their cars..... They can't afford $20 for porn.
                        so,why you are still in porn?

                        $250 welcome bonus!

                        Comment

                        • RadicalSights
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 1595

                          #112
                          {I Love The Yayo}


                          This guy reminds of an idiot over at justblowme.. I think it's the same guy

                          Comment

                          • RadicalSights
                            So Fucking Banned
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 1595

                            #113
                            Originally posted by Webmaster Army
                            I'll help with the conversion discussion!

                            Good conversions by year:

                            1999 - 1:5
                            2000 - 1:8
                            2001 - 1:15
                            2002 - 1:50
                            2003 - 1:80
                            2004 - 1:150
                            2005 - 1:200
                            2006 - 1:260
                            2007 - 1:300
                            2008 - 1:400
                            2009 - 1:500


                            Comment

                            • I Love The Yayo
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 236

                              #114
                              Originally posted by RadicalSights
                              {I Love The Yayo}


                              This guy reminds of an idiot over at justblowme.. I think it's the same guy
                              You remind me of that total fucking imbecile over at JBM. I bet you're the same guy.

                              Comment

                              • Manowar
                                jellyfish  
                                • Dec 2003
                                • 71528

                                #115
                                Originally posted by Webmaster Army
                                I'll help with the conversion discussion!

                                Good conversions by year:

                                1999 - 1:5
                                2000 - 1:8
                                2001 - 1:15
                                2002 - 1:50
                                2003 - 1:80
                                2004 - 1:150
                                2005 - 1:200
                                2006 - 1:260
                                2007 - 1:300
                                2008 - 1:400
                                2009 - 1:500

                                depressingly fucking true

                                Comment

                                • I Love The Yayo
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Jul 2007
                                  • 236

                                  #116
                                  Originally posted by RadicalSights
                                  {I Love The Yayo}


                                  This guy reminds of an idiot over at justblowme.. I think it's the same guy
                                  Ahaha yeah now i remember. You, just like some idiots in this thread, started crying real bad about how the industry is dead and how there is no more money to be made. You ofcourse wanted to hear the same from everyone else but it turned out that many people make loads of money including me and you got totally pissed off

                                  All you broke losers are the same. You want to hear the industry is dead so it would make you feel better. When people tell you there's actually plenty of money to be made you get all upset and start attacking those people

                                  Same story over and over again. You started calling me an idiot while i'm the one making money and you start threads about how broke you are

                                  Funny shit.

                                  Comment

                                  • I Love The Yayo
                                    So Fucking Banned
                                    • Jul 2007
                                    • 236

                                    #117
                                    Originally posted by Manowar
                                    depressingly fucking true
                                    What is the problem exactly? There are also a billion more people on the internet today.

                                    Comment

                                    • greatscot
                                      Registered User
                                      • Sep 2004
                                      • 14

                                      #118
                                      Linsey Dawn McKenzie

                                      Originally posted by Paul Markham
                                      I was totally agreeing with you until I read your comments about Linsey Dawn McKenzie.

                                      But it's interesting what you say about about the content of most sites. Just got it wrong about Linsey Dawn McKenzie.

                                      I didn't mean financially Paul I was just referring to
                                      the poor quality of her photos . I would love to see
                                      her get her pics taken by a good photographer .



                                      Cheers

                                      G

                                      Comment

                                      • I Love The Yayo
                                        So Fucking Banned
                                        • Jul 2007
                                        • 236

                                        #119
                                        Originally posted by Paul Markham
                                        When will people understand it is not about own content, high def quality / exclusive... and movies produce like real movies ?

                                        It's about shooting something that captures the buyers imagination enough to get him to buy.

                                        Private went that route and did it even more than Pink TV, did not work.

                                        If I was well, I could shoot a great porn scene using my phone, so can other people and one of the reasons we are in the situation we are today (Internet, DVD and cable) is we went the route your friend is going and Pink TV and thought we could market the hell out of it and make it work.

                                        Welcome to the result.
                                        You forgot to mention the magic join links.

                                        Comment

                                        • SomeCreep
                                          :glugglug
                                          • Mar 2003
                                          • 26118

                                          #120
                                          Cyclical rebound? Sure. Secular rebound? No.

                                          Webair Hosting

                                          I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

                                          Comment

                                          • Doctor Feelgood
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Nov 2005
                                            • 2112

                                            #121
                                            Originally posted by Barefootsies
                                            Actually, you have that wrong. Unless you are only referring to the affiliate game.

                                            Smaller companies, especially niche, can adapt more easily to change. Also do not have a huge overhead in staff, content, 100 sites, and so forth to keep up with. Smaller companies will survive, and the monoliths will either merge (i.e. get bigger), or go out of business.

                                            However, for those who merge and do not invest in new technology or consumer tailored content will fail as well. They may pull out another few years, but no reinvestment, and they will be gone as well.

                                            The days of buying a company just for their porn library so you can re-run it on your sites (assuming people have not seen it) is over. You need to invest in consumer driven content, and provide it to them in a delivery system they prefer at a cost they are willing to pay.

                                            i was referring to affiliates

                                            Comment

                                            • Barefootsies
                                              Choice is an Illusion
                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 42635

                                              #122
                                              Originally posted by Doctor Feelgood
                                              i was referring to affiliates
                                              Unless you are only referring to the affiliate game.
                                              Should You Email Your Members?

                                              Link1 | Link2 | Link3

                                              Enough Said.

                                              "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

                                              Comment

                                              • Paul Markham
                                                Too old to care
                                                • Jun 2001
                                                • 52942

                                                #123
                                                Originally posted by greatscot
                                                I didn't mean financially Paul I was just referring to
                                                the poor quality of her photos . I would love to see
                                                her get her pics taken by a good photographer .

                                                Cheers

                                                G
                                                She was signed up on an exclusive contract to Score. Not Penthouse level shooters, but not bad.

                                                Do you know what the biggest shame is about the porn industry today?

                                                If she was around today she would be earning more doing strip a grams than modeling for mags or sites assuming she did not do hard core for one of the big DVD producers like Vivid. A great girl who sold in bucket loads, today would earn more turning up at stag parties and stripping.



                                                Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500.
                                                PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70

                                                Comment

                                                • Tjun
                                                  Registered User
                                                  • Jul 2005
                                                  • 87

                                                  #124
                                                  I been doing this business since 1999 and the only thing that never has changed in this business is "the sky is falling down" theory. I remember free sites was the killer, then TGP, then TGP2, then MGP. Its all blah blah just focus on getting your audience

                                                  Comment

                                                  • Tjun
                                                    Registered User
                                                    • Jul 2005
                                                    • 87

                                                    #125
                                                    http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

                                                    internet usage also has grown with 400% since 2000

                                                    Comment

                                                    • Due
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Mar 2001
                                                      • 3620

                                                      #126
                                                      Originally posted by Barefootsies
                                                      You need to invest in consumer driven content, and provide it to them in a delivery system they prefer at a cost they are willing to pay.

                                                      It all sounds great saying those fine words, but fact is if you are creative and dedicated you can sell shit in a public toilet, you just have to make it look nice

                                                      And porn is somewhat easier to sell since it looks nicer
                                                      I buy plugs
                                                      Skype: Due_Global
                                                      /Due

                                                      Comment

                                                      • teomaxxx
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • May 2003
                                                        • 2737

                                                        #127
                                                        Originally posted by Tjun
                                                        I been doing this business since 1999 and the only thing that never has changed in this business is "the sky is falling down" theory. I remember free sites was the killer, then TGP, then TGP2, then MGP. Its all blah blah just focus on getting your audience

                                                        the sky isnt falling yet, but something is going wrong :

                                                        1999 - 1:5
                                                        2000 - 1:8
                                                        2001 - 1:15
                                                        2002 - 1:50
                                                        2003 - 1:80
                                                        2004 - 1:150
                                                        2005 - 1:200
                                                        2006 - 1:260
                                                        2007 - 1:300
                                                        2008 - 1:400
                                                        2009 - 1:500
                                                        I know we arent going back to the old times, but it looks like that in few years the great conversion ratio could be something like 1:5-10 0000.
                                                        would be interesting to see how many "adapt or die" people will be here.

                                                        Comment

                                                        Working...