Originally posted by KRL There's a lot of big players and heavy hitters out there nowadays. And a lot of quiet webmasters you don't find on the boards much, nor at the shows, who are making millions playing low key and staying behind the scenes building up site empires.
So who does everyone think is the #1 Richest "Bill Gates" of our industry currently? I can think of about 5 candidates for the top spot, but its hard to say who is truly the wealthiest porn diddy of all.
the question is who is the wealthiest and the richest currently.
do you think the players who started and are still around lost all there money and are poor now?
Originally posted by KRL There's a lot of big players and heavy hitters out there nowadays. And a lot of quiet webmasters you don't find on the boards much, nor at the shows, who are making millions playing low key and staying behind the scenes building up site empires.
So who does everyone think is the #1 Richest "Bill Gates" of our industry currently? I can think of about 5 candidates for the top spot, but its hard to say who is truly the wealthiest porn diddy of all. [/QUOTE
the question is who is the wealthiest and the richest currently.
do you think the players who started and are still around lost all there money and are poor now?
if you actually look at every response i made, starting with the first, you'd see that i qualified everything by saying *currently*.
i agree that this thread COULD have brought up interesting discussions about how ppl made money in this biz, or who was successful/failed for what reasons (i.e. ron levi's wife fiasco)
but instead its just a chance 4 a few ppl to namedrop and pretend they're players
I know the Score Group currently have 20 people working in their Internet division and they do no advertising, do not pay for "Traffic" the content coomes from what they buy for the magazines.
BookPress (17 and Photorama) are also very big.
Hustler are coming up all the time. Again not buying content, just usine what they have.
if you actually look at every response i made, starting with the first, you'd see that i qualified everything by saying *currently*.
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I'm not saying ARS isn't in the top ten right now as far as traffic goes.
but I can name 10 people who are currently wealthier then them from this industry and they are still around making good money.And they will always have more because they started earlier when the profit was high now the margins are alot tighter.
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I'm not saying ARS isn't in the top ten right now as far as traffic goes.
but I can name 10 people who are currently wealthier then them from this industry and they are still around making good money.And they will always have more because they started earlier when the profit was high now the margins are alot tighter.
who has the best conversions right now currently?
I don't think the question was "who has earned the most from this industry"
I think the question was "who do you think is making the most $$$ now"
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Originally posted by KRL There's a lot of big players and heavy hitters out there nowadays. And a lot of quiet webmasters you don't find on the boards much, nor at the shows, who are making millions playing low key and staying behind the scenes building up site empires.
So who does everyone think is the #1 Richest "Bill Gates" of our industry currently? I can think of about 5 candidates for the top spot, but its hard to say who is truly the wealthiest porn diddy of all.
Am I reading this right?
So who does everyone think is the #1 Richest "Bill Gates" of our industry currently?
#1 richest bill gates of our industry currently
like I said before if someone made 188 mil 2 years ago and someone made 50 mil this year who is the richest currently?
Fantasyman, Lensman, JoeE and Marc De have all posted on this board. Are they not big enough for you?
I guess the question is who is making the most nobody will ever know unless the big players open there books.
but I will say alot of people are making great money.
how much does one need to make a year to be big?
No one knows who nets the most and no will ever know
Having the most sales or the most traffic doesn't mean your making the most.
I can gross 10 mil a month and only net 500k or I can gross 5 mil a month and net 2.5 mil
So how do we decide who is the biggest do we care?
Interesting thread results. Indeed it seems you can be big, and still kind of keep your true degree of wealth and success in the shadows. It doesn't seem there is a solid consensus as to the King of the Hill yet. I agree on audiotext guys, a lot of money tucked away from that sector, but then again they've been at it for some 18 years now compared to the Net's 7 years. Al from WebPower is in the top 5 for sure, he's had some moster sized programs since the early days, as are a number of other Florida based webmasters who are probably in the top 10 list.
Someone mentioned how to make big bucks. I'd say the surest way is to come up with a new marketing gimmick, and try to get at least a 3 to 6 month run with it before everyone copies you all over the place. Like the BangBus concept. That was brilliant.
The affiliate program of course is a winner if you can build a big one, though a lot of the programs that claim 50,000 or more webmasters you have to wonder how many are really active. Very few every deactivate you from their database since no one wants to admit their webmasters are leaving for another guy's affiliate program.
GirlsGoneWild has done huge bucks with a dynamic crossover program into DVD and Video sales. Anyone seen their infomercial late at night? Its a beauty.
Brokering traffic is good dollars if you have established relationships.
Content production has made some webmasters serious dollars if you can keep pumping out consistently good content.
And whoever comes up with the next great billing solution will make a fortune without a doubt.
At the last show saw a demo of streams to cell phones and think that is a market ripe for picking with lots of opportunities, though the base of full color high res cell phones is just starting to take off.
Originally posted by KRL GirlsGoneWild has done huge bucks with a dynamic crossover program into DVD and Video sales. Anyone seen their infomercial late at night? Its a beauty.
I thought Girls Gone Wild started with VHS/DVD and then moved online?
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The richest webmasters will stay low key if they are smart.
I think it would suprise everyone how many unknown webmasters do many ten's of millions a year.
Originally posted by ControlThy The richest webmasters will stay low key if they are smart.
I think it would suprise everyone how many unknown webmasters do many ten's of millions a year.
i agree. of course, it becomes very difficult to remain low key if you are based on an affiliate program...
Originally posted by ControlThy The richest webmasters will stay low key if they are smart.
I think it would suprise everyone how many unknown webmasters do many ten's of millions a year.
They can't just look at the FTC records
big brother is always watching i don't care how big you are
Originally posted by ControlThy The richest webmasters will stay low key if they are smart.
I think it would suprise everyone how many unknown webmasters do many ten's of millions a year.
The richests ones in the porn business are not actually webmasters, though some of them may have been or currently have webmasters on their payrolls. You are right though, most serious webmasters do not expose themselves or their businesses on the boards, and this is pretty common knowledge.
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i agree. of course, it becomes very difficult to remain low key if you are based on an affiliate program...
Agreed.
But a good affiliate program is required if you want to do 1000-2000 signups a day. The highest number of daily signups I have heard without webmaster program is 400 signups a day. (I am sure there are ones that generate more per day though).
Originally posted by theking
You are right though, most serious webmasters do not expose themselves or their businesses on the boards, and this is pretty common knowledge.
So the question will remain unanswered.
Why is it important to know who the richest webmaster is anyway? Its not like he is going to send anyone some free traffic or money ;-)
That leads to another interesting question. What is the total universe of signups per day for the industry as a whole? I'm thinking 150,000 to 200,000.
Agreed.
But a good affiliate program is required if you want to do 1000-2000 signups a day. The highest number of daily signups I have heard without webmaster program is 400 signups a day. (I am sure there are ones that generate more per day though).
Originally posted by Joe Sixpack Who fucking cares who the richest Webmaster of all is?
Does that make him the most honest, the nicest, the funniest or the most intelligent?
Once again, the superficial triumphs over substance.
the ppl who used this thread as an opportunity 2 spam their own shit yeah, point proved
like i said i hate 2 say it but it feels like all wm boards are devoid of compelling discussions about the business. there are always the 'i fucked her' type posters who ruin stuff for intelligent folks.
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