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I have written before in webmaster chats and bbs's that there's too much free stuff in the adult market. Forget TGP's, though, what about the Usenet newsgroups? This discussion is going on as though if you got rid of free hosts and TGP's everything would be hunky-dory.
Get rid of free hosted sites and TGP's and almost anyone can still find porn with just a bit more effort by going to the newsgroups. Pictureview and other services even take the work out of searching for porn by finding it and thumbnailing it for their subscribers. And who can't afford $8 a month for Pictureview?
Given that hundreds of thousands of photos are available for free through the newsgroups, I think the market for most adult websites isn't the experienced web nut, but rather the beginning surfer. Either that, or the person obsessed with a particular fetish (tits, full bush, BDSM, teen, or whatever), or the person who likes something else very specific like a particular photographer's work, broadband content, and so on.
I'd also like to say that the site which regularly features exclusive material and updates frequently has an edge over just about any other kind of site. And this is especially true if you want to snag the more sophisticated user and hang onto him.
And while I produce content myself, including exclusive content, I'm not being self-serving in this observation, because I actually make more money in the long run with content I make for my own business and sell non-exclusively. All exclusive content represents to me is quick money.
Speaking for most adult photographers, I think, we wouldn't mind if we woke up tomorrow morning and all the photo newsgroups were gone. They seem to exist almost entirely for the purpose of copyright violation.
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Producer of truly original teen/young woman-oriented adult content
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