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  • Stud Money
    So Fucking Banned
    • Sep 2003
    • 3214
    #1

    How Long Did It Take You To Make A Profit?

    When you first started in adult how long did it take for you to make a profit?

    Also, do you think given todays market climate in the industry it takes longer to see a good R.O.I than it dd when you started out?

    I think i made a profit somewhere around 3 months of starting in the biz and, i would say that it does take a lot longer time to see good returns for investment today.

    What do the rest of you guys think?
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    • Amputate Your Head
      There can be only one
      • Aug 2001
      • 39075
      #2
      Originally posted by Stud Money
      When you first started in adult how long did it take for you to make a profit?
      roughly 20 minutes.
      SIG TOO BIG

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        • rooster
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2003
          • 2384
          #3
          one month back in 97. started a free site, threw up some ce high rollers ads, checked the stats a week later, and realized theres money to be made on this shit.
          Ever notice that pretty much everything added to the Constitution after the original was a mistake.

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            • quiet
              we'll miss you our friend. RIP
              • Sep 2001
              • 25115
              #4
              first day
              we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                • ControlThy
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                  • May 2002
                  • 1909
                  #5
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                    • MCR
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                      • Aug 2003
                      • 473
                      #6
                      only about 30 days.
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                        • spooky181
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 2951
                          #7
                          I had to invest quite some $$ to start my site a few months ago and started making a profit after around 3 months.

                          Spooky

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                            • NBDesign
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 5814
                              #8
                              just started Monday... not the site that was planned.... but a back up site till Oct when I get my original site running ...


                              will let you know...


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                                • Fabien
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                                  • Jul 2003
                                  • 4789
                                  #9
                                  Same as Rooster but was using XPICS

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                                    • Jizar II
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2001
                                      • 1425
                                      #10
                                      Day 1 ofcourse

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                                        • NBDesign
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jan 2003
                                          • 5814
                                          #11
                                          20 min, instantly, a day... yea right.... then you woke up and realized you had to get ready for your job at McDonalds

                                          Can anyone here ever be serious? What am I saying... where is the fun in that?

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                                            • Libertine
                                              sex dwarf
                                              • May 2002
                                              • 17860
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by NBDesign
                                              20 min, instantly, a day... yea right.... then you woke up and realized you had to get ready for your job at McDonalds

                                              Can anyone here ever be serious? What am I saying... where is the fun in that?

                                              Nevermind.
                                              5 years ago, it was pretty easy to make a profit on day 1. Happened to me as well, without even trying or anything.
                                              I just put up a page with what I considered some good porn, and a banner just for the hell of it. Worked out magnificently
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                                                • NBDesign
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jan 2003
                                                  • 5814
                                                  #13
                                                  Ok, let me ask you this...
                                                  your 1 day profit... 20 min profit or instant profit

                                                  how much did you invest?

                                                  and

                                                  how much was the profit?

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                                                    • NBDesign
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                      • 5814
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by punkworld


                                                      5 years ago, it was pretty easy to make a profit on day 1. Happened to me as well, without even trying or anything.
                                                      I just put up a page with what I considered some good porn, and a banner just for the hell of it. Worked out magnificently
                                                      things were a lot different then... and the market was not as saturated... ok, maybe I can see that...

                                                      Today... too many porn sites, too much free porn on tgps are making it harder for the new guys like me.

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                                                        • Carrie
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                          • 3162
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by NBDesign
                                                          Ok, let me ask you this...
                                                          your 1 day profit... 20 min profit or instant profit

                                                          how much did you invest?

                                                          and

                                                          how much was the profit?
                                                          You do *not* need to invest money to make money in this biz. Sure, it helps (buying your own content, etc) but it is *not* necessary.

                                                          And not everyone is out to start their own paysite right out of the gate. As a matter of fact, if that's the first thing you do, we'll be watching for your "site for sale" thread in a few months.

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                                                            • TheSaint
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                              • 991
                                                              #16
                                                              Depends on how you count it.

                                                              I invested around $35,000 (mostly shooting content) for my first pay site. I was 3 months shooting before I opened the site. I would say it took about 2 months to really take off so all told about 5 months before I started making a nice profit. This was recently, after the so called "hard times" were already here.

                                                              IMO its like any business. If you have a good idea and execute it well, you'll make money quickly, especially with a pay site. If you use a lot of tired ideas and old sponsers it might take forever.
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                                                                • The Heron
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                                  • 4496
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Back when I started 4 years ago I broke some "rules" but I invested nothing, and made sales very quickly. Had I known then what I know now I would be rich, but learning has been half the fun.

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                                                                    • DutchTeenCash
                                                                      I like Dutch Girls
                                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                                      • 21684
                                                                      #18
                                                                      1 month then again 12 yrs ago you could start a dailer site here in holland put $50 worth of content on it and get $5k a month cause there were only like 10 sites in holland then...

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                                                                        • Jakke PNG
                                                                          ex-TeenGodFather
                                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                                          • 20306
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by NBDesign
                                                                          20 min, instantly, a day... yea right.... then you woke up and realized you had to get ready for your job at McDonalds

                                                                          Can anyone here ever be serious? What am I saying... where is the fun in that?

                                                                          Nevermind.
                                                                          Why isn't it possible?


                                                                          Umm.. It took me like 2 days. (Persiankitty dared to spend 2 days before approving my first site). 0 investment.
                                                                          ..and I'm off.

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                                                                            • B_Maverick
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                              • 447
                                                                              #20
                                                                              About 3 years ago I did fairly well with an adult dating site...but since then, AOL and MSN have cracked down hard on profiles, so I stopped doing that.

                                                                              Since getting into mainstream porn it's been a lot more difficult to make a profit. I've been promoting porn for about a year and learning a lot...someday it should pay off.
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                                                                                • gothweb
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Jun 2002
                                                                                  • 8849
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Instant profit is easy if you start small, with virtually no expenses. Since I started in this as a hobby, I thought of the first dollar I got as profit. The investment was tiny (domain, hosting) and I looked as it as the expense for a hobby I enjoyed, not a business investment.

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                                                                                    • Bishop
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                                      • 281
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Zero $$ investment.. made money in probably the first 3 days. Got a signup and got hooked.

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                                                                                        • KRL
                                                                                          Entrepreneur
                                                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                                                          • 31429
                                                                                          #23
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                                                                                            • Gunni
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                                                                                              • Apr 2003
                                                                                              • 2385
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by rooster
                                                                                              one month back in 97. started a free site, threw up some ce high rollers ads, checked the stats a week later, and realized theres money to be made on this shit.
                                                                                              Rooster, do your KKK friends know you do porn?

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                                                                                                • ControlThy
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • May 2002
                                                                                                  • 1909
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by NBDesign
                                                                                                  20 min, instantly, a day... yea right.... then you woke up and realized you had to get ready for your job at McDonalds

                                                                                                  Can anyone here ever be serious? What am I saying... where is the fun in that?

                                                                                                  Nevermind.
                                                                                                  I am serious.
                                                                                                  I guess you weren't working in the adult industry in 1997/1998.
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                                                                                                    • freeones
                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                                      • 3406
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      I'm still trying to make a profit. Anybody has a suggestion how I can make money in this industry?

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                                                                                                        • krazyone
                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                          • Jul 2003
                                                                                                          • 327
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          1 week .... knock on wood
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                                                                                                            • JamesK
                                                                                                              hi
                                                                                                              • Jun 2002
                                                                                                              • 16731
                                                                                                              #28
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                                                                                                                • 1407
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                                                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                  • 103
                                                                                                                  #29
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                                                                                                                    • voodooman
                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                      • Apr 2003
                                                                                                                      • 801
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      2 weeks, but that was back in 98, it was easy then.

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                                                                                                                        • beemk
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                                                                                                                          • Jan 2002
                                                                                                                          • 20829
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Amputate Your Head


                                                                                                                          roughly 20 minutes.
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                                                                                                                            • conan
                                                                                                                              Registered User
                                                                                                                              • Sep 2002
                                                                                                                              • 72
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              never surfed the net for porn before I started, invested quite a bit, hired an idiot, fired an idiot, for the next 6 months worked my ass off 18hrs/day and after about 6 month started to see it's turning around
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                                                                                                                                • ldinternet
                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                                                                                                  • 8245
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  These days, a newbie should expect the 0 to disappear from their stats within 2-4 days. Reasonable, I think.

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                                                                                                                                    • NBDesign
                                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                                                                                                      • 5814
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Carrie

                                                                                                                                      You do *not* need to invest money to make money in this biz. Sure, it helps (buying your own content, etc) but it is *not* necessary.

                                                                                                                                      And not everyone is out to start their own paysite right out of the gate. As a matter of fact, if that's the first thing you do, we'll be watching for your "site for sale" thread in a few months.
                                                                                                                                      Ok... unless you use hosted galleries.. you still have to invest in a domain name and hosting... so say 8.95 for the domain.. 10 for the hosting... 20.00... in 20 min?.. an hour? maybe a day... but still...

                                                                                                                                      I mean some tgp's don't even list you for a day.....


                                                                                                                                      and no.. I started with TGP's... but who knows''' I may make it, I may fail... never knowtill I try... if I don't try.. I have already failed... right?

                                                                                                                                      Use Lensman's program and get the most for your hard earned traffic.

                                                                                                                                      Get Heidi for your site Here. Lots of sets to choose from.
                                                                                                                                      She makes a great Addition to any site. Grab one Grab All.

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                                                                                                                                        • quiet
                                                                                                                                          we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                                                                                                                          • Sep 2001
                                                                                                                                          • 25115
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by ControlThy


                                                                                                                                          I am serious.
                                                                                                                                          I guess you weren't working in the adult industry in 1997/1998.
                                                                                                                                          so was i. late '96 was a good time.
                                                                                                                                          we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                                                                                                                            • JohnV
                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                              • Aug 2002
                                                                                                                                              • 928
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by quiet
                                                                                                                                              first day
                                                                                                                                              yup, same here
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                                                                                                                                                • connectionnouser
                                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                                                  • 255
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  started with 0 overheads so made profit from the start
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                                                                                                                                                    • Raven
                                                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                                                                                      • 6874
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      My first check was for 8 dollars....it got better after that.

                                                                                                                                                      Took two weeks to make a profit.

                                                                                                                                                      1998 was a good year.
                                                                                                                                                      Raven

                                                                                                                                                      ~RETIRED~

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                                                                                                                                                        • Jakke PNG
                                                                                                                                                          ex-TeenGodFather
                                                                                                                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                                                                                                                          • 20306
                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by NBDesign


                                                                                                                                                          Ok... unless you use hosted galleries.. you still have to invest in a domain name and hosting... so say 8.95 for the domain.. 10 for the hosting... 20.00... in 20 min?.. an hour? maybe a day... but still...
                                                                                                                                                          What do you need a domainname and hosting for? I started on ISP's space.
                                                                                                                                                          ..and I'm off.

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                                                                                                                                                            • tootie
                                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                                                              • 6041
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by ControlThy
                                                                                                                                                              Like instantly.

                                                                                                                                                              Xpics Xpics
                                                                                                                                                              Yeah, me too!


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                                                                                                                                                                • DemonWolfe
                                                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                                                                                                                                  • 261
                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  Yep, I made money the very first day in business....

                                                                                                                                                                  I had a site with only 8 pictures on it. 4 new ones and yesterdays 4 old ones.

                                                                                                                                                                  Was paying $5 a gig back then too!


                                                                                                                                                                  heh heh heh

                                                                                                                                                                  Traffic was mad. Money was mad.
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                                                                                                                                                                    • nwbsd
                                                                                                                                                                      Registered User
                                                                                                                                                                      • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                                                                      • 48
                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      I think it took about 2 1/2 days. About 6 or 7 years ago we licensed some live naked guy software from a studio in las vegas. They did women too.

                                                                                                                                                                      I think the studio was virtual dreams? If anybody remembers. Fuck I wish I could find that contract. As soon as we hit the search engines the money was flowing in. They had to download the software, set it up, it would dial in and charge them like 5.99 a minute.

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                                                                                                                                                                        • Loch
                                                                                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                          • Feb 2002
                                                                                                                                                                          • 7674
                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          Made 190 bucks the first day in the internet biz
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                                                                                                                                                                            • huey
                                                                                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                              • Apr 2003
                                                                                                                                                                              • 3955
                                                                                                                                                                              #44
                                                                                                                                                                              2 years, but worth the wait.
                                                                                                                                                                              opinions are like assholes.................


                                                                                                                                                                              "They aren't after me, they are AFTER YOU! Im just in their way"
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                                                                                                                                                                                • Pete
                                                                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                  • 6617
                                                                                                                                                                                  #45
                                                                                                                                                                                  started making a profit the second month of being in the business, now I wipe my ass with 100 dollar bills.
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • DemonWolfe
                                                                                                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 261
                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      You know, now that I think about it I was paying $10 a gig for the first 3 months and then I moved to a place for $7 a gig...

                                                                                                                                                                                      Funny how things change eh?

                                                                                                                                                                                      Of course I also lost a bunch of money to CyberThrill casino back then... Most everyone I knew promoted them for a month or so....


                                                                                                                                                                                      Damn Scumbags....
                                                                                                                                                                                      (No one ever got paid by CyberThrill that I know of)
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                                                                                                                                                                                        • SleazyDream
                                                                                                                                                                                          I'm here for SPORT
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                                                                                                                                                          • 41470
                                                                                                                                                                                          #47
                                                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by quiet
                                                                                                                                                                                          first day
                                                                                                                                                                                          same here..... well sort of, took a month for the check to come.
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                                                                                                                                                                                            • John3
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                                                                                                                                                                                              • May 2003
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1214
                                                                                                                                                                                              #48
                                                                                                                                                                                              PersonalPorn?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                • smack
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Push Porn Like Weight.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Mar 2002
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 10652
                                                                                                                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                                                                                                                  it only took a week. and the only thing i needed to invest in was my computer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • strobi
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Nov 2002
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 7383
                                                                                                                                                                                                      #50
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Slapped up a smalll site on a freehost using adultcheck in 1996. Got like 800 uniques from the searchengines after a few weeks of no work and suddenly I was seeing 2-3 signups/day, since then I was hooked

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