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Originally Posted by luv$
Is it saturation or savvy surfers that are making it harder to sell in our industry?
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I think it's partly saturation, surfer awareness, novelty factor, more options, and increased billing restrictions required by processors over the past few years.
By novelty factor, I mean when most people were getting online for the first time in North America 1996-1999, it was the first time they could access porn without going to a store. The curiousity factor alone drove many to search for and join porn sites to see what was offered. That rush has declined because it's nothing new any more. Hey, even I watched some episodes of the first season of Survivor on tv because it was something fresh. But haven't watched it since.
When I say more options, I mean more sites, niche sites within the market so sales may be at similar levels as before but it's spread among more webmaters. Many surfers don't surf for "porn" any more. They search for their balloon fetish or foot fetish using those keywords. That doesn't even take into consideration how much more free porn is available now compared to before.