I have been telling people for years that the mainstream porn guys are coming. Last time I said it allowed in public at a seminar Lensman was running he told me they had done nothing in the past, look at their Alexa ratings.
This was while Playboays check was clearing in his bank.
The only things stopping the mainstream coming are as follows.
1. They don't think it's worth it.
This is changing by the day, a lot of porn companies are now seeing healthy returns from the Internet.
2. Scared it will hurt there mainstream business via piracy or falling sales.
They know it will happen whether they are here or not.
3. Programming/building a site.
[i]Biggest problem and the stumbling block for many, they simply do not hire the right technical staff.
4. Traffic.
[i]Some already have traffic and simply do not need affiliates. Could anyone here tell me the name of a site that turns over more than $2,000,000 without a single affiliate, gallery or banner on the Internet other than it's own site? I know the answer.
The big boys are coming whether you like it or not. Some are already here. Score, Private, Hustler, Wicked, Evil Angel, Playboy, PRO, and many more. Yes some are getting it wrong, but don't assume they will continue to do so.
The argument about porn trands changing all the time it false, otherwise sites with content over two years would be dead. Porn companies like Anabolic have years and sometimes decades of good porn sitting in their archives. Porn they spent a bit more than $2,000 to shoot. For them the Internet is the next step forward.
The people who are safe are those like Lightspeed, solo girl was never a big video seller, the companies who should be watching themselves are the ones shooting Gonzo (POV). The Evil Angels and Anabolics are masters at this.
The mainstream porn companies can see the money made on the Internet, they see us booking the models they thought we could not afford, they see me saying "Magazines are a sideline now". Don't assume they will stay away or keep getting it wrong when they do come.
And anyone who thinks buying a HD camera is going to make bad porn into good porn is an idiot. And probably would not have a clue how to use the camera. Porn is in the mind of the producer, not the lens.