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  • maxjohan
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2002
    • 7219
    #1

    Questions about cam sites?

    I'm thinking about starting a cam company.

    The questions I have are. How profitable are they??

    Say 60/40 on the tips side. Is that enough to make it profitable??

    Say My Free Cams. What do you believe their net profits to be each year??

    How many employees do I possibly need to run a site??

    -Security?
    -Host contacts
    -Support?
    -Advertising/Marketing

    Is there a way to outsource all this?? Like using people from Odesk or something. Or is it better to run an office locally??

    If you've ran or run a cam site, even better. Please, share your experience.

    Thanks.

    That's about it for now.
    I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...
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    • maxjohan
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2002
      • 7219
      #2
      Edited. Added it to first post.
      I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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        • AdultKing
          Raise Your Weapon
          • Jun 2003
          • 15601
          #3
          No offence but...

          If you have to ask, you probably aren't qualified to run one.

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            • maxjohan
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2002
              • 7219
              #4
              Originally posted by AdultKing
              No offence but...

              If you have to ask, you probably aren't qualified to run one.
              Well. People start all kinds of Internet businesses. I don't plan to run a losing ship. That's for sure. So, that's why I do re-search before I dive in. I know nothing about the cam business.
              I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                • Barry-xlovecam
                  It's 42
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 18083
                  #5
                  Good luck to you ...

                  If you have heavy traffic and hot models you will make a fortune ...

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                    • maxjohan
                      Confirmed User
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 7219
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Barry-xlovecam
                      Good luck to you ...

                      If you have heavy traffic and hot models you will make a fortune ...
                      I don't have to say this. But I think I will though. It's for a mainstream project. Don't steal my idea though. LOL. Okay. I didn't reveal too much. Hehe.

                      Edit: Thanks by the way.
                      I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                        • aka123
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2014
                          • 4450
                          #7
                          You have wrong approach to this. You need some plan so that all your questions are in some reasonable context.

                          You don't just ask: "How much wood I need to build a house?". You ask first: "What kind of house I am going to build, how big it is, what it is like?" Then you can calculate how much you need and what. And when you know what it costs you can calculate your desired profit margin (and hope that customers agree with it too).

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                            • maxjohan
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 7219
                              #8
                              Originally posted by aka123
                              You don't just ask: "How much wood I need to build a house?". You ask first: "What kind of house I am going to build, how big it is, what it is like?" Then you can calculate how much you need and what. And when you know what it costs you can calculate your desired profit margin (and hope that customers agree with it too).
                              Well. Building a house and starting a cam site company isn't exactly the same thing. Just wanting to get a ballpark figure. So I know that most cam sites are at least profitable enough to be run with employees. I know nothing about ownership of a cam site. As it's much easier to figure out what you make as an affiliate.

                              But I got your point though to some degree.
                              I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                                • Roald
                                  SecretFriends.com
                                  • May 2001
                                  • 27910
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by maxjohan
                                  Well. Building a house and starting a cam site company isn't exactly the same thing. Just wanting to get a ballpark figure. So I know that most cam sites are at least profitable enough to be run with employees. I know nothing about ownership of a cam site. As it's much easier to figure out what you make as an affiliate.

                                  But I got your point though to some degree.
                                  Is it profitable enough to run with eployees? That depends!
                                  Does it make bank? That depends!
                                  How many employees you need? That depends.

                                  Really your question is so broad that the only right answer is 42.

                                  Good luck.


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                                    • Barry-xlovecam
                                      It's 42
                                      • Jun 2010
                                      • 18083
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by maxjohan
                                      I don't have to say this. But I think I will though. It's for a mainstream project. Don't steal my idea though. LOL. Okay. I didn't reveal too much. Hehe.
                                      Well, then this is not the ''brain trust'' to ask you questions of.

                                      You said 60/40 tips? "tips" a.k.a.:"tokens" these are generally used as payment in the adult sex cam business.

                                      I would do some "re-search (s.i.c.)" into the technical aspects, that are quickly evolving, of live streaming before you lose your money. Also, you would need a proper monetizing proforma to even start to project any ROI.

                                      Almost all adult cam businesses are privately owned and we do not publish any annual reports as a public stock company would. So you are on your own to project the profitability of your venture. If it is really an new business model: start small then scale up then find an Angel VC investor. If your idea is really non-porn and mainstream, there is venture capital available however without any new technology just a "ghetto script" and cobbled together infrastructure, you will not get to talk to any venture capitalist and just be knocking on doors and having the slammed in your face.

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                                        • AdultKing
                                          Raise Your Weapon
                                          • Jun 2003
                                          • 15601
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Roald
                                          Really your question is so broad that the only right answer is 42.

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                                            • Barry-xlovecam
                                              It's 42
                                              • Jun 2010
                                              • 18083
                                              #12
                                              Say you paid out 60% of your gross revenue that leaves 40%
                                              Your operating expense (mainstream merchant account costs of 3%) will eat maybe 13% and post income tax (?) what is left of that 27%? Then multiply that verrry ifffy net profit by .65 and you are close.

                                              (.27*.65)*.75
                                              .131625
                                              * assumed tax rate of 25%

                                              A paper napkin projection of net revenue -- can your business plan survive on half of that?

                                              Don't forget you will have to amortize any development expense.

                                              So how many millions do you need to do?

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                                                • aka123
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2014
                                                  • 4450
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by maxjohan
                                                  Well. Building a house and starting a cam site company isn't exactly the same thing.
                                                  It was figurative example about establishing business, so it is the same thing.. well, not literally, but you can use it whether your business is building and selling houses or establishing cam site.

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                                                    • aka123
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jul 2014
                                                      • 4450
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Barry-xlovecam
                                                      Almost all adult cam businesses are privately owned and we do not publish any annual reports as a public stock company would.
                                                      In many European countries including my own, basic financial information is public from all companies, excluding private entrepreneurs.

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                                                        • maxjohan
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                          • 7219
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Barry-xlovecam
                                                          Say you paid out 60% of your gross revenue that leaves 40%
                                                          Your operating expense (mainstream merchant account costs of 3%) will eat maybe 13% and post income tax (?) what is left of that 27%? Then multiply that verrry ifffy net profit by .65 and you are close.

                                                          (.27*.65)*.75
                                                          .131625
                                                          * assumed tax rate of 25%

                                                          A paper napkin projection of net revenue -- can your business plan survive on half of that?

                                                          Don't forget you will have to amortize any development expense.

                                                          So how many millions do you need to do?
                                                          Thanks for the posts Barry.
                                                          I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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