Yes, it was somebody else's fault. It always is.

This is a great opportunity to give my opinion of Pierre.

In all my years of adult webmastering, he has to be the nicest guy that I've met. He is consistantly good humoured and fun to talk to. Alot of webmasters let success go to their head and when you chat with them, the conversation is centered around them and their business ventures. Pierre is happy to talk about family and other issues that are much more important than money and business. I wish you and your family all the best.

I want to hear more about this "new secret project" :-)

marc

Nope, not all of them, just the al4a.com ones. But one never knows ;-)

Okidoki - thank you for spending your precious time answering me :p

i got a question :D

since anyone with two scripts, a host and some content can open a tgp,
do u think for a tgp/mgp to survive they have to differentiate??

Hi Mike33,

Well, at the moment I see no reason to leave the industry. I still love the internet, and especially the adult industry, mainly becuase it develops so fast and we always seem way ahead of other businesses with our technology. If I would, I would probably become an actor or a rockstar. Haven't decided yet. Or I would focus more on the sms business (text messaging on cellphones), Dennis runs that now, maybe I could help him out a little ;-)

Why? are you buying? hehe
Sure, if somebody would offer me enough. Problem is then: I have a partner (50%) and we pay taxes (50%), so I would end up with 25% of the total amount if I decide to sell. So they better offer me a lot ;-)

Yes, why? wanna sell? ;-) Fortunately,people who are considering selling their sites contact su to ask how much it could be sold for, if we want to buy it, etc. We've build a decent reputation that we're honest and always good for our money, that helps. And if somebody wants to sell their sites, they're always welcome to contact me. I might be interested ;-)

We use scripts (rb4, by www.scriptkeeper.net, which is specially customized for my needs and runs vewwwy smoothly). It helps me to track my trades just like others do. We list trades according to productive traffic though, because we send out non blindlink traffic (thus straight links).

I think a tgp/mpg is worth a lot more when it doesn't have blindlinks, because then it is mostly bookmark/ SE traffic driven and therefor much easier to maintain at the same traffic level (and to sell). Also it will probably do better conversion wise. If would put a couple of blindlinks on worldsex, I would probably have 1 million more in about 3 days. But well, it ain't broke, so why fix it ;-).
I understand why others do it, it is very tempting to get more traffic. And most websites which go clean, mostly get back to trading because they can't stand the slowly increasing numbers. So if you stop trading, make sure you get other sources of traffic.

hope this answers your questions Mike
regards
Pierre

As you can see I am working on that now Lens ;-)
I doubt though that having a high post count has anything to do with working long hours ;-), just different points of interests. I never understood why so many people spend so much time on the boards with often such useless threads, and not on their work. I read most of the important, business related threads on the boards once every other day or so. But I rarely post because you can't win any discussion here (at least from what I saw being listed sofar).

Was nice talking to you in Vegas,
regards
Pierre

Hi PA,

Interesting question. I don't think so, obviously the hun is very successful and seems to have a winning formula with his site.

regards
Pierre

wow, paid preferred partner accounts for al4a and worldsex? I would be all over that :)

Man!
this interview is really cool, I am really having my 15 minutes of fame now.
I rock!

Sig placement!!

Scoreman,
I totally agree as you know ;-) And thanks again for the dinner & movies!

Mb,
thanks ;), is always great talking to you to, when are you gonna send me those tips!

great thread Sleazy and great responses Pierre.

There seems to be usually this myth surrounding highly successful people in one's business that you might find yourself shy to talk to them, just because you have so much respect, and perhaps assume that you are not even worthy having the opportunity to talk to them. But Pierre, you seem like a normal guy afterall. And I think you'd be a great convo partner as well. :thumbsup

damn I just sounded like the biggest nerd on the face of this planet. :1orglaugh

Hi Gowda,

It would help. Anybody can create a site, that is the easy part. But without traffic you have nothing. Like having your Gucci store on the Northpole.
I think it helps to narrow your focus. So maybe not target the whole market, but try to corner a niche or even a subniche. That traffic mostly converts a lot better. Or do things better then your competitors...that will help as well.

Thanks Vladimir ;)

Sosa, keep checking our webmasters pages in a month or so from now.

Question #12: How long to you work ever day?

I don't really keep track, I start mostly late, becuase I quit late, so I can talk with others in spite of the time difference.

Question #13: How old are you?

31...

Question #14: Do you always fly first class?

Internationally, yes..within Europe, nope, no use.

That was pretty much it. If you have any other questions. Go ahead.

What do you think are the major threats to the current adult internet business model? What would be the biggest? What major changes do you see in the future?

Hi Rorschach,

Threads:
Biggest, I think would be problems with cc billing (processors going out of business, we will adapt, but it will quite hard, as rebills will be a bitch then).
Second: spy- and adware, it is hard for surfers to keep their pc's clean, hell, it is even for me sometimes a bitch, and I consider myself a pro.

Changes: Hmm...shakeout of smaller pay- and freesites. The surfers are demanding so much right now that it will be harder and harder for paysites to convert. Same with freesites.
Maybe an US gouverment which will try to ban porn by taking out our billing options. I don't know...I am glad that I live in the Netherlands ;), I am really proud of the fact that you can smuggle 3kg's of coke, get arrested at the borders, and only get a fine, because we get so many smugglers that our whole lawsystem gets all clogged up (I hope I use the correct english here)

great interview. good read!

Aweome Info Okidoki! Very cool!

100 good questions for worldsex

By the way, the hosted galleries I'm talking about were as follows: I'm the sponsor, AL4A was an affiliate. The hosted galleries were posted with AL4A affiliate IDs and 50/50 recurring.

Ok, some fun questions:

How old were you when you made your first million?

Why do you think it is that the two largest TGP's (Thehun & Worldsex) are owned by non-Americans? Perhaps just luck? :)

Is your entire family aware of what you do and are they ok with it?

Do you make more than your parents? (I'm guessing yes)

If you had to start all over online today, do you think you would be able to achieve the same level of success that you enjoy now?

Do you operate any offline brick and mortar businesses?

SIG PLACEMENT, better late than never.

This is one thread worth reading every single post !
Very interesting Q & A's from okidoki :thumbsup

BUMP for Mike33's questions :)

I'm in love with Pierre, I want babies!! :small-smi

Hi Mike,

I hope 31 ;-) because then I would be making it before my next birtday. We've been reinvesting our money ;-)

Both dutch actually, I have no idea. Probably dutch were early in this business because working in the adult biz is not a really big thing down here.

Yep, about everyone I know, knows what we're doing, family, friends, accountants, banks etc. Only my direct neighbours don't, but I do that for my daughter. In a country where about everything is legal and only like 30%of the population is going to a church, having an adult website is not that problematic. Some facts about the Netherlands:
Drugs are legal, or at least allowed for personal use.
You can take up to 40 grams of weed I believe for personal use with you, you can even go to a cop, and ask him to hold it for you while you tie your laces.
You can have some amount of heroine/ cocaine with you for personal use (can't remember how much).
Abortion is allowed
Gay mariages are allowed
Euthanasia is allowed (we have rules though)
So we don't really get all upset about porn...fortunately.

They're retired, so it wouldn't be a good thing if I wasn't ;-)

If I could make the same deal as with worldsex, for sure, especially as I know a lot more people now, but those are quite rare ;-) So maybe yes.

Yes, we have a tele marketing company as well. We're waiting for the next market boom though. At the moment that market is kinda slow. But when economy is going up, we expect roughly similar profit margins as with adult internet, maybe even better.

regards
Pierre

Another excellent Ambush Interview
Thank you Sleazy and Okidoki for sharing :)

This is very cool. Thanks for sharing these interesting answers Pierre.

indeed, great answers okidoki!

Thanks guys, glad you liked it. If you ever have any questions, you can always send them, I might not always have the answers, but I can try ;-)

was great meeting you in Vegas, Pierre, hope to see you again in the future. :)

and thanks for sharing...

Pierre, when I just got in this business and threw up a very ugly site. Basically it was a very large gallery with non cropped thumbs and links leading everywhere. No traffic what so ever.
I mailed you and asked you for a hard link. What did I know?
To my surprise you mailed me back personally and gave me some very friendly pointers.
I mailed you back and again you gave me some extra pointers and told me how to start.
Two years have past and I make 10k a month now.
Thank you for your help back then!
:)

Hi Pornopat,

I don't know whether I should congratulate you or should ask for half ;-)
I am very glad I could help you out a bit to go in the (as it seems) right direction. Congrats on your success! 10k a month is a very nice result within 2 years of work.

goodluck with the next 2 years!

Thats It I am coming to work for you tell your wife i give in

I love you man !