Business Thread: Who actually does online to support themselves and their family? - GoFuckYourself.com

11-10-2006, 10:02 PM

Who here works online (adult or other) to support themselves financially, without following another line of "real world" work?

If you quit your real world job for your online biz, when did you feel comfortable making the switch?

Let's hear it.

Sly · 11-10-2006, 10:04 PM

Uh, of course. I started out of college, so I never had a "real world" to quit.

Doctor Dre · 11-10-2006, 10:05 PM

Fulltime here ;)

Monique Niccole · 11-10-2006, 10:08 PM

yep...always have

After Shock Media · 11-10-2006, 10:08 PM

I am and have been full online for a long ass time.
I do however have offline income investments now though, rentals and the like. My fiance has also started an offline business, though all of its income is left in the business itself.

I have not had a real offline job that I ever had to quit. For awhile I had opened up and ran a hobby shop, other than that not much of anything. Some minor jobs as a teen doing assorted things cause I was bored.

notabook · 11-10-2006, 10:09 PM

Used to be almost full online but several bad decisions and a 'shift in the winds' later I'm around half/half now.

CDSmith · 11-10-2006, 10:09 PM

Fulltime since '99.

And a job + online for nearly 2 years before that.

the Shemp · 11-10-2006, 10:09 PM

who else would hire me...?

Webby · 11-10-2006, 10:10 PM

Would hope most are doing this full time and making a biz of it - tho ya sometimes wonder

(Else they are just clogging the place up)

Been online since 95-96 and decades in adult before that time.

11-10-2006, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Uh, of course. I started out of college, so I never had a "real world" to quit.

What may be a given to you, probably isn't the same for others.

For me, it's the same thing. I am on the verge to finishing graduate school, but because my online business is keeping me on my toes and I know that I won't actually need the degree to begin with, I am really struggling to actually get my shit together and finish the degree.

Obviously, having a stable 9-5 has its perks, but the independence from being self-employed is a freedom that entirely priceless.

I just have to look at my parents, who, at 64 and 55, are totally worn down and still bitch and bicker about their work environment, day in, day out. Don't want to be there, ever.

11-10-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by the Shemp

who else would hire me...?

I am sure that you have plenty of strong qualifications that would make you a valuable asset to many companies. Hypothetically, of course.

Webby · 11-10-2006, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Equinox

I am sure that you have plenty of strong qualifications that would make you a valuable asset to many companies. Hypothetically, of course.

Hypothetically, don't doubt the Shemp would be a valuable asset

Sosa · 11-10-2006, 10:16 PM

I could, but I also have a 28 hour/week job that keeps me busy 4 days a week. I repair pc's, build them etc. It's nice though, I can work on my online work while I do that also so it isn't too bad.

Helix · 11-10-2006, 10:21 PM

We have had massive layoffs in the automotive engineering/design car biz here in the Detroit area. So for me it wasn't a matter of choice.
It's a whole new world now, you can forget about your lifetime employment and fat pension working for corporations. Our jobs have been shipped out of country to the lowest bidder.
Been employed online for the last 3 1/2 yrs. as my only income. I don't think I could go back to the cubicle farm if the opportunity presented itself.

11-10-2006, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webby

Hypothetically, don't doubt the Shemp would be a valuable asset

Let me rephrase that:

Shemp is a valuable asset, regardless whether he'd be looking for a job or not.

WiredGuy · 11-10-2006, 10:24 PM

I'm self-supported.
WG

11-10-2006, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

I'm self-supported.
WG

Whatever, you're Gbot's bitch and we all know it.

tony286 · 11-10-2006, 10:30 PM

fulltime almost 5 yrs now

jasonir · 11-10-2006, 10:30 PM

I voted aye, though I also have a brick-and-mortar mortgage business, among other ventures in environmental and importing, so it wasn't entirely honest.

WiredGuy · 11-10-2006, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Equinox

Whatever, you're Gbot's bitch and we all know it.

Googlebot's my bitch and don't forget that!
WG

Marcus · 11-10-2006, 10:42 PM

Summer of 2001
Was getting severely harassed at work and I had been working on the side in adult for a month and made just under $200. So I figured its a start and there must be more, and I quit my job. Couldnt handle being talked down to anymore by some cunt-face who probably masturbates feverishly in his off work hours and picks on me for fun.

MyNameIsNobody · 11-10-2006, 10:43 PM

Full time!

Lots of work with the program and making good money promoting it to!
Adult Innovators.com

Aye

11-10-2006, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MyNameIsNobody

Full time!

Lots of work with the program and making good money promoting it to!
Adult Innovators.com

Aye

Of course, some dickhead has to come in an spoil a perfectly good thread by plugging his fucking ref codes. Get lost.

EBORG9 · 11-10-2006, 10:54 PM

I make my money in this business but I don't rely soley online to get clients, and prospects. I actually market like a brick and morter company.

RK · 11-10-2006, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Equinox

Who actually does online to support themselves and their family?

Aye. I make enough to support quite a few families ...

he-fox · 11-10-2006, 11:30 PM

Online 100%. I would never-ever work in the "real" world. I only regret I discovered it only 2 yrs ago.

marketsmart · 11-10-2006, 11:45 PM

thats top secret ;)

BlackCrayon · 11-11-2006, 12:16 AM

100% of my income comes from online and always has since the beginning of 99.

bdld · 11-11-2006, 12:25 AM

full-time since the beginning.

11-11-2006, 01:11 AM

Nice, keep them coming. I'm quite surprised that there isn't more part-timers here.

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11-10-2006, 10:02 PM	#1
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Business Thread: Who actually does online to support themselves and their family? Who here works online (adult or other) to support themselves financially, without following another line of "real world" work? If you quit your real world job for your online biz, when did you feel comfortable making the switch? Let's hear it.

11-10-2006, 10:04 PM	#2
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,342	Uh, of course. I started out of college, so I never had a "real world" to quit. __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

11-10-2006, 10:08 PM	#5
After Shock Media It's coming look busy Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". Posts: 35,299	I am and have been full online for a long ass time. I do however have offline income investments now though, rentals and the like. My fiance has also started an offline business, though all of its income is left in the business itself. I have not had a real offline job that I ever had to quit. For awhile I had opened up and ran a hobby shop, other than that not much of anything. Some minor jobs as a teen doing assorted things cause I was bored. __________________ [email protected] ICQ:135982156 AIM: Aftershockmed1a MSN: [email protected]

11-10-2006, 10:09 PM	#6
notabook Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not a Library! Posts: 9,748	Used to be almost full online but several bad decisions and a 'shift in the winds' later I'm around half/half now. __________________

11-10-2006, 10:08 PM	#4
Monique Niccole Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 5,653	yep...always have

11-10-2006, 10:09 PM	#7
CDSmith Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: My network is hosted at TECHIEMEDIA.net ...Wait, you meant where am I located at? Oh... okay, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Oops. :) Posts: 51,460	Fulltime since '99. And a job + online for nearly 2 years before that. __________________ *Promote Wildmatch, ImLive, Sexier.com, and more!!* ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PAYOUTS: Big Bux/ImLive SIGNUP ON NOW!!! Put some PUSSYCA$H in your pocket. ICQ me at: 31024634 Last edited by CDSmith; 11-10-2006 at 10:10 PM..

11-10-2006, 10:09 PM	#8
the Shemp congrats to the winners Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Echo Beach Posts: 10,891	who else would hire me...? __________________ i use Vacares...so should you Submit your picture galleries to my site...Outlaw TGP

11-10-2006, 10:10 PM	#9
Webby Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Far far away - as possible Posts: 14,956	Would hope most are doing this full time and making a biz of it - tho ya sometimes wonder (Else they are just clogging the place up) Been online since 95-96 and decades in adult before that time. __________________ XXX TLD's - Another mosquito to swat.

11-10-2006, 10:16 PM	#13
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	I could, but I also have a 28 hour/week job that keeps me busy 4 days a week. I repair pc's, build them etc. It's nice though, I can work on my online work while I do that also so it isn't too bad.

11-10-2006, 10:21 PM	#14
Helix Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,003	We have had massive layoffs in the automotive engineering/design car biz here in the Detroit area. So for me it wasn't a matter of choice. It's a whole new world now, you can forget about your lifetime employment and fat pension working for corporations. Our jobs have been shipped out of country to the lowest bidder. Been employed online for the last 3 1/2 yrs. as my only income. I don't think I could go back to the cubicle farm if the opportunity presented itself. __________________ Free OneHungLo !!! Free Baddog !!! Free Mindi !!!

11-10-2006, 10:24 PM	#16
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,488	I'm self-supported. WG __________________ I play with Google.

11-10-2006, 10:30 PM	#18
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	fulltime almost 5 yrs now

11-10-2006, 10:30 PM	#19
jasonir Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toro'no Posts: 1,887	I voted aye, though I also have a brick-and-mortar mortgage business, among other ventures in environmental and importing, so it wasn't entirely honest. __________________ ICQ: 61689996

11-10-2006, 10:42 PM	#21
Marcus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,472	Summer of 2001 Was getting severely harassed at work and I had been working on the side in adult for a month and made just under $200. So I figured its a start and there must be more, and I quit my job. Couldnt handle being talked down to anymore by some cunt-face who probably masturbates feverishly in his off work hours and picks on me for fun.

11-10-2006, 10:43 PM	#22
MyNameIsNobody Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Swedän Posts: 2,947	Full time! Lots of work with the program and making good money promoting it to! Adult Innovators.com Aye __________________ MyNameIsNobody - ICQ: 279-601-583

11-10-2006, 10:54 PM	#24
EBORG9 Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,823	I make my money in this business but I don't rely soley online to get clients, and prospects. I actually market like a brick and morter company.

11-10-2006, 11:30 PM	#26
he-fox Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico Posts: 2,884	Online 100%. I would never-ever work in the "real" world. I only regret I discovered it only 2 yrs ago.

11-10-2006, 11:45 PM	#27
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	thats top secret ;)

11-11-2006, 12:16 AM	#28
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	100% of my income comes from online and always has since the beginning of 99. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-11-2006, 12:25 AM	#29
bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	full-time since the beginning.

11-11-2006, 01:11 AM	#30
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Nice, keep them coming. I'm quite surprised that there isn't more part-timers here.