1997 - 2003 = goldmine - GoFuckYourself.com

quiet · 07-23-2005, 12:40 AM

if you didn't make a shitload, and yet were involved at that time... wtf?

07-23-2005, 12:43 AM

sucks for those who started in 2003

WiredGuy · 07-23-2005, 12:44 AM

I only went full time in this business in late 2002, part-time in late 2000. I valued my degree more at the time so I focused on finishing school. In some ways I regret it but I was really close to finishing my degree, I didn't want to lose the first 2.5 years down the drain...
WG

quiet · 07-23-2005, 12:59 AM

i love you wg.

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

Morgan · 07-23-2005, 01:00 AM

I was making a lot then...

but im making a lot now too so........

WiredGuy · 07-23-2005, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiet

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

The profit margins back then were really obscene, but it was a new industry and very unregulated so it was like the wild west. Now that things have calmed down, margins are shrinking and its harder to make a buck. I think we all wished we did more during the boom but what's important is where we go from here

WG

chupachups · 07-23-2005, 01:12 AM

What about those who started in 95-96?

StuartD · 07-23-2005, 04:21 AM

I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok.
As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to.

Major (Tom) · 07-23-2005, 04:22 AM

I got in at early/mid 2002 full time. It seems like it was eaiser to make a buck back then. Deluxe Pass was my first sponsor that took off. It wasnt long before i was doing 20k a month sending about 2k hits a day to my archive. I knew it wouldnt last forever so I didnt go silly with that money and just took what i needed, saved ALOT of it and reinvested the rest back into Duke Dollars. Then for reasons I can only specualte, Deluxe Pass litterally stopped. We're talking 1500 members down to 300 in a 3 month period. Glad i saved my money and reinvested it

Duke

Jakke PNG · 07-23-2005, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiet

i love you wg.

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

I was dumb.
I concentrated in the wrong things.
Been around since 1996, and have had nothing but wrong choices until just around 2002 or so.

Alky · 07-23-2005, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok.
As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to.

can you ever become rich when you work for someone? sure if the company allows you to move up in it... but if not then no.

Nicky · 07-23-2005, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiet

i love you wg.

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

I started out 99 and have been around all the time since then......still not making too many K a month..... and didnt do back then either....

DamageX · 07-23-2005, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

I was dumb.
I concentrated in the wrong things.
Been around since 1996, and have had nothing but wrong choices until just around 2002 or so.

I'd say dumb is someone who doesn't realize his mistakes and the learns from them.

I've been around for quite some time myself and while I sometimes wish I would've concentrated on this more at an earlier stage of my involvement in this industry, I do not regret the choices I made and the things I concentrated on instead. Over the years I've done a lot of research and testing on a lot of things in this biz and I am truly thankful that I was patient enough not to rush in head-first, as that could've made for some major damage. Now I know a lot about pretty much every aspect of this biz and I can, without much fear or effort, set up a successful operation regardless of what I choose to focus on. I've had (and still have) success in certain areas and it's only natural for me to start diversifying.

Ross · 07-23-2005, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

I got in at early/mid 2002 full time. It seems like it was eaiser to make a buck back then. Deluxe Pass was my first sponsor that took off. It wasnt long before i was doing 20k a month sending about 2k hits a day to my archive. I knew it wouldnt last forever so I didnt go silly with that money and just took what i needed, saved ALOT of it and reinvested the rest back into Duke Dollars. Then for reasons I can only specualte, Deluxe Pass litterally stopped. We're talking 1500 members down to 300 in a 3 month period. Glad i saved my money and reinvested it

Duke

You are my inspiration buddy for reasons you will find out in due course!

Trax · 07-23-2005, 06:08 AM

If I would have started in 97 I would post from my own caribean island now

VeriSexy · 07-23-2005, 06:09 AM

Wished I worked even harder in 1999-2001 it was way too easy

iggysick · 07-23-2005, 06:13 AM

You guys actualy make money selling porn!?!

DamageX · 07-23-2005, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iggysick

You guys actualy make money selling porn!?!

Yeah, we leave winning postwhore contests to people like you.

Matt_WildCash · 07-23-2005, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok.
As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to.

Mate you can be as big as you WANT to be. If you aim low your will reach your goal i'm sure. But is that where you want to be? Nah man aim for the stars and if you land on the moon well thats ok. But don't aim for the moon and end up in the drink.

andrej_NDC · 07-23-2005, 06:28 AM

Im happy I didnt get into this industry during those days, I would be pretty frustrated now.

Im doing fine even now and better every month.

andrej_NDC · 07-23-2005, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt_WC

aim for the stars and if you land on the moon well thats ok. But don't aim for the moon and end up in the drink.

you took the words out of my mouth

Cory W · 07-23-2005, 06:37 AM

Quiet,

If we all would have taken advantage of things, don't you think you would have made less?

Saturation is one issue today. And it is one issue that contributed too the slimming of margins, not too mention reckless behavior. It is funny to see people complain about Processing fees. I bet some of you wish you could go back in time and make Processing accounts 25k to start.

StuartD · 07-23-2005, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alky

can you ever become rich when you work for someone? sure if the company allows you to move up in it... but if not then no.

I only stared working for someone in February... I was on my own before then.

Furious_Female · 07-23-2005, 07:04 AM

2000 still brings a tear to my eye

Good times

Linguist · 07-23-2005, 07:06 AM

I made a huge mistake of getting out the industry around late 2000 after i made some decent money. The reason being that I was underage, and didn't know better.

Then in April of 2004 I stumbled upon GFY, tried some adult projects that didn't take off, and now kicking ass in mainstream. 2005 is a GOOD year.

Funny thing is, me doing good in mainstream is all because of people I've met on GFY.

... but I still regret getting out in late 2000

European Lee · 07-23-2005, 07:07 AM

The good thing is, it would be so easy for EVERYONE to go back to the days of 97-03, the problem is, nobody actually wants to

Istead, they choose to pander to the thousands of noobs who join the industry on an almost monthly basis whilst not realizing that it is these same people who are saturating the markets and cutting everyones slice of the pie thinner

As i say, getting back to the days of '97-'03 would be REAL easy to do unfortunately, the state of the industry today means its not gonna happen anytime soon

Regards,

Lee

J-$ · 07-23-2005, 09:34 AM

hell I still got to sell dope to make a living
its ayght tho..im my own biggest client

TheSaint · 07-23-2005, 10:43 AM

Funny thing is, I played around in porn back in the stone age, before anyone even knew what the Internet was, it was maybe 1990 or something and I posted mac porn movies on compuserve with ads to buy a few floppy disk quicktimes for $20.

I must have made maybe 15K in one month. Got bored as piss though just duplicating floppy disks all day and lost intrerest, porn always took a back seat with me to my "real" business.

Got back in in 2003, did well but not the kind of numbers I know would have been easy 2 years earlier. Anybody thinks all the money in porn is over though hasn't looked at the way things work - more than likely the biggest porn operations 10 years from now don't exist today, think about it.

Dalai lama · 07-23-2005, 10:45 AM

In business since 2002

Nylz · 07-23-2005, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sjelefall

I made a huge mistake of getting out the industry around late 2000 after i made some decent money. The reason being that I was underage, and didn't know better.

EXACT same here

But now I'm doing better than ever, so I can't really complain

wedouglas · 07-23-2005, 10:47 AM

if you think you cant become rich still, youre outta your mind. try harder. you can be wrong and fail 1000 times, but you only need to be right once

psili · 07-23-2005, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok.
As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

The profit margins back then were really obscene, but it was a new industry and very unregulated so it was like the wild west. Now that things have calmed down, margins are shrinking and its harder to make a buck. I think we all wished we did more during the boom but what's important is where we go from here
WG

I love these two posts. And anyone saying different about "how you should have done this" or "how you should have done that" can fuck off.

No really. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. (no, not anywhere near directed at quiet's post).

Hindsite's 20/20, and even though it's a lame expression, it basically leaves an open to learn from the past. For those that can innovate off of what was done in the past, it doesn't matter what year / date / time of day it is.

Innovate or die.

Drake · 07-23-2005, 10:57 AM

In '99 my bank account was zero. Today it's zero. I haven't gained, but I sure as hell haven't lost either.

wedouglas · 07-23-2005, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike33

In '99 my bank account was zero. Today it's zero. I haven't gained, but I sure as hell haven't lost either.

rough break hehe my banks been on the rise since 04 when i started

manne · 07-23-2005, 11:01 AM

1999

azguy · 07-23-2005, 11:06 AM

2001 was my best year so far (the only year I hit 7 digits in pure profit), and 2006 will be 10 times that if everything happens as planned with my new mainstream venture.

Sosa · 07-23-2005, 11:12 AM

I started up in October of 2001. Making shitloads more now. Just gotta learn from your mistakes and move on and try some new stuff.

wtfent · 07-23-2005, 11:18 AM

Still plenty of chances to make a buck.

BlackCrayon · 07-23-2005, 11:52 AM

i never made tons of cash but my main downfall was letting myself ride on my success. after going from 0 to 10k/month within 2 months of doing it i thought it would last forever and ended up spending 1999-2002 having fun and not working much at all which i do regret but there is still lots of money left in this biz, you just have to work for it now.

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 07-23-2005, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiet

if you didn't make a shitload, and yet were involved at that time... wtf?

Very good fucken question.

Its complicated.

Wiggles · 07-23-2005, 12:43 PM

i made a shitload until Xpics went bankrupt, then i got discouraged and quit, they owed me a fuckload of cash.

azguy · 07-23-2005, 12:44 PM

Haha I had a nice ride with Xpics.. the first check I ever got from anything online

WiredGuy · 07-23-2005, 12:49 PM

Speaking of Xpics, that was indirectly the first steps on how I got into adult. Someone stole my credit card number and racked up a ton of charges to XPics. I went to see what it was and a few weeks later, I became a webmaster. Go figure, someone stealing my CC number got me into this business. LOL
WG

azguy · 07-23-2005, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Speaking of Xpics, that was indirectly the first steps on how I got into adult. Someone stole my credit card number and racked up a ton of charges to XPics. I went to see what it was and a few weeks later, I became a webmaster. Go figure, someone stealing my CC number got me into this business. LOL
WG

The first-ever check I got was from Xpics for about $2K and that was a week or two after I started sending traffic.. it was when they had $25/signup.. so that was kinda motivating to say the least

Meloman · 07-23-2005, 01:12 PM

I've been around since mid '98. Got my start with AVS sites. I make way more now but the money was waaaaaaaaay easier then.

Back then I was a college kid working part time making less than $1K monthly. Almost overnight I was at $10K monthly and haven't looked back.

I remember the Adult Check link list used to send great traffic and instant sales.

To get this in perspective... if you do free sites now you need to mirror your site dozens of times, get it listed on dozens of link lists and do that daily for like a year before u would see a good return. (just guestimating here since I don't do this anymore)

Back then building 10 simple ass Adult Check sites would get you an easy $5K-$20K a month. (simple sites with 30 pics and a bunch of upsell banners)

I'm talking back in 98. Every year it's gotten harder and harder. I think 96-98 was the true golden era when people made fuck you money super easily without blinking an eye. I'm talking the mega millions with 1/20th of todays work.

xlogger · 07-23-2005, 01:14 PM

Who cares about the past. We will be talking about 2005 in 2010 and saying it was good times.

By 2010 all the oldies buisness will be taken over.

azguy · 07-23-2005, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xlogger

Who cares about the past. We will be talking about 2005 in 2010 and saying it was good times.

By 2010 all the oldies will be out of this week and insignificant.

WarChild · 07-23-2005, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok.
As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to.

Stuart, don't you think that's an unhealthy attitude? You're right that you dont NEED to be rich, but if you think you might like to, why hold yourself back with preconcieved notions of what you can and can't accomplish?

Don't say "I'll never be able to afford ..." instead try asking "What can I do so I can afford to buy ... ?"

Read Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Sneezy · 07-23-2005, 01:27 PM

Nice to hear that there is so many xpics generation guys still around here. Makes me feel old though.

Xenophage · 07-23-2005, 01:39 PM

Been here since 1994 and been making more money every year since ! This will be my best year ever once again.

I think the best is still yet to come. Things have changed and what once worked no longer does and new things are sure to come. If your new you cna still become very rich if you innovate and come up with something new no one else has ever done. but a lot of things have to come together just prfect for it to happen so it has alot to do with LUCK !

07-23-2005, 12:40 AM	#1
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	1997 - 2003 = goldmine if you didn't make a shitload, and yet were involved at that time... wtf? __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

07-23-2005, 12:44 AM	#3
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	I only went full time in this business in late 2002, part-time in late 2000. I valued my degree more at the time so I focused on finishing school. In some ways I regret it but I was really close to finishing my degree, I didn't want to lose the first 2.5 years down the drain... WG __________________ I play with Google.

07-23-2005, 12:59 AM	#4
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	i love you wg. but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier). __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

07-23-2005, 01:00 AM	#5
Morgan Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Corona Del Mar, CA Posts: 10,520	I was making a lot then... but im making a lot now too so........ __________________ PornstarPlatinum.com \| TransErotica.com

07-23-2005, 01:12 AM	#7
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07-23-2005, 12:43 AM	#2
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	sucks for those who started in 2003

07-23-2005, 04:21 AM	#8
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	I've come to accept the fact that I'll never make the kind of money that some of you guys do. I'll never be rich, hell... I'll never even be "well off" but that's ok. As much as I want to, I don't think that I really need to. And so it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to. __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter

07-23-2005, 04:22 AM	#9
Major (Tom) Boomer Woffen Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Null Posts: 30,537	I got in at early/mid 2002 full time. It seems like it was eaiser to make a buck back then. Deluxe Pass was my first sponsor that took off. It wasnt long before i was doing 20k a month sending about 2k hits a day to my archive. I knew it wouldnt last forever so I didnt go silly with that money and just took what i needed, saved ALOT of it and reinvested the rest back into Duke Dollars. Then for reasons I can only specualte, Deluxe Pass litterally stopped. We're talking 1500 members down to 300 in a 3 month period. Glad i saved my money and reinvested it Duke __________________ My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom

07-23-2005, 06:08 AM	#15
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07-23-2005, 06:13 AM	#17
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07-23-2005, 06:28 AM	#20
andrej_NDC Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,760	Im happy I didnt get into this industry during those days, I would be pretty frustrated now. Im doing fine even now and better every month.

07-23-2005, 06:37 AM	#22
Cory W Deeply shallow Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hollywood, Ca. Posts: 9,133	Quiet, If we all would have taken advantage of things, don't you think you would have made less? Saturation is one issue today. And it is one issue that contributed too the slimming of margins, not too mention reckless behavior. It is funny to see people complain about Processing fees. I bet some of you wish you could go back in time and make Processing accounts 25k to start. __________________ ICQ: 292310358 Offering writing and content services (mainstream). Marketing for L3 Payments

07-23-2005, 07:04 AM	#24
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07-23-2005, 07:06 AM	#25
Linguist Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 1,706	I made a huge mistake of getting out the industry around late 2000 after i made some decent money. The reason being that I was underage, and didn't know better. Then in April of 2004 I stumbled upon GFY, tried some adult projects that didn't take off, and now kicking ass in mainstream. 2005 is a GOOD year. Funny thing is, me doing good in mainstream is all because of people I've met on GFY. ... but I still regret getting out in late 2000 __________________ 315-310 Last edited by Linguist; 07-23-2005 at 07:08 AM..

07-23-2005, 07:07 AM	#26
European Lee Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Daytona Beach Posts: 7,133	The good thing is, it would be so easy for EVERYONE to go back to the days of 97-03, the problem is, nobody actually wants to Istead, they choose to pander to the thousands of noobs who join the industry on an almost monthly basis whilst not realizing that it is these same people who are saturating the markets and cutting everyones slice of the pie thinner As i say, getting back to the days of '97-'03 would be REAL easy to do unfortunately, the state of the industry today means its not gonna happen anytime soon Regards, Lee __________________ YOUR TRAFFIC IS SAFE WITH US - CONDOM CASH PUTTING THE GAY ADULT INDUSTRY ON YOUR PC!! AFFORDABLE 2257 COMPLIANT GAY + BI CONTENT

07-23-2005, 09:34 AM	#27
J-$ Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,090	hell I still got to sell dope to make a living its ayght tho..im my own biggest client __________________

07-23-2005, 10:43 AM	#28
TheSaint Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Everywhere at once Posts: 991	Funny thing is, I played around in porn back in the stone age, before anyone even knew what the Internet was, it was maybe 1990 or something and I posted mac porn movies on compuserve with ads to buy a few floppy disk quicktimes for $20. I must have made maybe 15K in one month. Got bored as piss though just duplicating floppy disks all day and lost intrerest, porn always took a back seat with me to my "real" business. Got back in in 2003, did well but not the kind of numbers I know would have been easy 2 years earlier. Anybody thinks all the money in porn is over though hasn't looked at the way things work - more than likely the biggest porn operations 10 years from now don't exist today, think about it. __________________ I have no signature

07-23-2005, 10:45 AM	#29
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07-23-2005, 10:47 AM	#31
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07-23-2005, 10:57 AM	#33
Drake Hello world! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 12,508	In '99 my bank account was zero. Today it's zero. I haven't gained, but I sure as hell haven't lost either.

07-23-2005, 11:01 AM	#35
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07-23-2005, 11:06 AM	#36
azguy Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,167	2001 was my best year so far (the only year I hit 7 digits in pure profit), and 2006 will be 10 times that if everything happens as planned with my new mainstream venture.

07-23-2005, 11:12 AM	#37
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	I started up in October of 2001. Making shitloads more now. Just gotta learn from your mistakes and move on and try some new stuff.

07-23-2005, 11:18 AM	#38
wtfent Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Diego, Cali. baby!!! Posts: 3,790	Still plenty of chances to make a buck. __________________ ThisWillShockYou.com DVD Store - TWSY UNCENSORED ICQ# 194020367 E-mail: shockingbucks(AT)gmail.com Promote something different!! Shocking Bucks

07-23-2005, 11:52 AM	#39
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	i never made tons of cash but my main downfall was letting myself ride on my success. after going from 0 to 10k/month within 2 months of doing it i thought it would last forever and ended up spending 1999-2002 having fun and not working much at all which i do regret but there is still lots of money left in this biz, you just have to work for it now. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.. Last edited by BlackCrayon; 07-23-2005 at 11:53 AM..

07-23-2005, 12:43 PM	#41
Wiggles Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 14,423	i made a shitload until Xpics went bankrupt, then i got discouraged and quit, they owed me a fuckload of cash. __________________ no sig

07-23-2005, 12:44 PM	#42
azguy Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,167	Haha I had a nice ride with Xpics.. the first check I ever got from anything online

07-23-2005, 12:49 PM	#43
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	Speaking of Xpics, that was indirectly the first steps on how I got into adult. Someone stole my credit card number and racked up a ton of charges to XPics. I went to see what it was and a few weeks later, I became a webmaster. Go figure, someone stealing my CC number got me into this business. LOL WG __________________ I play with Google.

07-23-2005, 01:12 PM	#45
Meloman Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sacramento,CA Posts: 1,540	I've been around since mid '98. Got my start with AVS sites. I make way more now but the money was waaaaaaaaay easier then. Back then I was a college kid working part time making less than $1K monthly. Almost overnight I was at $10K monthly and haven't looked back. I remember the Adult Check link list used to send great traffic and instant sales. To get this in perspective... if you do free sites now you need to mirror your site dozens of times, get it listed on dozens of link lists and do that daily for like a year before u would see a good return. (just guestimating here since I don't do this anymore) Back then building 10 simple ass Adult Check sites would get you an easy $5K-$20K a month. (simple sites with 30 pics and a bunch of upsell banners) I'm talking back in 98. Every year it's gotten harder and harder. I think 96-98 was the true golden era when people made fuck you money super easily without blinking an eye. I'm talking the mega millions with 1/20th of todays work. Last edited by Meloman; 07-23-2005 at 01:14 PM..

07-23-2005, 01:14 PM	#46
xlogger Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NY Posts: 9,507	Who cares about the past. We will be talking about 2005 in 2010 and saying it was good times. By 2010 all the oldies buisness will be taken over. __________________ ---------- XLOGGER [REFLECTED] [OH] Last edited by xlogger; 07-23-2005 at 01:15 PM..

07-23-2005, 01:27 PM	#49
Sneezy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 450	Nice to hear that there is so many xpics generation guys still around here. Makes me feel old though. __________________ no sig 4u

07-23-2005, 01:39 PM	#50
Xenophage Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 12,122	Been here since 1994 and been making more money every year since ! This will be my best year ever once again. I think the best is still yet to come. Things have changed and what once worked no longer does and new things are sure to come. If your new you cna still become very rich if you innovate and come up with something new no one else has ever done. but a lot of things have to come together just prfect for it to happen so it has alot to do with LUCK !