Pretty much all of their ads are for dating/sex finding type sites and for these hornny fucks watching these 5 minutes videos I bet it converts pretty well. Either way though, I'm sure redtube doesn't give a fuck how it converts.

:Oh crap:Oh crap

I guess I feel like the dating stuff will eventually stagnate on those sites. Many of those visitors are return visitors. If they see the same dating ads time and time again they eventually ignore them and they will be less profitable. I think eventually advertisers will start to lose money on them and back out and that will leave tube sites like this one in deep shit.

But then again, maybe not.

the reason why they are looking for buyers IMO is not because they aren't making money, it is because they are greedy but not stupid. They are worried the gravey train may end soon (being sued or laws changing) that will fuck them hard for having stolen content on their sites.

They are also greedy as fuck and they see sites in the top 50 like myspace, youtube and face book worth hundreds of millions. They think because they have the traffic they can cash in and sell for millions too. How much does youporn want ? 20 million, how much do they claim it makes. $120,000 a month from advertising. That is net. The reason he wants to sell it, he would rather 20 million now opposed to 120K a month and sooner or later getting into shit.

I don't think it is " they want to sell because they don't make money" I think it is more, we are greedy and we want 20 years income paid upfront right now, and they don't want the risks long term that comes with these types of sites...

Yes, I think you're right. It just makes sense to try and get out with a large lumpsum than operating under the risks while making a lot less than the lumpsum.

I'm curious, have any large adult tube sites been successfully sold to date? Are there companies and/or individuals out there that have $20 million willing to buy networks with so much associated risks?

edit, i meant i dont think that is net, i think that is 120K month gross, so they grossing like 1.5 million a year. even if they profitting 500K they want to sell for 20 million :1orglaugh thats 40 years income i would want to sell too LOLOL. I bet if they put it up for sale for something reasonable someone would take them up on it, if they put it for sale for 3 - 4 million someone would buy it.

I'm sure they want out as soon as possible. The owners of Youporn admit they don't know what to do with it they just want to grow it as big as possible and sell it. I think they want out, like you say, before the shit hits the fan and they have to deal with the potential problems a site like that has. Better to get something nice today for it than risk getting nothing for it in a few years.

Hosted at ch00pa. They can unleash some serious bandwidth. Outside that, they host few large programs, and they seem to support gaming communities that burn bandwidth like there's no tommorow.
I've seen far better prices from hosts here then on their page. I'd be curious what they charge redtube :)

Fuck, thats a joke..... $0,10 CPC I have trouble getting 10c per click from my SE traffic......

And when you think of it, it would be a great score for them even to get $1 - $2 million for a site that only breaks even in terms of profit.

yea yea there is some traffics there

True but it still does nothing to change my opinion that most sites like this will eventually die off or radically change themselves. It is just a questions of if the change/death will be under a new owner or not.

Wow, $0.25 per click on a tube site. So that means you'd need to convert ~1:100 to make a reasonable profit.

I doubt that they have many returning buyers, or buyers at all.

Anybody in the mood to start guessing how much their BW bill is each month?

interesting year old thread and comments

now a year later the alexa stats say redtube is 22x that of thehun


http://i40.tinypic.com/9a7lab.jpg

How about this one for a trip?

http://www.nametrader.com/tubealexa.jpg

:2 cents:

Interesting update.

I wonder if Hun gallery spots will ever come down in price. How about content store dvd prices? Prices for both have remained as high as they were years ago while the market is completely different.

if so, then Thehun must be still the most profitable adult free site, even with 2-4x less traffic then biggest tubes.

Techy and determined surfers have many other ways to find your content for free than tube sites. Tube sites were a way for the market to solve a problem that non-techy surfers had. The problem was many of you guys have scammed sick amounts of surfers. Cross sales, and false promises etc.

Soon the biggest will be tube8 or pornhub.

I personally think tube8, but pornhub has much better Google rankings

[IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/9puf5k.jpg[/IMG]

Pretty funny to read all the GFY-ers her posting about how much money the tubes make and how it converts knowing the average GFY-er has absolutely no clue about bandwidth at such high numbers as the tubes burn.

Very interesting pics in thread...
Free content is the only trick :)
Bandwidth...ah yes I agree with you Ron2k1, redtube is big monster for Bandwidth :)

hahaha a real money maker

Searches per day :helpme

Google
daily est
red tube 175,593
you tube 131,203

fuck the red faggot tube

There you go ...

that is just fucked

fuk i was gonna make my own thread.

edittt

The funny thing is.. Redtube isn't even one of the good "illegal" tubes. Redtube doesn't have half the shit as some of the others.

lol, funny part is i own a FreePorno ( dot ) ext that is parked makes me good revenue a month...its a shitty ext too that is parked.

You make dating sales.

I don't see why anyone would pay for porn. pornhub.com is sick.

oh yea, thats dead on

I got a few tubes which i really want to sell... I dont want to be contacted by the fucking fbi for distribution of obscene material anytime soon.. I really dont blame them

This is true. I have the sales proposal - it's been on sale for over a year. They are losing money.

haha... here we go. almost 4 years and everyone is still saying tube sites will die as if it makes any sense.

time to come to grips with a few facts.

1) tube sites convert traffic
2) tube sites are profitable (the ones i know well are)
3) bandwidth/storage will only get cheaper
4) broadband and user internet speeds are only going up

.... so... thinking this isn't something thats here to say is insanely naive... even delusional.

Strange that they would be selling it out.... always a reason why someone sells something, just would be interested as to why... because it's got to be paying its bills, therefore, must be making at least enough to cover that, and probably making a fairly healthy profit as well.

Youtube just set a bad example that many have followed. Built an empire on stolen content, hemoraged money for years, and the got bought up by google for a hefty sum.

I had to go back over a year, but I finally found a thread about RedTube that wasn't started by xxxjay :thumbsup

Dang, i remember reading this a year ago... cant believe the site is still that massive

I think what a lot of people are forgetting is its not the actual site that is pulling in revenue, but these visitors sign up for an "account" so they can post their :2 cents: about videos. Get enough email addresses + some "marketing" = nice return

My brothers friend has some free video game site and makes people register with their info before they can play. He says he makes 20x more money from email marketing to those people than he does off any ads on the site

my :2 cents: are people are still stuck on that the only way to make money is to get people to a site, get them to click on the affiliate link and join. Surfers these days are way more savvy then they were 5 years ago. Conversion rates were high because people didnt know that there was so many torrent sites, tube sites, newz and free sites to download content from... it was only napster, limewire and old fashioned IRC.

I was thought to be a geek when i was in college because i know how to use mIRC, and even before that, AOL chat rooms.

Eh, times have changed and its time to adapt or die IMO