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  • marketsmart
    HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
    • Dec 2004
    • 20419

    #1

    Serious Question: No Liars Please

    honestly, how many people here will be leaving adult in the next six months if things don't improve?

    secondly, what will you be leaving to? mainstream? off net job?
  • Darkhorse
    Horsing Around
    • Sep 2002
    • 5879

    #2
    Not me.....

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    • After Shock Media
      It's coming look busy
      • Mar 2001
      • 35299

      #3
      I think I will be sticking it out as I have yet to feel a serious pinch.
      Though I also am looking at some additional offline ventures for extra income.

      [email protected] ICQ:135982156 AIM: Aftershockmed1a MSN: [email protected]

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      • bronco67
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Dec 2006
        • 29032

        #4
        I'm preparing to get into the biz. Is it really that bad? Someone must be doing well, because it seems like there's 800 new porn movies every fucking week.

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        • st0ned
          Confirmed User
          • Mar 2007
          • 8437

          #5
          I won't be going anywhere. My monthly earnings have been increasing steadily over the past 12 months. When the industry changes, change with it. On the other hand it is always good to diversify into other industries as well.
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          • BAKO
            https://traffichaus.com/
            • Jul 2005
            • 18478

            #6
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            • Fucksakes
              Shit... Fuck! What the Hell?
              • Dec 2003
              • 7567

              #7
              I'm not going anywhere, been here for about 8 years and still TONS to learn and 1000's of new things to try.

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              • Tat2Jr
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2001
                • 4882

                #8
                Going anywhere? Hell no. Been here since '97. Can't imagine life without lots of naked 18 year olds running around my house. If things are going that badly you're not expanding in the right directions.
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                • BAKO
                  https://traffichaus.com/
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 18478

                  #9
                  Been in Porn since 1999 and every year it gets better ;)
                  Global Traffic Acquisition & Monetization
                  Telegram: @bakokaye

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                  • eightmotives
                    Confirmed User
                    • May 2007
                    • 811

                    #10
                    My dick's too big to leave!
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                    • Compdoctor
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2001
                      • 1937

                      #11
                      when they leave there will be more for me
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                      • marketsmart
                        HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                        • Dec 2004
                        • 20419

                        #12
                        well, so far good to hear.. i hate quitters.. stick it out until you have exhausted all options...

                        i think its going to be tough the next 12-18 months, but i think there is money to be made by getting creative....

                        also, i am in agreement to supplement adult with either mainstream or offline projects...

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                        • s3xnetwork
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2007
                          • 201

                          #13
                          I do both mainstream and adult, but even in the worst economy people still love sex and booze. This is a great time to be peddling porn and if you're not making good money at it, you're just not doing it right.

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                          • marketsmart
                            HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                            • Dec 2004
                            • 20419

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Compdoctor
                            when they leave there will be more for me
                            did your dad take his avatar back?

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                            • tony299
                              lurker
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 57021

                              #15
                              Im in for the long haul, like working with my wife and being home with my dogs too much.

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                              • Peaches
                                Old broad
                                • Oct 2002
                                • 13933

                                #16
                                How many people or the percentage? I wouldn't be surprised to see at least 30% go. And that doesn't include the ones I know are doing DAMNED well in adult but are focusing on mainstream in hopes to eventually wean off adult (at least most of it).

                                The interesting part will be the higher management positions being laid off. It's easy to hire a rep at a small salary and promises of big fat commissions, but if you're used to get getting that big fat pay day in and day out, it's going to be hard to match it elsewhere.

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                                • baddog
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2001
                                  • 107089

                                  #17
                                  You guys are stuck with me. Too much fun to consider quitting.

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                                  • Zorgman
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Aug 2002
                                    • 6103

                                    #18
                                    Since 2000. Nothing else to do with my time but code for you guys. :D
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                                    • jakethedog
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jun 2004
                                      • 2497

                                      #19
                                      in since 1996 and yeah .. making more every month .. fuck the TUBES .. fuck the obscenity laws ... fuck'em all .. I am very happy all around .. evolve or die ..
                                      No sig .. just me

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                                      • marketsmart
                                        HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                                        • Dec 2004
                                        • 20419

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                        You guys are stuck with me. Too much fun to consider quitting.
                                        as much as i think you are annoying, i get the feeling that you live low key and bank most of your money... i think you will ride the shit to the bottom if neccessary...

                                        one thing i have always wondered about you is what you did before adult...
                                        Last edited by marketsmart; 06-07-2008, 09:21 PM.

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                                        • baddog
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 107089

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by marketsmart
                                          one thing i have always wondered about you is what you did before adult...
                                          Telecommunications technician, settlement negotiator, paralegal.

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                                          • DateDoc
                                            Outside looking in.
                                            • Feb 2005
                                            • 14243

                                            #22
                                            Over the past 6 months I have been doing more and more mainstream and it is in an area I have a true passion for so it is fun to do the work. I will still do adult dating and dating as they pay the bills.

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                                            • J. Falcon
                                              www.AdultCopywriters.com
                                              • May 2006
                                              • 31645

                                              #23
                                              Im gonna thug it out.
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                                              • SilentKnight
                                                Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                • Oct 2005
                                                • 24818

                                                #24
                                                Been around since '99 ('95 if you count the production years before we went to a paysite format) - so chances are slim we'll be goin' anywhere soon.

                                                Besides, there's too much invested in what we do to pack it in.

                                                Plus...last month was one of our best for sales in our history.

                                                Still rockin' in '07.

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                                                • Yngwie
                                                  I am an Alien from space
                                                  • May 2003
                                                  • 11118

                                                  #25
                                                  I've had my ups and many downs (right now being one of the downs), but I have never quit and never will.
                                                  ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

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                                                  • d-null
                                                    . . .
                                                    • Apr 2007
                                                    • 13724

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by DateDoc
                                                    Over the past 6 months I have been doing more and more mainstream and it is in an area I have a true passion for so it is fun to do the work.
                                                    my mainstream traffic is up yet my earnings per traffic is dropping over the last year, it is a disturbing trend, I can't help but feel like it is all so fragile... soon the new adage will be "there is no money in mainstream"

                                                    of course there will always be some very high money earning sites that can just about dictate their own advertising rates, but the little people that are reliant on google and other mickey mouse ppc options are not in what I feel is a long term secure earnings situation

                                                    feel free to call me a pessimist

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                                                    • Barefootsies
                                                      Choice is an Illusion
                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                      • 42635

                                                      #27
                                                      Why would I leave?

                                                      I make more money every year, and as you can see, our ratios are not suffering.

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                                                      • Penny Flame
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Mar 2008
                                                        • 729

                                                        #28
                                                        I'm never leaving. With all this 18 year old pussy running around my house....

                                                        Oh wait. There is some cock running around too.

                                                        My home is filled with running genitalia.


                                                        But I want to be around long after I quit performing. I love the whole industry, and can't imagine things differently.

                                                        (that could be due to the fact that I've been in it since 2001 and know nothing else...)

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                                                        • payd2purv
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Jan 2008
                                                          • 2727

                                                          #29
                                                          Leaving adult!?

                                                          I have barely gotten started... I'm soo fucking young.. it's great
                                                          Last edited by payd2purv; 06-07-2008, 10:51 PM.

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                                                          • halfpint
                                                            GFY's Halfpint
                                                            • Jun 2007
                                                            • 15223

                                                            #30
                                                            Will def stay in adult and wont quit..ever, but I do have some bits and bobs in mainstream

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                                                            • marketsmart
                                                              HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                              • 20419

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by Penny Flame
                                                              I'm never leaving. With all this 18 year old pussy running around my house....

                                                              Oh wait. There is some cock running around too.

                                                              My home is filled with running genitalia.


                                                              But I want to be around long after I quit performing. I love the whole industry, and can't imagine things differently.

                                                              (that could be due to the fact that I've been in it since 2001 and know nothing else...)

                                                              PORN OR DIE!!!!! RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                                                              where do i apply for a position... i like to wear tight hanes briefs and throw fire crackers around the house as well as make a mean set of flapjacks on a sunday morning...

                                                              my salary requirements are $5 per week.. additional, hot 18-21 y/o needs to be provided as i am a nymphomaniac...

                                                              kthanx... i await your counter offer...

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                                                              • Libertine
                                                                sex dwarf
                                                                • May 2002
                                                                • 17860

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by bronco67
                                                                I'm preparing to get into the biz. Is it really that bad? Someone must be doing well, because it seems like there's 800 new porn movies every fucking week.
                                                                Noticing the fact that there's a lot of competition in an industry makes you think it's a good idea to enter it?
                                                                /(bb|[^b]{2})/

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                                                                • Some Guy
                                                                  Affordable Content!
                                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                                  • 1750

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Been doing this for eight years and don't plan on quitting anytime soon. Besides, who would hire me? I'd be lucky to get a job at Burger King. I can just see my application now...

                                                                  "Previous employment: Pornographer"

                                                                  Hmm. Application immediately thrown in trash. And even if I did get hired, I'd be leaning out the drive-thru window asking cute chicks if they'd like to make some extra money on the side and would get fired within a week. Doh!

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                                                                  • NYRangers
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Jul 2004
                                                                    • 552

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by marketsmart
                                                                    honestly, how many people here will be leaving adult in the next six months if things don't improve?

                                                                    secondly, what will you be leaving to? mainstream? off net job?
                                                                    Is this your first attempt at a job in the "real world" past college, (university in other parts of the world) or high school?

                                                                    Where does one come to a conclusion that life in "adult" is so bad?

                                                                    Who are you and what do you do?
                                                                    Understand the business before you open your mouth.

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                                                                    • marketsmart
                                                                      HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                                      • 20419

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by NYRangers
                                                                      Is this your first attempt at a job in the "real world" past college, (university in other parts of the world) or high school?

                                                                      Where does one come to a conclusion that life in "adult" is so bad?

                                                                      Who are you and what do you do?
                                                                      I was only asking... I was an upper level executive for a publically traded company. I have owned several of my own companies.

                                                                      i have hopped in and out of adult over the past 6-8 years.. right now i am back in, so i dont think adult is bad.. i was just asking to get an idea of where peoples heads are...

                                                                      as far as what i do, i trade currency and run a tube site (and yes i own every lick of content on that site other than the few sponsors videos i allow).....

                                                                      so, what do you do?

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                                                                      • JFK
                                                                        FUBAR the ORIGINATOR
                                                                        • Jan 2002
                                                                        • 67373

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                                                        You guys are stuck with me. Too much fun to consider quitting.
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                                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                          • 35299

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Marketstreet the honest answer would be many of the more serious people will either diversify and or stick to adult. Then another segment which is massive will still be in the webmaster reserves playing on weekends and talking about it every so often as it brings in anywhere from some beer money to several hundred a month for them. They will also continue to throw as much free shit at the wall to see what sticks and makes them a sign up. Then there will be some who just can not devote the time anymore and will fold.

                                                                          Biggest issue that keeps so many in play is that hosting can be free, content is free, the scripts are free, the work is almost done for you, so in reality it is near impossible to bottom out and assuming your close to it you can just whore youself in some contest threads and clear a hundred or two a month.

                                                                          [email protected] ICQ:135982156 AIM: Aftershockmed1a MSN: [email protected]

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                                                                          • marketsmart
                                                                            HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                                                                            • Dec 2004
                                                                            • 20419

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                                            Marketstreet the honest answer would be many of the more serious people will either diversify and or stick to adult. Then another segment which is massive will still be in the webmaster reserves playing on weekends and talking about it every so often as it brings in anywhere from some beer money to several hundred a month for them. They will also continue to throw as much free shit at the wall to see what sticks and makes them a sign up. Then there will be some who just can not devote the time anymore and will fold.

                                                                            Biggest issue that keeps so many in play is that hosting can be free, content is free, the scripts are free, the work is almost done for you, so in reality it is near impossible to bottom out and assuming your close to it you can just whore youself in some contest threads and clear a hundred or two a month.
                                                                            to clarify, i was trying to get an answer from the people that work at least 20-40 hours in adult and may not consider adult their main income source (they work primary job)...

                                                                            at some point, i would have to think that working 20-40 extra hours a week in adult but only making an additional $100-$1000 a month at some point isnt worth the effort...

                                                                            i was asking original question in hopes of getting an idea of how tough it is for the average person to make $ in adult these days and to determine if it is pushing them out of the industry...

                                                                            so far, it seems (from the initial responses) that most are going to try to stick it out for at least another 6-12 months...

                                                                            very opposite of what i was expecting, but its late on a weekend... we'll see what the weekday crowd has to say...

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                                                                            • Tjeezers
                                                                              Webmaster
                                                                              • Mar 2007
                                                                              • 16603

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Its porn or nothing

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                                                                              • bloggingseo
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • May 2007
                                                                                • 1793

                                                                                #40
                                                                                You know, I think honestly what to do is do the job that you love the most. If you love being in this industry, you will evolve and adapt and change and figure out new ways to keep making money. If you don't really like doing it, hell, go back to college or whatever career you want to really do. You are only happy when you are doing what you love.

                                                                                Writing mainstream and adult since 2003
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                                                                                • mightymike
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Apr 2008
                                                                                  • 139

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  I have never bet on one horse. I have spread my bizz on different things, adult is just an part of it. If it fails it would be a shame, but not a disaster.

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                                                                                  • Klen
                                                                                    • Aug 2006
                                                                                    • 32235

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    I was thinking about moving to mainstream,but mainstream aff programs are so crippled you cant just imagine.Also everytime when i tried to earn money outside adult industry i was not earn anything i was only lose money and not small money.Conclusion:i will stick with adult biz,and with gfy :D I think even when we reach ground zero it will still be better.

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                                                                                    • CDSmith
                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                      • May 2001
                                                                                      • 51460

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Is the sky falling again?

                                                                                      That's like... 15 times in the last 10 years. :D
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                                                                                      • rvincent
                                                                                        Confirmed User
                                                                                        • Feb 2005
                                                                                        • 431

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        "Things" (ie: income) has never been so great for me.
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                                                                                        • Klen
                                                                                          • Aug 2006
                                                                                          • 32235

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by CDSmith
                                                                                          Is the sky falling again?

                                                                                          That's like... 15 times in the last 10 years. :D
                                                                                          This time that could actualy happen.Also according to star trek time line soon will be wwIII

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                                                                                          • Angelina77
                                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                                            • Apr 2008
                                                                                            • 336

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Let them go then more for us !!!!!!


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                                                                                            • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                              • Jul 2002
                                                                                              • 40377

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by marketsmart
                                                                                              very opposite of what i was expecting, but its late on a weekend... we'll see what the weekday crowd has to say...
                                                                                              those who are quitting/will quit, are doing it silently

                                                                                              you never see people announcing "my income has been suffering so much that I decided to quit adult and get a real office job"

                                                                                              they just leave quietly....
                                                                                              I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                              • bronco67
                                                                                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                • Dec 2006
                                                                                                • 29032

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by Libertine
                                                                                                Noticing the fact that there's a lot of competition in an industry makes you think it's a good idea to enter it?
                                                                                                I have a unique product and high quality product in the 3D animation realm. I can truly say that when my product goes out, there will be nothing else like it on the internets. Believe me, I've looked.
                                                                                                Last edited by bronco67; 06-08-2008, 04:59 AM.

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                                                                                                • Dennis Rodman
                                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                  • Jan 2005
                                                                                                  • 1060

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                                                                                  Still rockin' in '07.
                                                                                                  Umm, last I checked it was 2008 and we are half way through it. Place the crystal meth on the counter and please step away.

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                                                                                                  • Iron Fist
                                                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                    • Dec 2006
                                                                                                    • 23400

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    When I start spending more than i'm making then i'll consider it.... otherwise, i'm permanently parked here - this is a fun hobby!
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