Petition to the Adult Industry to rasie the middle men Fee from 15-20% to 50%
 

Greetings friends and colleagues of the industry, we ask if you would consider participating in an online petition to raise the processing fees across the boards for middle men from 15% to 50% flat rate across the board.

What we have noticed is an industry filled with middle men, built by middle men, ran by middle men and many of us free loaders who are in this business trying to shave a few nickels from the hard work of the middle men need to dig deep and search our hearts and make things right for the middle men.

It is very hard for anyone to get by only making 15% especially when they are the reason we have an adult industry.

Middle men have labored and sacrificed so much for this industry and should all be driving to the high stress work environment of payment processing in their new mercedes benz and BMW's

We as an industry have prospered so much from the hard work of middle men that we forget that these guys are more intelligent than us, more resourcesful, better magicians and should be compensated much more than 15% of our earnings!

Please consider supporting this noble and worthy cause and let's chip in to help make life more comfortable for the innovative, brilliant, hard working, long suffering, magicians and masters of the ancient craft of middlemenry!

Come on good people, this is not about color or politics, its about right and wrong...and 15-20% in fees is an insult for hard working middle men to have to live on!

You can make a difference tell your friends about the coming petition and lets all dig deep and sign the petition or pledge a donation to the middlemen national foundation!

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Facetious funny

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Lol I want what you smoke haha

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hilarious

Small dogs bark and yip often. They don't have the size to scare off larger dogs, so instead they just drive them nuts hoping that the larger dog will walk away and realize they aren't worth messing with.

It's fascinating to me how similar people are with animals. We really aren't that different.

this is probably pretty accurate.

what no love for the middle men guys? Come on how do you sleep at night knowing they are scraping by making only 15-20% in fees

Shame on you for being so heartless...you would rather make a funny about little ole me then do the right thing and petition to raise the fee schedule to 50%

Come on you big cheap ass hats join a noble cause...stop trying to be funny when there are such tough times facing the middle men.

Especially you asian dick sauce where would you be without middle men?

I tell you you guys think every thing is a got damn joke...step up to the plate and join the movement!

Relevant :2 cents:

fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you....who's next?

What is a "middle men"?

No matter where someone is making money doing hard work, there's always a leech there to make money from that money. That's how the financial industry works also.

Sara is extra-cocky these days because her little merch account quadrupled her sales from 1 - 4 a day so now she thinks she "knows" something. There'll be no living with her now. :D

If it's not my esteemed colleague Mr. Peabrainy are you saying that you are unwilling to sign the petition to increase the fees for the middle men?

Hey that's pretty low to not even consider the cause.

You are not being rational or sympathetic.

If you had some ethics and respect for pseudo bankers you would do what you could to increase the fees of the middle men's who puts the monies into your pockets.

Show some class and make a donation or sign the upcoming petition Peabrainy

I am here for the contact buzz.. Someone in this thread is smoking wacky weed or something! :1orglaugh

I do just want to interject for 1 sec and then middlemenery can continue...

4 sales rebill average 2 times each at $30 each month is $131,400 each year.

Ok... carry on.

Um....no. 4 sales a day x 7 = 28 let's round up to 30 a week. 30 sales a week x $30 is $900. Let's roundup to $1000 for shits and giggles. That's $50,000 a year. A YEAR.

$1000 week x 4 = $4000 a month. If ALL rebill for 2 months (unlikely but let's say they do) that's (MAX) another $8000, for $12,000 total over 3 months or (if sales/rebills remain 'stable', meaning you acquire as many new members as you lose) $48,000 for the year.

For your numbers to work it would mean all 30 sales for the week/120 for the month would have to rebill the entire year.

You would have to be pulling in $2600+ a week to make that $131,400. 4 sales a day doesn't get you there. (And that's just gross revenue, too, profit is WAY lower). Am I wrong here? It's late.....:D

Carry on. LOL

Yes, you are so wrong i had to quote before you delete ;)

yeah, I did not understand too.
sales agents or something?

chris mallick :1orglaugh

between every site and payment center, there is a "middle man" and since there are lots of these, they are called "middle men."

essentially every time someone puts in their credit card, one of these "men" is sent the credit card number in an email. they take the CC number and charge it on their home card swiper machine. since you can't swipe a card through the internet, you need to make up these cards on the fly, then run it through. after you do this, the money comes out of the ATM and you, as the middle man, take the cash and go to the bank to deposit for the company.

this is why we want the fee to be 50% because it is a lot of work to keep making these temporary cards, having to always check email and the price of gas alone for driving is insane!

my cousin used to be making $10-$15k a month easy, now can hardly make ends meet because these thieves companies don't want to pay for the transaction costs.

bigger sites like Amazon have these people on staff to do this full time, while smaller programs like many adult site, out source it to others.

back in late 90's they used to be called "fluffers" since most of them wore fluffy clothing made of real animal furs. in the 2000's up until about 2009 they were called "lot lizards" since they would have to sit and wait for banks to open in the parking lots.

then in 2009 an industry changing movie came out called "Middle Men" depicting exactly how this industry works. amazing the level of detail they put into the film, many were upset by that because it gave away the "secrets" that no one wanted to share, and that is why the adult industry is dead because this movie shows everyone how to make tube sites.

crazy shit, but you can't keep a secret for so long.

Back by computer, let me explain:

1 sale that averages 2 rebills @ $30/month = $90
4 sales per day then equals $90 x 4 = $360
365 days in a year X $360 = $131,400

Now, what the hidden message is... do they really convert 2 more months on average?? The answer is *****YES*****
... the problem is you are billing with middle men who also bill for people like 12clicks (who like to do ALOT of XSALES)... so you are then grouped into the same clan.

Have you ever read a ccbill approval email sent to a new customer? If not... read it.

What I am saying is you do not have to bill through third party processors... it has been brainwashed into your head that you do. But you don't :thumbsup

Peabody... we have talked before and I am 100% dead on with what I am saying... if you would like to step your game up... hit me up.

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The "middle men" as you call them built this industry. Content producers were the last to the boat because they are so old school they didn't understand the web. Now most of them are out of business.

I would like to propose that small content people who are come latelys pay 75% and that the rest of us that have been around making this industry for 10+ years pay 5%.

No I stil think you're wrong. $90 is over THREE MONTHS. 1 sale = $30. Then they rebill for TWO MONTHS for a total of $90 per customer, yes? But by month FOUR that customer is GONE. You are calculating that customer stays around for a whole year.

I'm sorry Beaner but four sales a day, even if every single sale rebills for two months, does NOT equal $131,400. If this were the case then every small mom and pop company making 4 sales a day would be earning over 100k a year. Sorry man, your numbers are totally wrong.

So why would I go with someone who can't even do basic math? LOL

I'm afraid it's you that has the math wrong. His math is correct. And an average of three months is not uncalled for at all with a quality site.

Average value per sale: $90
Number of sales per day: 4
Projected value of daily sales: $360
Projected value of sales over one year: $131,400

This of course would be gross. Would need to figure in processing charges, affiliate commission, all other expenses, etc. But one site with four sales a day can absolutely gross $131,400 with projected value in a year, add in additional income streams from the site and you have a pretty fair living with a minimal amount of sales.

Fuck it. I have an idea lets nail those pesky hosts that have nothing to do with the industry as well.

I usually don't comment, but this is so funny :) you are probably just tired. If he was thinking the custumer was staying all year he would have to multiply by 12 as in ($30x12) By month 4 Customers of month 1 are gone but you are making rebills from the ones on month 2 and 3 and initial charges of the sales you make in the current month. In whichever month you are, exept the first 2 months. Let's assume you have been making 4 sales per day forever... on any given day you make 4 sales = $120 + 4 rebills from the same day last month = $120 + 4 rebills from 2 months ago = $120 = $360 per day or $131400/year

I agree if the sales and rebills are consistent but AGAIN this assuming EVERY SALE REBILLS 2 months. Now maybe he's ONLY offering rebills (and not single shots) but still I would find it hard to believe EVERY sale rebills for two months. But okay, on average perhaps.

Ah yes, math is FUN and I am TIRED so I will go away now. Sorry Beaner!! :)

Yes, averages. I see way better with mainstream yhen average 2 months. I also saw 2 months rebills with ccbill in 2009/2010.

I recommend never offering single sale unless for multiple months and comes close to your target average monthly member value (with the rebills).

I mentioned this earlier, read the email a customer gets after signing up with ccbill and ask yourself, does customer really need to know that they purchased for 24.95 to recur at 24.95 every 30 days until cancelled? The terms on the signup page already give them that information.

Let's discuss this on ICQ. Give me a shout when you're around. Much appreciated Beaner (and sorry for the above math debacle LOL).

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I think 50% in processing fees is more than reasonable....we must face the bitter truth....we are nothing without middle men!

Pay the good middle men of the world

With the 35% increase in revenue they should finally be able to provide real time working and ACCURATE STATS LOL

don't encourage her. gfy seems to breed crazy, its highly contagious

THIS thread delivers. Thanks for the laugh Swirls!

You need to watch the midddlemen to understand

You are welcome and thank you so kindly Free Market!

Love that handle by the way!

Well if you meant actual fucking as "fuck you" then I'll be next.

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Wait a minute..... MisterPeabody is now The Porn Nerd, and has changed all his sites/branding?

When did that happen?

Most likely right after the cease and desist letter or demand letter from Dreamworks.

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I didn't catch that either. I'm usually surfing on phone so everything is small. I don't think peabody brand turned into porn nerd... not certain though. I'm again, on this phone.

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I guess most people possibly wouldn't know that Mister Peabody was a cartoon that was on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show - whenever. 60's, i guess. Regardless, was not the brightest idea to name a porn network after a childrens cartoon character. Was only a matter of time before they caught it. I'm sure he was on the receiving end of some very nasty threats, claiming obscene amounts in damages (including statutory damages) and had to turn over the domains and never use/counterfeit their marks again.

He always seemed very cool was this was a colossal stupid move in choice of names to use.

There will be an announcement coming, pin threads, advertising, etc, to explain the situation. The Porn Nerd and the new Porn Nerd Network has been coming for a long time. I decided to make the change for marketing reasons and to avoid confusion. Change can be a good thing and the new name/network will do even better. :)

Stay tuned.....:)

I think the squealer may be right and although the peabody domains still resolve for me, I think in light of the article below on wikipedia it is only a matter of time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Peabody_&_Sherman

"Mr. Peabody & Sherman is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film based on the characters from the Peabody's Improbable History segments of the 1960s animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. It is produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Rob Minkoff is the director, and Alex Schwartz and Denise Nolan Cascino are the producers. Mr. Peabody & Sherman will feature the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Allison Janney, and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film is scheduled to be released on March 7, 2014"

When you search "mister peabody" in Yahoo, 6 of the top 10 results are porn sites!

Yeah... standard operating procedure would be to do a cleanup. These companies have huge legal teams to do nothing but protect intellectual property and trademarks. You cant have people infringing on the marks... however, far worse than that is to release a childrens movie and have those infringing on your marks, using them to promote pornography. I have always thought that this was all obvious and obviously a bad move. Apparently not to all :)

I'm a very hard person to bullshit.

Good luck :)

Oh - and yes, I am still very cool. :)

Not trying to bullshit, just being honest. Five years ago, when I started (Jan15, 2009) I had a Goal that I would no longer be 'Mister Peabody' in five years. That's how long I gave myself in this crazy business to 'make it'. Jan of 2014 is five full years so I decided over the summer the time was here to make the change. I started out shooting content (obviously clueless) so I never felt good about "me" being "out there" tho I'm not ashamed at all. Other than here on GFY I never really pushed 'Mister Peabody' the brand all that hard, instead focusing on my other sites like ErosExotica etc.

(I will also be starting a whole new affiliate program and network this Fall to handle just my 'erotic' websites. I began 'separating out' my paysites in June for this major switchover.)

I was unaware of all the above as I just went about my business of changing to The Porn Nerd. LOL Ah well, timing is everything eh? :)