ever considered partnering with someone?
 

I partnered with someone for a new project unrelated to adult. New business licenses, bank accounts, domain names, merchant accounts... the whole nine yards.

It's a good feeling having a team effort with someone that actually knows what they're doing, and lives only a couple miles away. So I can walk through his door and beat him over the head.

:)

So do you think having a partnership is a good thing?

yep

it's a good thing to get fucked

on day you wake up, all password changed, all domaine names moved etc...

good luck :upsidedow

Everyone of my partnerships have been great.

Sometimes it went great, other times it sucked.

it can be a very good thing if you know them well.

thats hard to find. Id love to partner with someone who was willing to do the work and motivated

Not only have I considered it but I'm in some discussions about a deal at the moment.

It really depends on the person.

do it all the time

I would team up I if knew the other person!

I have had nothing but grief with partnerships. I have a simple rule now. Make shit, make money and fuck everyone else. I've tried partnerships with adult webmasters as well as personal friends trying to get into the business. They learned a lot from me and the only thing I learned is it isn't worth it.

I've had good partnerships and bad ones...the most important thing is making sure you're partner doesn't have the same weaknesses as you do or they get magnified...

found only 1-2 ppl that i trust..

would partner up if i could.

I just partner with the same dude all the time, on different businesses. It takes too much time and energy running several businesses, each with a different person/company.

It depends what the partnership is like.

i partner with my man, he writes the code for our sites, and i handle the PR/marketing. all in all, it works out pretty well, and all the money we make stays in house.

I've never found a partnership that works... the trick is finding someone that's at least as motivated as you... It doesn't feel good to be doing 90% of the work for 50% of the pay.

a partnership is like a marrage... Can be really good, or it can be a living hell...

Only have a partner if you really need one...during the slumps, do you really want to cut your income in half? Vise versa when your making bank. Sometimes, employees are better than partners.

I agree that employees are better in most cases. But this guy has proven he's worth his weight in gold. He's brought his parents business to $30,000 a month online, and he's only getting an hourly wage at the moment. He knows how to make it happen. They already had the inventory, but they had no online presence.

It would be impossible to hire someone as an employee that would make that kind of contribution.

Hell ya, good for you! That fucker would be a great partner. Good luck!