Are innovations and Unique ideas pay?
 

Can you people recall some REAL success stories of sites/people with REALLY innovative/new ideas?
I hear people say - "be unique - dont copy - it pays off" all the time.
I am starting to doubt that ;)
I mean - all big paysites look-alike..
So maybe we can salvage the lost dignity of innovation by recalling some examples?

eBay.

Al Gore cashed in big after inventing the Internet.

eBay. is successful and Doodie is DA shit!
BUT I MEAN ADULT INDUSTRY!!!!!!
and dont just state the URL - say what was innovative about it and why do you think it succeeded please.

Jesus Dialer

man, you're a pretty fuckin' demanding bitch ain't ya.... :eek7

how about join4free (when it came out), bang bus, adult friend finder, etc

http://www.playboy.com

I hear they're an up an coming business.

and BTW.
http://www.sleazydream.com/
dude - thats huge - its amazing site - full of pages with images (lets call it galleries) and it all have little Icons (lets call them Thumbnails).
Hell - it can be one day a role model for other sites - lets call this TGP (Thumbnail Gallery Pilgrimage) or something.
Man - I can see how there can never be enough of these :1orglaugh

seriously people.
Unique innovative ideas in adult industry - that SUCEEDED + How and why

Amputate Your Head - LMAO. Ye - it looked a little bossy even to me - right after I posted it but BP dont allow to edit posts so "I fucked him"

Dice TGP - why do you think BangBus is innovative?
I mean - paysite with a little story to it ain't innovative. It may be a unique story - but... You know what I mean

XXXManager better leave it....even the best idea in the world to serve you in your mind, it will get lost :(

I mean - think about the first FreeHosts.
Or even Host that pay you (like PayingHost.com)
Thats innovative - I wonder if we can label those as success stories but they were innovative ideas at the time.
Join4free as well when It came up. The first TGP as well.
But can you recall something that you said about ... "Damn - why didnt I think about it" lately?

well, the adult online industry is rather unique by itself.... if you look at the mainstream world, most business existed in the real world first, and then expanded to the web...

whereas we, on the other hand, are born, live, eat, shit, sleep, and (as witnessed with spacedog) die, all on the Net.... that, in my opinion, is a much more difficult task to accomplish successfully, even though it may APPEAR to be easier.

Yes, it's cheaper to get started, and virtualy anyone can be in business on the web tomorrow if they really want to.... but the competition on the net is enormous because of this.

Not all survive.... but nevertheless, the damage is already done simply by the sheer numbers of people making the attempt.

So... what does that mean in relation to your topic? It means.... unique? Fuck that.... you gotta be SUPER unique today if you wanna be around tomorrow. And that may come in different forms... not necessarily looking different than everyone else.... but maybe, more tightly networked, more branching directions, etc..... just having a unique concept by itself does not guarantee overnight success. It must be stroked, and caressed, and loved, and nurtured, and fondled for it to grow into a massive all-encompasing evil dark empire that reigns supreme over the entire land.

Thank you. :)

:)
So what you are saying that a brilliant idea wont make it out there on its own? You gotta give it a hand job? :Graucho
Well - thats what I was wondering about - with all the calls for uniqueness...
Thats what you call unique? :(
I agree you cant just fart out a unique idea and hope it succede without hard work - but is working hard on a unique idea pays off MORE than lets say working hard on a new TGP?
:1orglaugh
and not a yes/no answer - elaborate

yes.
yes.
glad to be of service.
no.... notice the "maybe" in there? as in.... suggestions, examples, things to think about.... that sort of stuff....
yes.
no.

let's see, i gave you the example of SD since you seem to work on tgps according to your signature. It's among the very few and possible the only tgp that has a sets of pics with erotic stories. This brings it more to printed porn magazines. For the tgps it's an innovation. (for you:just another tgp)


If i'm right Xapster was the 1st that made preview thumb of each gallery posted on his tgp. That is another innovasion. Small, but something he created and now many use it also. (for you:just another tgp)

You fail to see the unique idea of bangbus....you know it's real..... (for you:just another paysite)
it gives to surfers something different from the rest paysites.

Ifriends was an innovation (for you:just a webcam site)

You know it's the adult industry, an idea there doesn't change the world, it just brings $$


Originally posted by XXXManager
I agree you cant just fart out a unique idea and hope it succede without hard work - but is working hard on a unique idea pays off MORE than lets say working hard on a new TGP?

I repeat once more:
XXXManager better leave it....even the best idea in the world to serve you in your mind, it will get lost

Yes.

There are 1000's of tgp's which means you have to compete with 1000's of other entities.

If you have -1- unique idea you are your only competition so your only real concern is promotion for that -1- unique idea.

This all hinges on having a GOOD unique idea. Unique and good don't always go hand in hand.

I don't think you are extremely stupid so you know this already.

Good post though.

Whichever script first measured trade productivity. One of the best inventions ever, no longer unique since every script does it, but probably one of the most useful things ever.

some other innovative ideas:

the invention of...
Java
PHP
DHTML
Shockwave
Perl
Coldfusion
Flapjacks
ICQ

the standardizing of the jpeg & gif formats
mp3 compression.....
the DVD
the freakin' "back" button....

here's a big one..... AOL.

the list goes on.....

If you can't see the wondrous innovative ideas of the Net right in front of you everywhere you look, you've got your eyes closed.

True - I never suceeded or made any money or did anything different than anyone else..........

The first toplist
The first TGP
The first picpost

All innovative at one time. They weren't always around.

Pay per search programs.

Blind link programs.

did someone say blindlink programs?
I thought I felt a jolt in the middle of the night. :)

You just love reminding people about that, huh? :winkwink:

go look at ynot archives. it was the ruination of the internet. :1orglaugh

well, if we are talking adult, i would also say adult-check. at least until about a year ago...

if an idea is great, the ones who copy it will make money too. but not as much.

The ones that copy a great idea can make more money - a good idea alone is no guarantee of success, needs to be done properly!

Look at google for example.. hardly first out of the block with a search engine but way ahead of the field now..

Well - maybe saying SD is just a TGP was kind of lame :eyecrazy
But what I mean is - TODAY, TGPs are nothing new - If there is any TGP out there who made it today (last month) because of his innovative approach - that would be nice :thumbsup
SD - is a cool TGP. theHun - doubly so. They are successful and rich and noone can/tries-to take that away. And I had no intentions to contradict thier coolness...

I agree - The FIRST TopList, the FIRST TGP were worthy inovations.
About AdultCheck - ye AVS was a GREAT idea. IFriends too - agree. Though I've heard they dont do that greate nowadays.

Im not saying that innovation is "holy". I dont give a fuck actually. ppl are here to make money (and enjoy themselves while at it :) ) - Im just picking on the tone of some posts saying "Dont immitate - innovate" and I wonder if it really pays off :winkwink:

(I dont even say its not the case - so dont jump me in a dark corner :Graucho Iactually think that being innovative as as important as being the best at something [and it can help you be so more easily])