XBIZ Mentioned in Wall Street Journal
 

XBIZ Mentioned in Wall Street Journal online -

The Lifeblood of Online Porn:

Why is there so much porn on the Internet?

CAPS Internet Inc. offers a clue. CAPS, a small business housed in a Toronto office building, doesn't create or sell any adult content. But it serves up millions of pornographic photos and video clips each day on its dozens of Web sites, which have names like HardHut.com and GalleryHeaven.com and are often stumbled upon by Web surfers prowling for free porn.

After visitors click on the free images, they're directed to sites that charge for porn. If they become paying customers, CAPS receives a commission, often $40 per subscriber. The seven-employee company took in about $1.4 million in revenue last year, and is on track to top $1.8 million this year, according to Matthew Gamble, a senior executive.

So-called affiliates like CAPS are the lifeblood of the online-porn industry. Indeed, affiliates account for the overwhelming majority of adult sites on the Internet. A single site that sells porn often has thousands of free, affiliate sites pushing traffic its way, using sample images provided by the pay site. "The entire industry revolves around this relationship," said Alec Helmy, publisher of XBiz.com, an information portal for the adult industry.

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Affiliates have been so successful at driving traffic to porn sites that purveyors spend a good deal of time and money keeping them happy. Affiliates drive about 60% of the 100,000 unique daily visitors to Vivid.com, the online unit of major adult-film producer Vivid Entertainment Group, said Michael Cardone, general manager of the company's affiliate program. The Los Angeles company regularly pays commissions to as many as 1,000 affiliates each month.

Last week, Mr. Cardone attended an adult industry conference in Las Vegas, where he schmoozed with affiliates at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's swimming pool. The company treated affiliates to drinks and took a group out to the chic Japanese restaurant Nobu for dinner, he said. "We spend a lot of money getting new ones and keeping existing ones as well," Mr. Cardone said.

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Hey hey hey, my boys Alec and Mike! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Heck yeah! Good to know the mainstream is picking up the sound waves of legit adult entertainment!!! Thanks for getting that out for all of GFY to see Su Mac!

Nice seeing Alec and Mike in there too!!! Good people to include and have as exemplary business representatives of the industry (just as Mr.LightSpeed was too)!!!

The Wall Street Journal should pay more attention to the adult world. What happens here is more dependable and bankable than any stock. :2 cents:

Awesome exposure! Let go further into the mainstream. :thumbsup

very cool :thumbsup

i wouldn't expect anything less. xbiz is working harder than anyone to be an online leader.

NICE:thumbsup

That is some quality publicity! I'm glad the WSJ is keeping tabs on the biz.

Very nice

Thats awesome, congrtz, and keep up the great work

And you know this....................MAN

:pimp :pimp :pimp

CHEERS!

This is awesome news guys - congrats - way to represent the industry :thumbsup

Good read Su. Looks like mainstream keeps looking to us to lead the way in online technology and marketing. :thumbsup

Very nice congrats

wow is that the first mainstream story on this???

nice plugs...

Awesome work! :)

Xbiz is making big moves! Congrats

SWEETT!!!! Good good stuff congrats guys!!! :thumbsup :thumbsup

This is so cool, imagine if this happened 5 years ago..?

wow how legit and nice
Congrats :)

Great work guys :thumbsup

It's really refreshing to see the industry presented in an objective and positive light. :)

very nice

congrats Xbiz

imagine 5 years from now! :D

Ace just ICQ'd me the link - good stuff and very informative for the curious and the article could even entice someone to jump into the affiliate game with even more ground-breaking strategies of their own! Either way, nice bit of publicity, XBiz.

WHOA Shit Xapster and Cam way to go guys. FUCKIN SWEET! They have to be the first 2 tgp guys every mentioned in the wall street journal. Congrats!!! :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Way to go to XBiz and Mike! Mike - I can't help but wonder what your business professors are thinking when they read the WSJ and see the path they drove you to! hahaha Congrats again, good stuff!!

very nice... congrats

Congrats to Xbiz and Mikey!!!

This is the first 100 % positive article I've seen in a mainstream reputable journal about porn.

Congrats to all parties involved!!

You both made the industry proud!!!!

as always ....

xoxo,
Megan

Go Xbiz and Mike! Great article!!!

xbiz fucking rocks

Wow what a great plug for our buisnesses and adult in general! Woohoo! Props to all who got the word in WSJ!

Just think of all the noobs that stories like this bring in.

xbiz su rox!!!

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i love Xbizzzzz

great article

I Heart A1R3K

I read that article this morning, congrats everyone definitely a positive note for us in the industry to be presented like that in the WSJ.

i got an xbiz world on mini cd at the show. i cuddle with it.

Nice one!