Very true...I've done the 'cranking out free sites' approach. Frankly, I pretty much burned myself out on it. It does get boring and tedious as hell after a while.
So, now I'm still lauching new free sites, but not on the 3/day scale I was doing for a while.
Yes, there is certainly money to be made in the business. The thing that keeps me going at it is I really figure as long as there are men on the planet...there will be porn
As has been alluded to already, it takes a wider approach than just free sites. It's actually one of the very cool things about this biz...there are lots of ways to generate traffic/revenue. And exploring some of those other avenues beyond just free sites also helps keep the burnout at bay to some extent.
The kinds of hours we work are certainly prime for burnout. I've been stuck in that mindset for the past few weeks, but think I've finally shaken it off and am ready to get jiggy with things again