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Originally Posted by Ptime
See my ignorance, I don't even know what a sponsor is. What is a sponsor that you say I could look into investing with them?
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What's gfy?
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A "sponsor" is the name we use for a porn paysite company - we call them that from the old days, when ads were first put on free porn sites - they were "sponored by so-and-so". A reference to the way the word sponsor is used in media.
In any case, a sponsor is a paysite company. In general, paysite companies are the end of the line for all traffic. Paysite companies sell the surfer a membership, collect the money from the credit card, and give out portions of the money to "affiliates".
We are mostly affiliates - our businesses involve getting traffic, surfers, and sending them to paysites, then receiving checks for their "signups" from the sponsor.
If you look at the ads at the top of this page, most of thise ads are from sponsors, looking to find new affiliates.
So, one way to use investment money, is to buy a percentage of a sponsor. Sponsors need cash to expand, and to buy or make new content. All the big money in online porn is in the hands of the sponsors. If you want to make big money, you want to become a sponsor, and operate paysites.
Now, there's no quarantee that any sponsor would actually make a deal with you - I just suggest them because that's where the big money is.
And, there are bigger risks and responsibilities being a sponsor, than being an affiliate.
Many people make anywhere from excellent money to enough-to-survive-on money by being affiliates only. To make excellent money as an affiliate involves becoming the owner of large traffic sources.
Traffic is a huge topic by itself. When people suggest to you buying a TGP or a linklist, they are talking about buying a traffic source.
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Type "gfy webmaster" into google, and you will find links to the gfy webmaster board. That board is kind of infantile, but, it has the biggest traffic of any adult webmaster board. Don't trust anybody there, until you have learned it's unwritten rules. But, it's one of the go-to places for news about the business. Many people check it out just to keep an eye on trends and people.
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By the way, I can think of several other ways to use money in this business - altho, most involve working as an affiliate. You could buy search engine traffic, for example, and specialize in that - something that requires having money to risk, but which can pay back fairly well.
However, with stuff like that, we run into the "knowledge and skills" issue again. It takes knowledge and skill to do that.