Why is this business harder these days?

Maj. Stress · 2008-02-02, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by xxxjay

I can name a few things making it much harder:
5. Lack of innovation

I'll go along with that one. We are marketing to a group of people that either grew up with online porn or have gotten accustomed to it. We are marketing the same thing (people fucking) to the same group of people in the same way.

Look at the evolution of the movie industry (which has been struggling somewhat). They started out with motion pictures and people came. The quality of the movies improved and they held the audience. Then they actually had sound where you could hear people talk. Add color, special effects, etc. All of a sudden they hit a dead end. Pretty soon they were remaking movies or we got Rocky 1-100. Same shit different version.

To much free porn? How about to many free movies. I can turn on the tube and watch movies all day long. Is that the reason I don't go to the cinema? No. The reason is they don't offer anything I feel is worth my time and money. It's the same old shit rehashed. The adult industry now has the same problem.

MattatKaras · 2008-02-05, 03:23 AM

Something I have noticed since returning to the biz after a few years off is that the quality of free sites has improved too much. I think there are a few reasons for this, one being that hosting is so much cheaper these days so free sites serve up better graphics and thumbnail views of galleries instead of text links. Another is that surfers now have broadband connections so free sites can deliver more without the pages loading too slowly. One more reason is the sheer proliferation of free sites and "newbies" with great design skills who think they must compete to make their site more attractive than all others.

Unfortunately I see this attitude being encouraged in these forums.

The effect of these quality free sites is that the paysites no longer seem very attractive in comparison. I've said it before that you should design a free site to look interesting but not professional so as to keep the distinction between free and pay in terms of quality.

When a surfer visits a pay site tour after viewing a free gallery they should be hit with better graphics and promises of content that they know they won't get for free.

I mean fuck, I 've checked out some of my sponsors FHGs and they look better than their tours; What the fuck are they thinking? I really do blame the quality free sites (and maybe quality FHGs) for keeping many credit cards inside wallets.

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2008-02-05, 03:23 AM	#2
MattatKaras WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tasmania Posts: 40	Something I have noticed since returning to the biz after a few years off is that the quality of free sites has improved too much. I think there are a few reasons for this, one being that hosting is so much cheaper these days so free sites serve up better graphics and thumbnail views of galleries instead of text links. Another is that surfers now have broadband connections so free sites can deliver more without the pages loading too slowly. One more reason is the sheer proliferation of free sites and "newbies" with great design skills who think they must compete to make their site more attractive than all others. Unfortunately I see this attitude being encouraged in these forums. The effect of these quality free sites is that the paysites no longer seem very attractive in comparison. I've said it before that you should design a free site to look interesting but not professional so as to keep the distinction between free and pay in terms of quality. When a surfer visits a pay site tour after viewing a free gallery they should be hit with better graphics and promises of content that they know they won't get for free. I mean fuck, I 've checked out some of my sponsors FHGs and they look better than their tours; What the fuck are they thinking? I really do blame the quality free sites (and maybe quality FHGs) for keeping many credit cards inside wallets.