Why is this business harder these days?

[Triton2004]

there are more reasons...a few of them are already told, but nowdays the biggest is the problem on the american real estate market.
the surfers don't have money for porn..

[Mr Exotic]

I'll tell you what I think is one of the biggest contributors to this biz getting harder and harder besides all the free porn. I mean no offense to the good webmasters from these places, but that is Eastern European countries getting the internet. They are pretty much worthless as customers, but there are thousands and thousands of them who think they can strike it rich throwing up some porn pages by making a go of it as a webmaster. Hell if they can pull in 5 or 6 sign ups a month they probably are rich in their countries. Not saying I am or think I am more entitled to a peice of the pie than they are, but its just the facts. For every dozen bathroom gangs there probably is a webmaster from the US or Canada losing a peice of the action.

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by Triton2004

the biggest is the problem on the american real estate market. the surfers don't have money for porn..

Huh?

Porn is like booze, smokes, lottery and cable tv, people will find the money. No body's going to stop jacking off because of real estate market or anything else.

[macker]

Originally Posted by ronnie

Huh?

Porn is like booze, smokes, lottery and cable tv, people will find the money. No body's going to stop jacking off because of real estate market or anything else.

This is true, although the increased availability of free porn means that they don't always get their porn on a paysite.

Smaller micro-niches I've found work better because there is less overall material available online. Basically, they're paying for something because they can't find it for free anyway.

I think the overall situation will get worse before it gets better. In time though, as the industry and online commerce in general matures we will see revenue streams going increasingly to rightful owners.

Self regulation has been great until quite recently, but now self regulation is showing negative effects. In the future, I believe 'wild west websites' will be a thing of the past.