Money other than porn….

  • December 16, 2011

Okay, so it’s pretty safe to say that some people here make 4,5 even 6 figs a month selling porn either as program owners, traffic brokers or affiliates. But what about the non-porn stuff? Anyone doing anything other than porn and happy doing so with a lucrative niche? No I’m not asking for your exact methods to madness.

Just asking how many guys are doing well in both porn and mainstream. I for one have tried doing some golf stuff along with some basic amazon review stuff and had a bit of success. Nothing worth talking about really given the time put in but figured I’d ask. I was looking into weed products like bowls etc too but never did anything with it. Funny that I don’t…
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Google: .XXX Will Be Treated Like Any Other Top-Level Domain

  • December 8, 2011

http://business.avn.com/articles/tec…in-457490.html

Quote: …the Google comment does refute those observers speculating that the search engine will give .xxx either preferential treatment or the opposite. It says it will do neither, and that .xxx sites will have to prove their algorithm mettle just like every other domain in order to be rewarded with top rankings.
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My State of the Industry Report (chargebacks+refunds)/sales

  • December 5, 2011

Chargebacks and refunds percentage by year:
(chargebacks + refunds) / initial sales

Year : Per % (primary source of traffic)
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2004 : .0035 (tgp traffic)
2005 : .0093 (newsgroups/tgp/blogs)
2006 : .0114 (SEO/blogs)
2007 : .0123 (SEO/blogs)
2008 : .0225 (SEO/blogs)
2009 : .0169 (SEO/blogs)
2010 : .0210 (SEO/blogs)
2011 : .0361 (SEO/blogs)

2011:

Jan .017
Feb .018
Mar .048
Apr .013
May .012
Jun .017
Jul .058
Aug .018
Sep .060
Oct .030
Nov .070

The difference? Most sponsors now have prechecked cross sales. I have noticed a trend in the last 6 months that it is getting worse. No other year has a month with more than .036 percent for an "off" month. Yet, this year 4 months did.

I wonder what the future holds….
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