What mobile services do you offer?

[Timon]

Originally posted by YanksTodd@Jun 18 2005, 02:44 AM
"what I am saying is that I believe it will be nowhere near the money the big paysites were making in 97, 98, 99"

Now that's a different story, then what you have been saying. Since mobile porn is a product of the internet of course it won't be as big as the internet's glory days, but it will be a lot of money for the people who get in early.

If you rewind back to my first post you'll see that's exactly what I'm saying, followed by some devils advocate arguments to get the discussion warmed up

I can see how someone sleeping at a place other than his own bedroom often would want to sneak some porn with him, I can also see how a mobile phone would be a very covert way of carrying porn for a teenage boy, but that's a niche market at best. Probably not a booming industry.


Now if I would venture into the mobile arena I would consider these things first:

Target audience:

What countries have some of the largest mobile content and software consumption? China, Indonesia, Turkey, India, Pakistan.... all countries where porn is illegal. China has two times more mobile phone users than the USA has citizens!! Selling mobile porn is like selling online porn without being able to take orders from the US.

Marketing:

How am I going to get Nokia, Motorola, SE etc. to preinstall my products on their handsets before they ship them? How am I going to get mobile phone distributors to install my products on their devices before they sell them to their retail stores? How am I going to get Vodafone, TMobile, Orange, Verizon etc. to market my products to their subscribers and do a revshare with me?

Not by selling a porn product! Do you think you can match the effectiveness of the above marketing strategies with your own website?


Ok maybe you will be able to make a living from a mobile porn site, but why limit your potential when there are so many other things you can develop and sell that can make a million times more money?

That's why I say, people who think mobile is going to be huge are on the right track but if they focus on adult they are missing the bigger picture