Supply and demand curve. Does demand end?

[Peaches]

(still waiting on Joesho to point out (in a matter of speaking) his Northern Curve........)

[Hell Puppy]

I'm not sure it's simple supply and demand. That's part of what it makes it tougher now than in 97, but not all of it.

First off, there is ALWAYS a demand for porn, always has been. And for any new media that comes along, one of the first things that finds a way to exploit it is porn. Porn sold VCRs, porn sold dial up BBSs, and yes porn sells the web.

But supply has become more saturated. There's a lot more of it now than there was in 1997, and alot of it is available for free.

However, that's only part of the challenge. If you now have something that is unique that no one has seen before and will sell well, you've gotta have some money and some ingenuity to bring it to market effectively.

In 1997, there were many free sources of traffic to be exploited. They were essentially strip mined, and yes many people pissed in the well. The result now is the flow of newbies has slowed, and the veteran surfers have become more savvy and cautious. The same is true of the traffic sources such as the SE's.

All that said, there are people who enter this business and make good money every year. However, it is definitely tougher and for every one that makes it there's a 100 who never figure out how to make enough money to do much more than pay the hosting bill.

[Hell Puppy]

The people issues in this business are pretty easy to figure out as well.

I agree that a lot of people land in this business that are otherwise incapable of holding any other job of significance. Now I'm not saying they're stupid, usually far from it. But in many cases they have personality issues that make them not cut out to show up for work 8-5 day in and day out and do the same thing every day.

Many of those same personality issues also make them predisposed to self destructive behaviors or irresponsibility that results in them pissing away fortunes and ending up with nothing.

Now that's not to say everyone is in that category. Some end up here just by circumstance and opportunity. And still others follow the smell of the easy dollar. They follow the boom whether it's real estate, technology or porn. They get in, make the money while it's easy, exit when it becomes no longer worth the hassle and move onto the next game. These two groups are the ones who tend to keep their fortunes.

There's also another group that has evolved as the industry as matured and grown just a bit. And that is the "employee". There are some good business men running some of these companies, and they hire the best folks they can to do what needs doing. There's nothing going on there in terms of personality flaws, no one is making or losing a fortune, it's just a job.

Only risk for that latter group is "porn taint". Once you've been in porn, it's hard to get back into a non-porn job unless you can figure a way to get the smell of pussy off your resume.

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Only risk for that latter group is "porn taint". Once you've been in porn, it's hard to get back into a non-porn job unless you can figure a way to get the smell of pussy off your resume.

That is my biggest fear.