Quote Originally Posted by monstahmikey View Post
Everyone says that porn is dieing and in particular DVD, however every year since we started in 2009 we have increased the amount we are shooting for clients. This year already we have almost doubled what we did last year so if things are bad that certainly isnt the case for us. In fact DVD orders are up also on last year (and everyone says DVDs are almost dead). Clients are still spending on original content and in fact spending more and more.

I think however, that the market is saturated with so many similar sites now some will of course die off. Just look at for example, amateur content, one person makes a site now everyone and his granny wants it, all that will happen is the market will become oversaturated again. Its the person with the original, unique idea that will survive and grow.

Anyway just my POV as a content producer.
I am seeing more producers or studios buying / producing content just to stay afloat and continue going. I know of one studio that we work very closely with that was releasing one new movie bi-weekly. Now they are doing two per week to stay afloat.
DVD Days, yes I do believe they are dead. Everyone will still buy, but that's few and in between. I can say that because we did it. Finally, it became too much in updating the site, we offered free shipping, discounts, etc. By the time it was all done with, it literally became a waste of time and stopped selling DVDs. The store is shut down and everything.

Our paysites are doing great. I would say 80% of them rebill longer than 6 months. We have 11 that I know of (just off the top of my head) who have been rebilling since the first site launched in 2006. Our cheap trials, they don't convert much.

The key in paysites these days is to stick with a niche, don't move off it, update consistently and frequently with that niche video. Offer immediate possible support. Market Market Market. Running a paysite is almost a full-time job but we're now automated with CMS on our sites. We worry about editing / encoding, marketing on tubes, and affiliate email updates. We did that to cut our work load down to focus on our mainstream stuff.

It is going down. I see it. Others see it.

Donny, your POV on the tubes is outrageous.
I'll be 100% straight up... I talked to 12 of my friends. One is 35. All have said that they have never in their life paid for porn. They go to tubes, and they get it free there. One said he spends five minutes on a tube and hasn't spent a thing. Two of my other friends laughed at me and said, "Shit, who pays for porn?" It's true.
I am one of those who have never paid for porn. I can't get off to our stuff. I go to tubes to get off. Never have I bought but once when I was 18, that was a membership to Badpuppy. During my first month with Badpuppy, I found tubes. I cancelled my rebilling membership and stuck with tubes.

The tube3s... You go there, BOOM! Lengthy videos. You peek at a couple, your cock is hard, you click through. When I do it, I type in a word I like (Bareback) and then I can click on "Longest" and I go from there. Again, 5 minutes - I'm done.