May 2013 was my best month in a year.

My revs were down from Sept to Dec 2012, because of the 2012 Election, Hurricane Sandy, Newtown school shooting, and Fiscal Cliff drama. Adding to the normal decline during the summer months. Usually, US Election years are down compared to non-US Election years, but 2012 did not recover at all after the election was over - because of the other disasters. It took until January 2013!

I had a several new videos on AEBN in March and April 2013, which carried over into the first half of May.

I sold a LOT of DVDs. The full-retail package DVDs on partner sites Amazon and TLA actually did better than my less expensive In-Sleeve option on my own site. Although it is hard to compare as my partners only sell my soft core titles, while I sell both my softcore and hardcore. And my hardcore is the more tame solo and oral, with much less reliance on anal.

Photo eBook sales were at a 2-year high in May 2013. Kindle's popularity dropped, because Amazon has been doing some censoring of male nudity. Three other portal partners more than took over for Kindle's loss!

I would suspect that with the gains in the stock market, people are tapping their portfolios for some discretionary spending.

It was tough having the Election year declines in revenue, as I was traveling in the UK at the same time. With 20% VAT (Sales Tax) and 1.52 currency exchange rate, the cost of living (lodging and food) in the UK is about 65% higher than in the US. Having revenues decline while costs were high, caused me to quit my travel in France on Dec 31, and returning to the sanity of US prices and costs.

I'm going to save up a bit more before heading back to the UK and Europe next time.

I am looking for photo sets - all ethnics and all world countries. In fact, I would like to put a collection together of (at least) one male model representing each World country (I have the US covered!). if you have some (that you have the rights and docs to) I am interested. Including photos that promote your sites - for cross promotion. I look for photo sets ranging from $0 - $15.

Several new content sellers here have some nice looking videos, but solo JOs represent the least selling scenes on the VOD and DVD market now. It's too bad - the models are hot, but cash buyers are not that into cliche solos. They are probably OK for all-you-can-eat monthly member sites, but not so much in the pay-per-minute or DVD market.

I shoot my style for $200US, it is hard to pay more, for less.