Taking a risk with a website.........

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ac1d1ty

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Okay heres the deal.

I've got the opportunity of buying a website (adult related) for 5 grand.

Common sense tells me not to do it (:p), but i've got a real gut feeling on it. The name is special as hell (only 3 letters long :O), and whilst the guy is asking admittedly to much, i really feel like I could make this site go somewhere.


Anyone care to talk me out of it?

Not discussing the sites name, but its over 16 years old and is in the top 100k sites in the world.
 
[FnG]magnolia;17083483 said:
If it's a go-er why are they selling? Do you have 5k you can afford to lose? Will he budge on price?
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No budging on price. To be honest I didn't expect an answer like the one he gave me, it was totally out of the blue.

It's not a go-er per se, I just think it could be. The guy is doing bugger all with it, yet still getting decent traffic.

I'm thinking of putting my own set of videos and what not on, maybe a small forum and trying to boost numbers whilst trying to get myself in the public lexicon (the name is very memorable).

Or am I to late to the party?
 
JBod said:
As adult related you need a niche, there are a million sites showing the usual..err.. ways?..positions? .. that precede the .. err.. "main event" .. in adult entertainment.

On the other hand adult internet sites pretty much print money if handled correctly. Users sign up and pay monthly with no admin overhead from you. The only thing you need to do is generate content... kudos if you can figure out a way to get people to pay a monthly sub AND generate the content themselves. Therein lies the perfect business model.
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I was thinking of going the same way as generic sites (the hub if you know what I mean ;) ), and hoping to push people onto an easier to spell, more memorable site. I'm at uni so have 10k+ people to reach out to.

I was thinking of making money of sites/commision links?
 
JBod said:
That is more risky, you seriously don't want to look at violating copyright infringement in the adult business, epically humiliating if dragged through law courts and in many parts of the EU and US adult entertainment is strongly linked with violent gangs, drugs etc..etc...

I honestly don't know if click through sites really make much? It relies on people signing up after connecting through your unique link.

Generating your own content is about the best way to do it, but you have to ensure you abide by the local laws when doing so. This includes things like documenting and submitting evidence on the age of the actors..
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Not sure I have enough cash to be hiring in "workers" lol. Surely they would be several thousand for each session......not to mention that i'm no performer, so would have to hire in someone else haha.
 
Oh, I don't have the cash, but my dad said he would lend me the money. Not keen on the idea of borrowing money of him (he's decent as hell, but I wouldn't want to c0ck up at all), but it would at least motivate me to work hard on getting some money back on it.
 
sniffy said:
If it's a three-letter .com domain it has potential. Do you have experience in generating revenue from websites? If you don't I'd stay clear.
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I ran a couple of sites once, quite low end stuff where I was getting around 1k visitors a day. Only got like 30$ a month in adsense though. :(


Moses99p said:
Why can't you just tell us the domain name, or give a better indication of what it is? Using content you don't own, or have permission to use, then using it to make money seems to be the way to get in a spot of bother, tbh.
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I can't really say (paranoid someone might steal it lol). It's just a generic version of a name used in the adult industry and world wide).

Jambo said:
Well if you don't know how to generate revenue from it it's still a good buy just to resell the domain.

I highly recommend you go and seek advice here.

http://experienced-people.net/forums/forum.php
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Cheers, i'll take a look.
 
Okay put it simply:

Would you go on a site which was quicker to type than competitors, had the same sort of stuff with the potential of a community? Little to no ads with some affiliate linking if you desired to?
 
Kenai said:
I can understand the ones where people post downloads and stuff, it's similar to piracy 'communities' but they're not really porn sites with a community, they're forum based download indexes more than anything.

What would a community based on a porn site be like? Just constant posts 'wow she has nice jugs', 'i would nail her til it fell off' etc.? :/
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True enough I suppose. You never know though. It definitely wouldn't be a major portion of the site, maybe just a floating community based around content?

POB said:
Is it come.com (spelt with 3 letters)?
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No its not.

Not gonna say what it is til I buy it or I decide to decline. :)
 
Well she has provided stats for it.


Getting 120,000 visits a month with 800,000 page views. Average time on site 5 minutes with 70% new visitors.


P.s I was thinking of going along the lines of free material, but obviously need to plan it carefully as heavy video streaming would mean higher server costs...

Was thinking of using the free model and hoping like hell that people would click the adverts lol.
 
vonhelmet said:
Straw poll... How many of us ever click on adverts? Seriously, good luck with that. As for a subscription model, that's when you do start to risk trouble if you're using other people's content.
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Very true.

I'm sure I can work on getting the site popular, but how to generate revenue is a real bugger.
 
n111ck said:
It's worth it just for the title of 'Porn Baron' IMO.
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:/ no thank you. Just in it for the money thank you.

Sin_Chase said:
I know of people who pull 4 figures of revenue from Google AdWords.

I worked with someone who got 4 figure cheques for gambling site referrals via adverts. I know another person who in a partnership spent 4 figures WEEKLY on Google AdWord bids they got that many hits/referrals.

You need to know what you are doing and generate traffic, not something you can just slap ads on and sit waiting for income.
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Well, if I could use Google adsense I would be a happy chappy, but Google dosen't deal with adult content: surest way to get banned.

Unless I monetise the site by other means than adult content...
 
$loth said:
User generated content...
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Thats a good idea, but it would be hard to get people to make their own stuff....unless you mean people upload whatever content they want?

edscdk said:
im sure its 250 - 500 to hire people to nob on camera, however you need a good video camera, camera man, location and video editing... time and money...
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:/

Bit hands on for me. I would **** it up in no time.
 
Sp00n said:
What are the analytic stats like?
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ac1d1ty said:
Well she has provided stats for it.


Getting 120,000 visits a month with 800,000 page views. Average time on site 5 minutes with 70% new visitors.


P.s I was thinking of going along the lines of free material, but obviously need to plan it carefully as heavy video streaming would mean higher server costs...

Was thinking of using the free model and hoping like hell that people would click the adverts lol.
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Not the best stats but at least something to work on.

Sin_Chase said:
Hah, you need to understand and breathe your market if you want to make money. You will need to get your hands dirty. ;)

I know of 2 MAJOR sites doing what I think you want to be doing and I am almost sure they are owned or at least run by the same people, lots of crossover.

If you are unaware of them Trust me and I will link you.

In my opinion people pay subs for all/any of the following reasons:

- Convenience and ease of access
- Niche content
- High quality substance
- Ignorance to alternate "free" sources
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Sending email to trust.
 
Allnamestaken said:
Well when thinking of adult related sites...


I watch all my porn for free and its god porn lool.


So i mean whats the pooint?
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Absolutely. However you still watch p***, so you watch it on a site, which if it didn't make money, wouldn't be here today ;)

eddie_slovik said:
Thats an excellent reply, I can absolutely understand the OP's predicament because the benefits both financial and otherwise are dangling just off your fingertips.
Alas you will have to speculate to accumilate and overcome any "nerves" to succeed but when you consider that wifeys site earns 100k+ per month.......

Just think, we could have another Gymslip Jim or Ben Dover among us !! :D
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It's a risky venture. If it was my own 5k i'll drop it on the domain because I don't mind taking the occasional calculated risk, but since its my parents money.... Last thing I want to do is ****** it up majorly.

Ben d over? nice :p
 
Sp00n said:
If you have 5k to spare, do it, the revenue from advertising will make it worth while, is that 120k unique hits?

I think it's a good investment purely because of this:



^maybe not 5k but not far off.

My personal opinion would be to run it free on the main site, and paid for, just like all the others, on a mobile site.
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Not sure if its 120k unique hits.

Thats a good suggestion, i'll definitely look into it.

ColdAsIce said:
How will the new .xxx domain affect websites with that kind of content?
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Thats an interesting point. Hopefully not a lot. I don't imagine that google and other search engines will be clamouring to put .xxx up the top of its lists?
 
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