Originally Posted by fuzebox

Well yeah, you have to work for and earn success. Adult hasn't been a participation award for like 15 years now.

I'm just sharing what I do. It's easy to see which sites get the traffic you want, and they will sell it to anyone who signs up to their ad platforms.

Anyone can see which ads have money being spent on them, and try and replicate that funnel for their own product. If you aren't making sales at the current market ad rates, you might need to improve your banners and landers.