IFRIENDS.NET - closed their doors today :( - GoFuckYourself.com

LoriAnderson · 10-17-2018, 12:13 PM

Sad to hear that one of the oldest cam sites has closed their doors today

In case you have links promoting them you might want to update.........

https://www.ifriends.net/thankyou

rowan · 10-17-2018, 12:18 PM

Wow, they were the reason I fell into adult nearly 20 years ago. Used to get my weekly cheques delivered (internationally!) via fedex.

Rochard · 10-17-2018, 12:40 PM

Wow, this is stunning. Then again, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised - when was the last time you heard of ifriends.net?

LoriAnderson · 10-17-2018, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Wow, they were the reason I fell into adult nearly 20 years ago. Used to get my weekly cheques delivered (internationally!) via fedex.

yeah me too.. my first cam job was on their site!

CaptainHowdy · 10-17-2018, 12:55 PM

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

Mr Pheer · 10-17-2018, 01:00 PM

They were the first affiliate program I made 7 figures with. The reason Lori had a huge rush of traffic from shortly after she began is because I had over a thousand chatbots pushing to her page (and about 3 others)

Al Hadhazy liked to fuck up good things though so then I moved operations to Trafic Cash Gold.

Acepimp · 10-17-2018, 01:18 PM

Wow, this is shocking. Just updated my links, thanks for the info, Lori

LoriAnderson · 10-17-2018, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

They were the first affiliate program I made 7 figures with. The reason Lori had a huge rush of traffic from shortly after she began is because I had over a thousand chatbots pushing to her page (and about 3 others)

Al Hadhazy liked to fuck up good things though so then I moved operations to Trafic Cash Gold.

I did very well there..thank you my friend

Smack dat · 10-17-2018, 01:44 PM

iFriends was once my big payee each month.

ladida · 10-17-2018, 01:50 PM

End of an era

2MuchMark · 10-17-2018, 01:50 PM

RIP, iFriends! You guys were pioneers, and pretty damn cool too.

trevesty · 10-17-2018, 01:51 PM

Sad... they were one of my very first checks as an affiliate.

Vegas Ken · 10-17-2018, 01:55 PM

Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling?

astronaut x · 10-17-2018, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas Ken

Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling?

Yea, that is interesting.

Sly · 10-17-2018, 02:16 PM

One of my 1st adult paychecks as well.

My very 1st was Max Cash. I had a Pamela Anderson free site to promote it with.

Beaver1 · 10-17-2018, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas Ken

Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling?

Maybe they sold and got closed.

mrmarcman · 10-17-2018, 02:27 PM

Damn...sorry to hear...yes visited it long before LiveJasmin and all the other sites.

st0ned · 10-17-2018, 03:37 PM

Crazy. They were one of the first I received checks from way back when also.

yuu.design · 10-17-2018, 04:38 PM

oh man, so sad news :S

huey · 10-17-2018, 07:14 PM

These guys where the big players when we first started out.

Mr Pheer · 10-18-2018, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoriAnderson

I did very well there..thank you my friend

They were great days indeed.

MikeAMS · 10-18-2018, 12:26 AM

Send your Ifriends traffic to our cam platforms and we offer you an extra 10% on all payout!! 40% GUARANTEED!!!!!

davidCRM · 10-18-2018, 12:40 AM

a legend has gone

i remember they were always one of the set examples in the LJ office

adultchatpay · 10-18-2018, 12:55 AM

Sad news for the industry. So where do you guys move your traffic now?

Beaver1 · 10-18-2018, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

So where do you guys move your traffic now?

Whats left and whos realy behind that?

j3rkules · 10-18-2018, 03:56 AM

I used to promote them like crazy back in the time. It is sad to see them go.

nikki99 · 10-18-2018, 09:18 AM

ifriends WOWWWW ......

I used to be an affiliate back in 2004 or something....

Honez · 10-18-2018, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

You slay me

On a serious note, they and I share the same 20 years in this business. Godspeed iFriends. Going out with class and grace.

AmeliaG · 10-18-2018, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas Ken

Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling?

I was just going to say the same thing. There are both obvious buyers in the space who might pay a substantial premium and most remaining affiliates would even probably be willing to pony up a decent amount. I can't imagine how much they'd have to ask to be unable to sell.

RyuLion · 10-18-2018, 02:23 PM

Oh wow! They're old school'! RIP!

poncabare · 10-18-2018, 02:41 PM

they had a good run

shimmy2 · 10-19-2018, 06:53 AM

wowsers. well they lasted longer than xpics

book-mark · 10-19-2018, 03:08 PM

damn they definitely had a good run

JFK · 10-20-2018, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Wow, they were the reason I fell into adult nearly 20 years ago. Used to get my weekly cheques delivered (internationally!) via fedex.

We used to do well with them

RIP

Diomed · 10-20-2018, 04:27 PM

God damn shame.. One of the all time greats.

Wonderful company to work with.

notinmybackyard · 10-21-2018, 06:04 AM

For my personal opinion read below:

Good! This should have happened 20 years ago!

When Ifriends started I knew a lot of girls, most of them single mothers, trying to make a buck and they were all lining up to be cam girls. Well Ifriends brought in that "voyeur view" that gave away for free the webcam shows and those girls got screwed over for a living.

I'm (was) an old school pornographer and was making smut before most of today's industry were even born. On the best of days like me were greasy at best and total scumbags at worst but the rules were simple..

1. You give nothing away for free. A man wants to jerk off he's going to pay for it because he's no different than a hooker's trick.

2. A producer could be the biggest piece of shit on earth but you never fuck over anyone for the money.

Far too many of the ** Internet Porn Boys ** have never filmed smut and/or they've never fucked in front of the camera. They throw up a platform and then they sucker others into working for them for free. Honestly someone needs to dig a hole in the desert for these self-important ass wipes.

MaDalton · 10-21-2018, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notinmybackyard

For my personal opinion read below:

Good! This should have happened 20 years ago!

When Ifriends started I knew a lot of girls, most of them single mothers, trying to make a buck and they were all lining up to be cam girls. Well Ifriends brought in that "voyeur view" that gave away for free the webcam shows and those girls got screwed over for a living.

I'm (was) an old school pornographer and was making smut before most of today's industry were even born. On the best of days like me were greasy at best and total scumbags at worst but the rules were simple..

1. You give nothing away for free. A man wants to jerk off he's going to pay for it because he's no different than a hooker's trick.

2. A producer could be the biggest piece of shit on earth but you never fuck over anyone for the money.

Far too many of the ** Internet Porn Boys ** have never filmed smut and/or they've never fucked in front of the camera. They throw up a platform and then they sucker others into working for them for free. Honestly someone needs to dig a hole in the desert for these self-important ass wipes.

stealing from someone to make money is a different thing - but according to your logic there would have never been cars just to protect blacksmiths...

when I have a business idea that I think works better for me, I don't care what you think about it.

notinmybackyard · 10-21-2018, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StefanG

stealing from someone to make money is a different thing - but according to your logic there would have never been cars just to protect blacksmiths...

when I have a business idea that I think works better for me, I don't care what you think about it.

blah.. blah.. blah.. I've heard it all before

The porn industry the Johns have created is pure shit and the proof is this here "business" forum where the only things being discussed are Trump and Democrats.

MaDalton · 10-21-2018, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notinmybackyard

blah.. blah.. blah.. I've heard it all before

The porn industry the Johns have created is pure shit and the proof is this here "business" forum where the only things being discussed are Trump and Democrats.

there are other places where business is discussed nowadays - places that are kept free from trolls and harassement.

the fact that shows like European Summit are only growing shows that the industry overall is doing fine, just different.

people have become more professional, they are not interested in coming to this place where trolls run rampage.

the state GFY is in is the result of how it's run.

CourtneyR_FFN · 10-22-2018, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

Sad news for the industry. So where do you guys move your traffic now?

Cams.com and Streamray!

$tandaman · 10-22-2018, 02:59 PM

Brings a tear to my eye.. My first sponsor back in 1997.

Konda · 10-22-2018, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas Ken

Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling?

Yeah doesn't make any sense, there must be more to it.

They were even growing the last few months:

And they were still actively buying hardlinks in the past months where they paid for a full year...

They mention ''legislative developments' and 'costly patent litigation' on the closure page, maybe they got issues with law enforcement or got sued and their only option was to close down to get out of it.

Very strange, they could easily have sold for a lot of money, so it must have been something pretty serious for them to just close shop out of the blue.

XSAXS · 10-23-2018, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konda

Yeah doesn't make any sense, there must be more to it.

They mention ''legislative developments' and 'costly patent litigation' on the closure page, maybe they got issues with law enforcement or got sued and their only option was to close down to get out of it.

Very strange, they could easily have sold for a lot of money, so it must have been something pretty serious for them to just close shop out of the blue.

This... or the head shits finally just gave up. They stopped competing years ago.

I imagine their decision to close had something to do with Flash being exterminated (soon) and the cost/hassle of properly converting everything over to HTML5.

iFriends was limping along on old ideas, old programming, and old technology (as they have since ~2007-2008). And since they waited so long, the expense of upgrading to a competitive level would have been prohibitive -- especially since they averaged only 50-60 models online at a time -- down from 2000+ a decade ago.

It's a shame that the industry's top dawg couldn't/wouldn't compete against fledgling upstarts like MFC and CB. It was clear that the game was changing. But iFriends refused (for years) to adapt.

Sad.

DaianaImlive · 10-24-2018, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by adultchatpay

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d00t · 10-24-2018, 04:45 AM

Sad to see them go. ifriends was a great.

CaptainHowdy · 10-24-2018, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CourtneyR_FFN

Cams.com and Streamray!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaianaImlive

Imlive

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HairyChick · 10-24-2018, 04:51 AM

The first dating sites I promoted I remember getting new banner when new models came online. Twenty-five years ago I remember trying to push my niche through them and only a handdful of girls available.

Al the free dating sites and cam sites haven’t helped. Old sites have to change to keep up. But it brings back memories.......

Roald · 10-24-2018, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adultchatpay

Sad news for the industry. So where do you guys move your traffic now?

Hit us up to push something different and more fun!

[email protected]

10-17-2018, 12:13 PM	#1
LoriAnderson Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,713	IFRIENDS.NET - closed their doors today :( Sad to hear that one of the oldest cam sites has closed their doors today In case you have links promoting them you might want to update......... https://www.ifriends.net/thankyou __________________ Luv Lori xoxo LotzaDollars Dream-Cash Guy-Dollars Skype: Lori-Anderson

10-17-2018, 12:40 PM	#3
Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 72,668	Wow, this is stunning. Then again, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised - when was the last time you heard of ifriends.net? __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders YNOT MAIL \| THE BEST ADULT MAILING SOLUTION

10-17-2018, 12:55 PM	#5
CaptainHowdy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Happy in the dark. Posts: 92,942	"So long and thanks for all the fish." __________________ FLASH SALE INSANITY! deal with a 100% Trusted Seller Buy Traffic Spots on a High-Quality Network 1 Year or Lifetime — That’s Right, Until the Internet Explodes!

10-17-2018, 01:18 PM	#7
Acepimp All Facts Matter Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East Coast Posts: 18,925	Wow, this is shocking. Just updated my links, thanks for the info, Lori __________________ Earn Recurring Money with ➜ Live Adult Webcams \| CrakRevenue \| Dream Cash Just Surfing? The Sexiest Models Are At >> MyHotSexCam.com Chat with live Streamate Camgirls

10-17-2018, 01:50 PM	#10
ladida Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,166	End of an era __________________ agentGFY at gmail.com

10-17-2018, 12:18 PM	#2
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Wow, they were the reason I fell into adult nearly 20 years ago. Used to get my weekly cheques delivered (internationally!) via fedex.

10-17-2018, 01:00 PM	#6
Mr Pheer Living inside your head. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In your AirBNB Posts: 20,391	They were the first affiliate program I made 7 figures with. The reason Lori had a huge rush of traffic from shortly after she began is because I had over a thousand chatbots pushing to her page (and about 3 others) Al Hadhazy liked to fuck up good things though so then I moved operations to Trafic Cash Gold.

10-17-2018, 01:44 PM	#9
Smack dat So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,613	iFriends was once my big payee each month.

10-17-2018, 01:50 PM	#11
2MuchMark Videochat Solutions Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 48,471	RIP, iFriends! You guys were pioneers, and pretty damn cool too. __________________ VideoChat Solutions \| Custom Software \| IT Support https://www.2much.net \| https://www.lcntech.com

10-17-2018, 01:51 PM	#12
trevesty Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 3,801	Sad... they were one of my very first checks as an affiliate.

10-17-2018, 01:55 PM	#13
Vegas Ken Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,151	Wonder why they just closed up shop instead of selling? __________________ Skype: vegas_ken

10-17-2018, 02:16 PM	#15
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10-17-2018, 02:27 PM	#17
mrmarcman Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,292	Damn...sorry to hear...yes visited it long before LiveJasmin and all the other sites. __________________ Skype: mackan_81

10-17-2018, 03:37 PM	#18
st0ned Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 8,437	Crazy. They were one of the first I received checks from way back when also. __________________ Conversion Sharks - 1,000+ adult dating offers, traffic management, and consistently high payouts. We will guarantee and beat your current EPC to win your dating traffic! Skype: ConversionSharks \|\| Email: info /@/ conversionsharks.com

10-17-2018, 04:38 PM	#19
yuu.design Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 25,924	oh man, so sad news :S __________________ Beautiful And Usable Web Design Creations For The Adult Industry Since 2003 I'm Yuu, Designer and Content Producer Paysites - Affiliate Programs - Dating & Cam Sites - Mainstream Projects - Tube Sites - Banners - Wordpress Themes - NATs integration - Landing Pages Check my Portfolio and Content Production Offers

10-17-2018, 07:14 PM	#20
huey Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: vancouver Posts: 3,630	These guys where the big players when we first started out. __________________ opinions are like assholes................. "They aren't after me, they are AFTER YOU! Im just in their way" -D.J. Trump

10-18-2018, 12:26 AM	#22
MikeAMS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 364	Send your Ifriends traffic to our cam platforms and we offer you an extra 10% on all payout!! 40% GUARANTEED!!!!! __________________ E: [email protected] Skype: mikedejong22 W: http://www.islive.com , http://www.twero.com "Money often costs too much." Ralph Waldo Emerson

10-18-2018, 12:40 AM	#23
davidCRM Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 1,544	a legend has gone i remember they were always one of the set examples in the LJ office __________________ David // Xcams & Xmodels Product- and CRM manager

10-18-2018, 12:55 AM	#24
adultchatpay Let's Make Money Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,784	Sad news for the industry. So where do you guys move your traffic now?

10-18-2018, 03:56 AM	#26
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10-18-2018, 09:18 AM	#27
nikki99 Supermodel Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sodoma & Gomorra Posts: 22,824	ifriends WOWWWW ...... I used to be an affiliate back in 2004 or something.... __________________ SMC Revenue - Best Tgirl websites of the world now VR Non exclusive BIG Tranny/shemale Package for sale, full 2257 - hit me up skype: nikkimontero

10-18-2018, 02:23 PM	#30
RyuLion ClubDomCash.com Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 32,171	Oh wow! They're old school'! RIP! __________________ Adult Biz Consultant A tech head since 1995

10-18-2018, 02:41 PM	#31
poncabare Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: carmel Posts: 2,553	they had a good run

10-19-2018, 06:53 AM	#32
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10-19-2018, 03:08 PM	#33
book-mark Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 168	damn they definitely had a good run

10-20-2018, 04:27 PM	#35
Diomed Converting like it's 1999 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The South Posts: 6,165	God damn shame.. One of the all time greats. Wonderful company to work with. __________________ 10 years of experience in: CHAT SALES - PAID TRAFFIC - CONVERSION - CREATIVES - CONSULTATION

10-21-2018, 06:04 AM	#36
notinmybackyard Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 3,230	For my personal opinion read below: Good! This should have happened 20 years ago! When Ifriends started I knew a lot of girls, most of them single mothers, trying to make a buck and they were all lining up to be cam girls. Well Ifriends brought in that "voyeur view" that gave away for free the webcam shows and those girls got screwed over for a living. I'm (was) an old school pornographer and was making smut before most of today's industry were even born. On the best of days like me were greasy at best and total scumbags at worst but the rules were simple.. 1. You give nothing away for free. A man wants to jerk off he's going to pay for it because he's no different than a hooker's trick. 2. A producer could be the biggest piece of shit on earth but you never fuck over anyone for the money. Far too many of the Internet Porn Boys have never filmed smut and/or they've never fucked in front of the camera. They throw up a platform and then they sucker others into working for them for free. Honestly someone needs to dig a hole in the desert for these self-important ass wipes. __________________ *officially retired as of March 01 2018 but still fucking around and getting into shit.*

10-22-2018, 02:59 PM	#41
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10-24-2018, 04:45 AM	#45
d00t Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In your mind Posts: 3,766	Sad to see them go. ifriends was a great.

10-24-2018, 04:51 AM	#47
HairyChick Slowly dying Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Padanaram Posts: 3,091	The first dating sites I promoted I remember getting new banner when new models came online. Twenty-five years ago I remember trying to push my niche through them and only a handdful of girls available. Al the free dating sites and cam sites haven’t helped. Old sites have to change to keep up. But it brings back memories....... __________________ ***************************************** Anti-Semites have Small Penis Syndrome. The only known treatment is electroshock therapy combined with cerebellum removal. Fortunately, it’s a tiny procedure. *****************************************