THE CONSUMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT -From August AVN Online
 

The latest imminent ?death? of the adult paysite subscription model

Regarding the supposedly imminent demise of the online subscription model as the main method of accessing porn sites, Mark Twain may not have quipped, "The rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated," but he might very well have were he alive to comment on the state of adult commerce. Though he also might have said that if subscription models don't adapt to the times, they should die, for such was the great man's understanding of the ebb and flow of the markets.

Online subscription models made sense the moment technology allowed them, not least because people recognized them from their offline dealings. It was a proven form of interaction, which is why content-based businesses began replicating their offline subscription models online right from the start, with middling success.

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Great read

is it true avn is going out of bizness?

cue Alanis Morrissette

I thought they went years ago

It was an interesting read.

Enjoyed it last week while on the shitter.

too much info :disgust

LOL - Yeah, we're all flying to Miami for the going out of business party. Y'know Internext.

Thanks for the positive input... :1orglaugh

This is also a great read....

WHERE HAVE ALL THE AFFILIATES GONE?

The ranks may be dwindling, but good recruits and loyal veterans remain valuable weapons in the online marketing arsenal.

By Kathee Brewer
08/01/2009
Affiliates are the lifeblood of online marketing ? right?

Once upon a time, the answer to that question was so self-evident as to need no voice. Especially in the adult entertainment industry ? often credited with creating the virtual equivalent of a business model successfully employed for decades by brick-and-mortar companies like Amway and Avon ? recruiting, equipping and deploying an army of sales associates made the difference between rousing financial victory and inglorious defeat. Traditionally, affiliates composed the troops upon whose shoulders Web-based adult empires rose to prominence. Among the fields of cyberspace, some of the most successful affiliates even developed affiliate armies of their own.

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Agreed.

Traffic, affiliates, among other related points have been interesting seminars at the conferences. Especially the programs detailing how they are moving to generating their own traffic in-house and becoming less defendant on affiliate, and whales.

:2 cents:

There are so many variables related to the current situation.. innovation is the only way out and we will find the way.

:thumbsup

See you at the Internext, we should sit down and chat

With the reduction of affiliates going on, I wonder what will happen at shows, seems these shows are about 90% b2b and 10% webmasters. I remember less than 5 years ago it was the other way around.
WG

A nice article, good read

Good stuff,

Im skeptical on the whole "mobile porn" that programs are trumpeting as the next big thing.

Jerking off to your iphones 3.5 inch screen? I just dont see surfers buyin mobile porn right now

My bad i just read a news article a couple days ago

See you there Chris, chill the beer:drinkup

there are more types of subscriptions then subscriptions for content.

hahahahahahahhaha

AVN Article - "the consumer is always right"

AVN Announcement - "AVN is going out of business"

Hi, what do you do? I'm a sales rep. Join my program! Earn big bucks! Here's a T-Shirt!

And you assumed we were going out of businesss from am article on the
consolidtion of a few of our magazine?

AVN does alot more than publish magazines- and in no uncertain terms we
will be around for years to come.