Thinking this over for a while and in contrast to the opinions of people I respect
I think the downhill trend with regards to revenue generation will continue for 98% to 99% of the adult on line entertainment industry
Why .... simple
The bloom is off the rose so to speak - internet porn is no longer a novelty, everyone has seen it. Been there, done that got the Tee Shirt
No new content delivery systems - fancy way of saying everyone is still generating traffic the same way. Building more free sites to generate traffic is only adding to the deluge of free porn available. Is anyone doing anything new to generate visitors? .... not that I see and if they were I'm sure they're not talking about it
The restrains and challenges with Visa/MC are just starting. Some will look for ways to circumvent the new Visa regs, they will find them (Pick-a-Patsy) and that will force/encourage Visa to become even tighter and more demanding of high risk transactions. It's Visa's ball and game so they make the rules
Eventually it will come down to maybe 3 to 12 big companies providing adult on line entertainment. Those with deep enough pockets to take the hits from Acacia, Visa and whoever sees the industry as low lying fruit plus the savvy and desire to stay in the business
I don't see any of that changing and I don't see a rebound in the business - plus all the beer money types have mucked up the waters so bad - people who couldn't sell a cure for cancer to an oncology lab who have no business operating as a business and will settle for a few hundred or thousand a month
Reality sites have been a good twist to generate some hype and $, they show with original content and good promotion $ can still be made but there are many of those sites now and you really have to shout to be heard above the din of all the reality sites
TGP would be dead now if the gallery owners didn't adapt and sell gallery spaces to generate revenue from traffic that doesn't convert - still that is just prolonging the inevitable
There's more but this is enough to chew for now and it's 5:30AM here
So
and sell shovels