[RawAlex]

Sales are all over the place. It's been a tough year.

I think that the porn industry has ended up in a position where there is a shortage of processing, aggressive scrubbing, and Visa and Mastercard banks that are less and less likely to allow an online charge to go through. Too many people with maxed out cards, and too many financial institutions limiting what can be done with the remaining limits.

When you put all of those pieces together, sales tend to get very poor. Then all of a sudden, one thing changes (and there is only one that can change easily) and we get reasonably good sales for a while. Then boom, the switch gets turned back off and we are done.

I have noticed over the last 12 months that sales come in clusters from the same processors over multiple programs. I might see way more Epoch sales for a while over different programs, and then they go quiet. Then CCBill sales will pick up for a while, and then they go quiet. It is enough to make one wonder.

More than anything, keeping a sharp eye on the bottom line, keeps costs reasonable, and working smarter (and harder for a change) is key in this environment.

As a side note, cam programs seem to be having a harder time these days, mostly because MFC seems to have eaten up much of the market. If the girls are giving it away for free... who is going to pay?