I met the neatest guy, by accident, at a business meeting. We got to talking and he was remarkably open about his past. He is a VERY successful on-line adventurous and business owner.
He admitted that years ago...at the START of Internet Sales, he used to sell "8mm tapes from Swedish Erotica" from the UK. He also had a TINY side business selling some hunting goods online in the USA.
Years later he is rich from running some HUGE online sales of hunting and fishing gear, but decades ago, left the "porn" business, since, he claimed, there were "too many fish in that pond, no real profit margin and it was going to "shake out" so a few big players remained and everyone else, not a niche, was going to go broke".
He now thinks the "NOVELTY" of porn online has run it's course and while there is still a LOT of it, he is not sure it will remain the number 1 money maker, as MOST traditional business....everything from electronics to groceries, moves online. He thinks that like with the Poloroid, where probably MOST were for "personal photos" early on, it soon became an overwhelming "main stream" thing.
What do YOU think? Has "internet porn" run its "hot phase" out, and now, with all the FREE stuff, and DVD's available from places like EF, do you think that formerly HUGE segment of the Internet will slowly wither?
I GUESS I should have added "IT MAY CONTINUE to GROW as more tablets and personal internet devices get used" as a possible answer. I cannot add it now.
ALSO....sorry....I thought I was in the SOCIAL category. NOT Holidays..my goof up!!! So...I guess this applies if you are thinking about buying some Internet porn for your holiday shopping list????
He admitted that years ago...at the START of Internet Sales, he used to sell "8mm tapes from Swedish Erotica" from the UK. He also had a TINY side business selling some hunting goods online in the USA.
Years later he is rich from running some HUGE online sales of hunting and fishing gear, but decades ago, left the "porn" business, since, he claimed, there were "too many fish in that pond, no real profit margin and it was going to "shake out" so a few big players remained and everyone else, not a niche, was going to go broke".
He now thinks the "NOVELTY" of porn online has run it's course and while there is still a LOT of it, he is not sure it will remain the number 1 money maker, as MOST traditional business....everything from electronics to groceries, moves online. He thinks that like with the Poloroid, where probably MOST were for "personal photos" early on, it soon became an overwhelming "main stream" thing.
What do YOU think? Has "internet porn" run its "hot phase" out, and now, with all the FREE stuff, and DVD's available from places like EF, do you think that formerly HUGE segment of the Internet will slowly wither?
I GUESS I should have added "IT MAY CONTINUE to GROW as more tablets and personal internet devices get used" as a possible answer. I cannot add it now.
ALSO....sorry....I thought I was in the SOCIAL category. NOT Holidays..my goof up!!! So...I guess this applies if you are thinking about buying some Internet porn for your holiday shopping list????
