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Not really. Pornhub is very late in tech. Their website is a lot buggy. A lot of thumbnails don't load. They were very late on HD. And you can't even pay with b

by takdi 10y ago

Not really. Pornhub is very late in tech. Their website is a lot buggy. A lot of thumbnails don't load. They were very late on HD. And you can't even pay with bitcoin. It would be perfect for pornsite. And their is still no Netflix equivalent for porn which is very expensive when you compare to a normal show which is a lot more expensive to make

user5994461 10y ago
How could there be there be a NetFlix for porn??? Everything is already available for free.
- 7Z7 10y ago
  Just like TV shows..
  - user5994461 10y ago
    Nah. TV shows can be hard to find (especially right after release) and of variable quality, plus the sites can be very shady with worse ads/adware than all porn sites combined [not to mention that they tend to be closed or ISP blocked fairly often]. Porn is reliably served by many _respectable_ sites.
    - EpicEng 10y ago
      'hard to find, as in, ' two second search on TPB or opening popcorntime'?
- takdi 10y ago
  Not at all. Nothing is available in full HD. Torrent are hard to find and die quickly. But everything for movie and TV show is available for free easily but still everything is working great for Netflix.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Not at all. Nothing is available in full HD. Torrent are hard to find and die quickly. Actually they are available - including 4k, even VR - just not on public trackers :)
- shams93 10y ago
  Yeah the free sites are owned by the same German company, they basically jack your material as soon as it hit DVD, now that doesn't happen because they destroyed 90% of the industry.
- SixSigma 10y ago
  If you can't compete on price, you compete on service and quality
- brettz 10y ago
  We launched "Netflix like" Pornhub Premium last year. We license thousands of scenes from all the top producers. It's $9.99 a month with a free trial (real free trial, not the normal porn stuff where they charge you anyway). It's closer to say Hulu Plus though because you also get the regular Pornhub content without the ads and better quality.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    "It's closer to say Hulu Plus though because you also get the regular Pornhub content without the ads and better quality." That by itself could be a great market. Porn sites are notorious for inefficient, disgusting, and sometimes malicious advertisements. Getting the product without all that for low cost would appeal to many. I'm curious what the actual numbers are on one of the highest, trafficked sites. It could provide a nice, upper bound on what others might expect with their actual results being lower unless they're a niche operator like Kink.
    - brettz 10y ago
      I can't disclose revenue numbers but Pornhub Premium gets a few thousand new active members a day.
  - tomjen3 10y ago
    Personally I have two issues with subscribing to that: I don't want what I view traceable to me (hence I always use porn mode in my browser) and I wouldn't be comfortable handing my CC to a porn site, because I assume it would be very difficult to cancel.
    - brettz 10y ago
      Those are common stigmas we face with the subscription service. We are trying to leverage our brand to make it as trustworthy as possible.
  - pault 10y ago
    What are your hiring practices? Do you mostly work with recruiters?
ryan-c 10y ago
I'm sure they don't allow payment in bitcoin because they want recurring subscriptions.
temp 10y ago
>And you can't even pay with bitcoin. Sounds like a good thing to me.
cerrelio 10y ago
Pornhub doesn't generate most of their money from subscriptions. It was never their primary business model to do that. It's mostly ad and referral revenue. I also think most tube sites run on thin margins or even at a loss. And like a commenter below mentioned, you can't do recurring payments with bitcoin. It's strictly a push payment, and even if there were a third party or service that could effect a recurring payment model, it would be too risky. A good chunk of porn site revenue comes from rebills to people who forget to cancel their subscription after they've joined at 2am Saturday morning, drunk/high, needing to pound one out before passing out. (This is literally the description of a typical customer a porn studio manager gave me.)

by takdi 10y ago

user5994461 10y ago

How could there be there be a NetFlix for porn??? Everything is already available for free.

7Z7 10y ago
Just like TV shows..
- user5994461 10y ago
  Nah. TV shows can be hard to find (especially right after release) and of variable quality, plus the sites can be very shady with worse ads/adware than all porn sites combined [not to mention that they tend to be closed or ISP blocked fairly often]. Porn is reliably served by many _respectable_ sites.
  - EpicEng 10y ago
    'hard to find, as in, ' two second search on TPB or opening popcorntime'?
takdi 10y ago
Not at all. Nothing is available in full HD. Torrent are hard to find and die quickly. But everything for movie and TV show is available for free easily but still everything is working great for Netflix.
- icebraining 10y ago
  Not at all. Nothing is available in full HD. Torrent are hard to find and die quickly. Actually they are available - including 4k, even VR - just not on public trackers :)
shams93 10y ago
Yeah the free sites are owned by the same German company, they basically jack your material as soon as it hit DVD, now that doesn't happen because they destroyed 90% of the industry.
SixSigma 10y ago
If you can't compete on price, you compete on service and quality
brettz 10y ago
We launched "Netflix like" Pornhub Premium last year. We license thousands of scenes from all the top producers. It's $9.99 a month with a free trial (real free trial, not the normal porn stuff where they charge you anyway). It's closer to say Hulu Plus though because you also get the regular Pornhub content without the ads and better quality.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  "It's closer to say Hulu Plus though because you also get the regular Pornhub content without the ads and better quality." That by itself could be a great market. Porn sites are notorious for inefficient, disgusting, and sometimes malicious advertisements. Getting the product without all that for low cost would appeal to many. I'm curious what the actual numbers are on one of the highest, trafficked sites. It could provide a nice, upper bound on what others might expect with their actual results being lower unless they're a niche operator like Kink.
  - brettz 10y ago
    I can't disclose revenue numbers but Pornhub Premium gets a few thousand new active members a day.
- tomjen3 10y ago
  Personally I have two issues with subscribing to that: I don't want what I view traceable to me (hence I always use porn mode in my browser) and I wouldn't be comfortable handing my CC to a porn site, because I assume it would be very difficult to cancel.
  - brettz 10y ago
    Those are common stigmas we face with the subscription service. We are trying to leverage our brand to make it as trustworthy as possible.
- pault 10y ago
  What are your hiring practices? Do you mostly work with recruiters?

ryan-c 10y ago

I'm sure they don't allow payment in bitcoin because they want recurring subscriptions.

temp 10y ago

>And you can't even pay with bitcoin. Sounds like a good thing to me.

cerrelio 10y ago

Pornhub doesn't generate most of their money from subscriptions. It was never their primary business model to do that. It's mostly ad and referral revenue. I also think most tube sites run on thin margins or even at a loss. And like a commenter below mentioned, you can't do recurring payments with bitcoin. It's strictly a push payment, and even if there were a third party or service that could effect a recurring payment model, it would be too risky. A good chunk of porn site revenue comes from rebills to people who forget to cancel their subscription after they've joined at 2am Saturday morning, drunk/high, needing to pound one out before passing out. (This is literally the description of a typical customer a porn studio manager gave me.)