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Ask HN: Do affiliated sex ad sites really generate income?
a throw-away account.
Do sex advertisement sites where they are affiliated with other major sex based sites really generate worth-while income?
Like Hooker.com or sex.com, etc These sites have no content, just ads and links to other sites.
Does anyone have any experience? I own a few suggestive domain names and was considering the best way to make a few hundred a month so I can afford to work on my REAL dreams...
- byoung2 16y agoOne of my former coworkers operated a few ad-based porn sites, and he made some decent money a few years back, but it quickly dried up. He said he made as much as a few grand per month per site, which was enough for 3 guys to party and not have to work, but by 2009 the revenue had almost completely dried up.
- anon_question 16y agoFrom an expense standpoint, I can host this in my apartment as I already have statics, a home-based business circuit through Comcast that is 50/10. They don't charge for bandwidth and I have never been told about any cap on monthly bandwidth either. In 4 years I have never paid more than my monthly fee. So it would seem like I would have no over-head.just my time to create the sites, set up affiliate accounts, etc.
- rick888 16y agoIf you are hosting the actual videos and pictures, your site will crumble pretty quickly. It will probably be better to just link to them instead.
- anon_question 16y agoright, that is what my thought was. Just linking, not hosting any real content
- rick888 16y agoEven better, I've seen some sites iframe videos from other sites. It will make it harder to figure out that you are hotlinking it.
- david_shaw 16y agoAlthough this admittedly isn't my specialty, I would imagine that they only generate worthwhile income if they have a fairly significant amount of traffic. Ergo, it's not as simple as "put ads on this domain name and wait for profit," but instead would require getting traffic to your site (which most people in that industry tend to do by spamming). It's definitely possible to turn a profit, but it's not as simple or clean-cut as you might believe. That said, sex.com just sold for $13 million, so if you happen to land on something good, you're probably in the money!