Originally Posted by Shap

Ok. I think I understand your angle a little bit better. You are trying to gauge the potential of the market and what could be made either for your own personal project or one you are raising money for. I have some comments on that.

If your goal is to have a $12million a year business and anything else is a waste of time and money then i have a few thoughts.
#1 don't get into adult.
#2 i think you need to re-evaluate your "goals". $12million a year is significant money in any industry. My instinct is you are young and have never made money. That isn't an attack it's just an observation. I've never met a real businessperson that considers $5,000,000 a year profit below them or not worth their time and money.
#3 see #1

With regards to investors be very careful. If you are going to raise money to start an adult site you should know that I've never heard of a site succeed with that formula. That doesn't mean it won't work for you just saying I've never seen an investor backed adult site do anything but blow up and blow all the money.


I feel you are too focused on x-art and what they are doing. Forget about them and instead try to find out how NEW entries into that market are doing. X-art is an established brand and any results they have play very little into your potential in that niche. To get a better idea find all the new entries in that niche in the past two years. How are they doing? Is there result reliant on any factors you will not have at your disposal. Ie is it a new launch by an already established company? Is it a site launched by a company with big free sites etc etc.


The harsh reality is if you are new to the industry and you are coming in with nothing but your ideas on how to compete with them then more likely than not you will fail. It's is very hard to crack into the paysite market. Especially an expensive one like X-art niche. Be careful even if it isn't your money you'll be spending.