Originally Posted by Shap (Post 19948098)

Do you mean before I started Twistys (I ask because I still considered us an affiliate when we had twistys)?

And are you referring to most from one company or many?

Originally Posted by fuzebox (Post 19949228)

Why do people make a distinction between freesites, paysites, affiliate, paysite owner? It's all making money online and monetizing traffic. If you can make more with your traffic by starting your own paysite, you should. At the same time, if you have a paysite, you damn well better have your own traffic sources.

Originally Posted by dezmondel (Post 19948816)

hello Mr. Shap,
where do you see 3D SGI erotica in the grand scheme of things?

thanx in adv.

Originally Posted by JayS (Post 19948748)

Yes, before you started Twistys. Let's say only with your TGP's/CJ's if you can make the difference.

Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions (Post 19948232)

Handsome (Ricky Martin) looking fellas must have all the luck, huh? kidding. Guess that's my only question... :upsidedow

Someone else in a similar niche as you were are the FTV guys. Though Rob shys away from attention, kinda, he does have a personal website that's been in the public domain and he does like attention to his cars; so what the hell.



There is some pull shooting all those models himself (not sure of the current situation) in that he has pull (in addition to his cars and now money) on getting into events.
I was always able to set things up I wouldn't be able as long as I had a cute model on hand with proof. :)


I think it's universal, as Rob says in his picture below in the magazine heavy hitters

"When you see successful people, 10 times out of 10, those people worked their asses off for it, probably to the point where they barely have time to enjoy it."


My Grandpa who worked and ran his own high-precision machine shop, and at his peak had a networth of over 10 million told me: "Andy, love does some things, money does all."

Hard work pays off as well as treating your affiliates right, maybe Rob and Chris? were to busy to switch from CCbill to a NATS or MPA system?

FTVGirls.com breaks the 30,000 active members mark

I think Michael Ellsberg summed it up in his book, ?The Education of Millionaires.? quite well with:



And above that, know what you want in all respects to life. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Shap (Post 19949252)

:thumbsup:thumbsup Well Said!

Originally Posted by Jane-Busty.pl (Post 19949547)

Shap, are You mad at me?

Originally Posted by Jane-Busty.pl (Post 19947517)

Hey Shap

a. Do You think, free porn has some positives for the whole industry? Name a few, if yes.
b. Your highest invoice for hosting/bandwidth? (for 1month) Which year was it?
c. Don't You think porn industry misses a global player? Do You think to start iTunes for porn is challenge enough for You to start realizing it?

;-)

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 19939985)

I agree totally. I should've said 'no direction professionally' and I come to that conclusion because:

Shap has said he's invested in a few start-ups, nothing major.
Has spent most of his time traveling.
Comes on GFY a shocking amount of time for someone who's made millions and should be POOF long gone.
Has said if the situation is interesting to him, in Adult, he'd jump back in.

Sounds like a man who doesn't know what to do with his time/money. LOL Kids, family, travel etc would be enough for ME to keep my attention, probably for life, but it sounds like Shap is looking for something more to do with his time/life. So I ask. :)

Originally Posted by adultchatpay (Post 19940293)

What is your technique in making sales?
You can email me in private :)

Originally Posted by adultchatpay (Post 19940293)

What is your technique in making sales?
You can email me in private :)

Originally Posted by MasterBlow (Post 19945370)

What is your purpose of life?

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 19947607)

Shap I thought you had ignored or forgot about my questions, thanks for taking the time to answer them all in detail. I really appreciate it :)



I didn't expect an answer to that question, you're too modest :pimp



It's almost head spinning how fast technology is changing. Within a couple of years smartphones and tablets have replaced laptops & desktops, I think if Wearable tech i.e. Google Glass/Augmented reality hits the ground running we're going to see massive changes in how surfers use the internet.

If you factor in Augmented reality, Artificial Intelligence along with improvements in Voice Search (Siri etc) and Kinect Motion Sensor we're talking about a scene from Minority Report becoming reality very soon.

http://aaronknoll.commons.gc.cuny.ed...tInterface.jpg

This episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror is probably a good representation of where we are headed with technology but without Charlie Brooker's dark twisted outlook.

I think a lot of the features will have the potential to save time and allow people to multi task better but I fear it's going to put a lot of us out of a job online and the entire structure of how we currently use the internet i.e. Typing, Searching etc will become obsolete.

Question, Answer, Done.

Totally agree with you that everything will become even more on demand than it currently is, it's probably gonna make society as a whole very very impatient :)



Interesting... I was actually describing myself :) Wanted to ask the question because that's what I struggle with most, I struggle to get past a certain level of growth when it involves handing over tasks to other people. In my case it's not because I'm incredibly talented, it's more because I'm a complete and utter control freak!

Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll order a copy now and hopefully I'll learn some useful info from it.



Thanks! :)

A few people where asking some pretty tame questions so I thought I'd use this opportunity to ask you interesting questions and you certainly haven't dissapointed with your answers.

That's some great advice and again I'd just like to thank you for spending the time to reply and in such detail :thumbsup

One last thing, as a Man United supporter I'd just like to say I hope we beat you on Sunday :winkwink:

Originally Posted by dezmondel (Post 19949492)

your words ring true Mr. Shap.
thank you for your time!

dez

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 19948133)

Well that's encouraging because we're on our way to 100 full price joins a day. My thinking is I keep adding paysites and finding new traffic sources and, eventually and slowly, we will get there. :)

Originally Posted by Scott McD (Post 19938169)

Where's Wally ??

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn (Post 19951859)

Is this kind of disgusting .gif above actually allowed here?

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn (Post 19951859)

Is this kind of disgusting .gif above actually allowed here?

Originally Posted by brassmonkey (Post 19951863)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh she's regular

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn (Post 19951859)

Is this kind of disgusting .gif above actually allowed here?

Originally Posted by Shap (Post 19951896)

I agree. Oh well not much you can do. 6 pages of replies and only two negative posts both by the same guy :/

Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn (Post 19951915)

That's a credit to you because you were well liked. Nice to hear you're doing well Shap and enjoying family life. It was a pleasure working with you and your guys at Twistys.

Originally Posted by Shap (Post 19951945)

Thanks Jim! Same here. How are you doing?

Originally Posted by Poppy (Post 19949911)

Will Chelsea win the Premier League this season & will your boys play hockey or futbol? The easy answer is both, but there comes a time 5hey will have to give one up. Also, will you be joining our fantasy league next season, which is sponsored by Traffic Force this year?

Originally Posted by rocky1234 (Post 19950075)

Shap, what happen to Candi Cruz? I miss her.

Originally Posted by DaLord (Post 19950129)

Where would this industry have been without ICQ, mate?

Mike :)