# how much $$$'s do ADULT sites earn??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 8, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649 "2000-12-08T17:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/22 "2000-12-09T05:10:43Z")
I’ve wondered this myself. I do know they run into major problems with the credit card companies because of their high volume of charge backs. It seems easy enough if you don’t mind being in that sort of business. Find 1000 people out there willing to pay you 20 bucks a year and you’ve got a nice supplement to your income. Of course, so does that $5 multi level marketing scam where you send it to people on the list. It must not be that easy or everybody would be doing it. ---
**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/23 "2000-12-09T05:26:52Z")
[hijack] Why does pornography seemingly excite men more than women? [hijack] [partial hijack] It seems much more profitable to run a Hotline server and make money on banner click-thru’s to get logins/passwords. I know at least 10 people that make $1000+ using this technique.[/partial hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/24 "2000-12-09T05:44:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\*Hmmm, you say > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Stoidela \* > > **Even if you make a purchase it doesn’t stop, which is the part that amazes me.** > > and > > > [@](#): > > > > **I have never indulged in that stuff, and I never would.** > > Well then how would you know? Sounds like someone is contradicting themself. Or is this a FOAF told me situation 😉 \*\* You are mixing up the two things. I have made purchases of adult website memberships, particularly unusual ones. Not only am I in the business myself and it IS research, I’m also human and curious. The second remark refers to using popups and other tricks on MY website to trap visitors or drive them to other websites so I can make money advertising. I do none of the these things and I never have. stoid PS: I’mma gurl, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/25 "2000-12-09T05:48:26Z")
by the way, the “free” sites aren’t free, as you know. They are full of ads and popups and other distractions. They have to be. People are not going to maintain porn for you to jack off to out of the goodness of their hearts. As with everything that appears to be free, someone is paying for it. In this case, it is the surfer who decides to pay for sites that will offer him tons of (usually) high quality content without hassling him to death with ads. Because he pays, you guys get a free ride. But if enough people decide to be cheap, the free stuff will go away. If no one is paying, then there is no point in paying someone to advertise your site, yes? stoid ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Dumbledore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dfb087/32.png) [@Prof.Dumbledore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Dumbledore)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/26 "2000-12-09T08:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sethdallob \* > \*\*[partial hijack] It seems much more profitable to run a Hotline server and make money on banner click-thru’s to get logins/passwords. I know at least 10 people that make $1000+ using this technique.[/partial hijack] \*\* Could you please tell me more about this. What is a hotline server. Bye Zeeshan ---
**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649/27 "2000-12-09T21:28:13Z")
Here are two sites of interest: [http://www.bigredh.com](http://www.bigredh.com) [http://www.tracker-tracker.com](http://www.tracker-tracker.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-s-do-adult-sites-earn/44649.md?page=1)