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AdultLoungeRaffi · 2005-03-17, 03:57 AM

ok, am i reading it right or is that a geo targeted subject? lol does everyone see their nick name on the subject? Cause i see " AdultLoungeRaffi " ???? LOL this is too funny....

Well, anyway... I started in Adult offline back in 1989 when the service bureau i was partners with started in AudioText. 976-Date was the first dating phone service. Then we expanding from local ( 976 ) to nationwide ( 900 ) numbers. At that time, personals ( you know those " SWF " ads in papers did not exist ) so i started this whole thing called " Personals " with 900 lines in print media. The very first print weekly in the US who had become my first affiliate was a paper out of Little Rock, Arkansas with a circulation of about 20,000 and made more money with its " Dating Personals " than their entire advertising department did. This was when Jonathan Silverstein, Marty ( AdultCheck ) , and others worked for me selling turnkey 900 phone lines :-). We generated $100,000 or more at times per month in setting up 900 lines for affiliates who wanted their own turnkey lines as a business. By 2003 we were generating around 2,000,000 minutes per month at an average of $1.98 per minute. You do the numbers :-) although i didnt own the entire service bureau and was a share holder of a percetange. I can safely say i invented the personals in print media since there was no other company doing this at that time and that was the first paper who printed these personals we transcribed singles onto paper and mailed to the news weekly camera ready.

Then i registered my first adult domain in 1994 and completely converted onto the adult internet industry from that day on...and the rest is history!

So to answer the question, i made my first $ in adult in 1989 and online in 1994 :-)

Raffi

Certifiedbitch · 2005-03-17, 04:35 AM

well, i started working in the adult biz way back 2003 and made the decent money last year until now...everything is going well.

adamneve · 2005-03-17, 04:41 AM

i was terified when i saw the title and all the replies

99 when was i first made my money online

Lemmy · 2005-03-17, 04:42 AM

I made my first freesite in October 2004. Got my first check early December and have since then consistently made enough money to cover my $19.95/month virtual hosting account. I'll soon be launcing my own LL (stay tuned) so I hope to be able to upgrade to a $39.95/month plan by the end of the year.

Mefo · 2005-03-17, 05:55 AM

ha shit that title got me lol, 3 pages and my name in the subject =) anyway I started in 2000

started with galleries back then

AcidMaX · 2005-03-17, 08:25 AM

I was doing programming starting in 1998 (been programming since approx 1994) for adult companies and making ok money on the side, started full time making great money in 2001. Keeps getting bigger, more money programming, more money on the link lists. Now I primarily work for 1 company full time programming and run my sites as well.

Tuna · 2005-03-17, 08:35 AM

Been doing this since 1998 and making money since day one.

Opti · 2005-03-17, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdultLoungeRaffi

ok, am i reading it right or is that a geo targeted subject? lol does everyone see their nick name on the subject? Cause i see " AdultLoungeRaffi " ???? LOL this is too funny....

Well, anyway... I started in Adult offline back in 1989 when the service bureau i was partners with started in AudioText. 976-Date was the first dating phone service. Then we expanding from local ( 976 ) to nationwide ( 900 ) numbers. At that time, personals ( you know those " SWF " ads in papers did not exist ) so i started this whole thing called " Personals " with 900 lines in print media. The very first print weekly in the US who had become my first affiliate was a paper out of Little Rock, Arkansas with a circulation of about 20,000 and made more money with its " Dating Personals " than their entire advertising department did. This was when Jonathan Silverstein, Marty ( AdultCheck ) , and others worked for me selling turnkey 900 phone lines :-). We generated $100,000 or more at times per month in setting up 900 lines for affiliates who wanted their own turnkey lines as a business. By 2003 we were generating around 2,000,000 minutes per month at an average of $1.98 per minute. You do the numbers :-) although i didnt own the entire service bureau and was a share holder of a percetange. I can safely say i invented the personals in print media since there was no other company doing this at that time and that was the first paper who printed these personals we transcribed singles onto paper and mailed to the news weekly camera ready.

Then i registered my first adult domain in 1994 and completely converted onto the adult internet industry from that day on...and the rest is history!

So to answer the question, i made my first $ in adult in 1989 and online in 1994 :-)

Raffi

Wow that is a real old school resume. Seemed like lots of the names who were big in adult when I started talked about coming from audiotext/videotext backgrounds.

I dicked about for a year or so as a very part time hobby, but I started trying to make money in late 98 and have been sitting in my underwear at home full time since mid 99

Useless · 2005-03-17, 08:48 AM

I've been doing this since 01. But I don't make any money doing it. I never have.

Ann Omness · 2005-03-17, 09:36 AM

I started getting my first checks for online porn in 1990. I started running a BBS in 1988 because I was addicted to an online game called Tradewars and the only other local BBS that ran the game was closing down. In 1990, I bought some adult content for the BBS and started charging a subscription. When the Internet started getting popular in 1994, I sold the BBS for $6,000 and concentrated on my mainstream career in the corporate world. In January of 1999, I started making websites for Adult Check, and five months later, I quit my two day jobs. I've been working at home ever since.

Useless · 2005-03-17, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I've been doing this since 01. But I don't make any money doing it. I never have.

I should probably mention that I was mainstream web design the same time, when I first started. Never made a cent doing that either.

JenC · 2005-03-17, 12:18 PM

Okay this thread fucked with my head!

1999

Pornopat · 2005-03-17, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stouch

Damn that spooked me when I saw the post addressed to me with 23 replies LOL. About 4 or years ago.

Same here...I was allready cursing at boardtracker....
|shocking|

funbrunette · 2005-03-17, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urb

What I am asking is, what year was it when you first actually made some money from the adult business online?

I wouldsay almost 5 years

frankthetank · 2005-03-17, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urb

What I am asking is, what year was it when you first actually made some money from the adult business online?

i was making money from online porn first in 1999. now i don´t make money any longer, i´m dioing it just for welfare...

4 fucking bastards have voted I never made a cent!!!!!!!!!

oh, wait...maybe they are right!

stuveltje · 2005-03-17, 03:05 PM

it was 2001 and i still get mad on my teacher who declined 8 times my first free site

Presmar · 2005-03-17, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankthetank

i was making money from online porn first in 1999. now i don´t make money any longer, i´m dioing it just for welfare...

4 fucking bastards have voted I never made a cent!!!!!!!!!

oh, wait...maybe they are right!

LOL...fucking hilarious!

I think they voted themselves never to have made a cent frankthetank...

Ravo · 2005-03-17, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenguy

Money? 1996

Decent money? 1997

Enough to do this full time? 1998

Ditto.

I still remember the day that I realized I was making more online than from my full time job.

emmanuelle · 2005-03-17, 04:05 PM

1997, full time since 1998

CrazySy · 2005-03-17, 04:21 PM

Started in 98 and worked part time about 2-3 hours a day until 2000 when I increased the working hours to 8 hours a day and still kept my day job just to make sure everything is going in the right direction. In 2002 I left my day job and this has been my only job

urb · 2005-03-17, 04:53 PM

Wow!! 70 posts later and 99 votes

Full time since 1998 for me in both mainstream and adult.

God, I love my job!

cd34 · 2005-03-17, 04:55 PM

didn't think your poll would be this popular? Urb.... traffic and website design genius

urb · 2005-03-17, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cd34

didn't think your poll would be this popular?

The real genius behind this poll is cd34.

cd34 · 2005-03-17, 05:03 PM

I can neither confirm nor deny my involvement in any of this.

rtv · 2005-03-17, 05:34 PM

2000
i got my first $1000!

View Poll Results: What year was it that you first made money from online porn?
1996 or before	30	8.06%
1997	29	7.80%
1998	48	12.90%
1999	47	12.63%
2000	39	10.48%
2001	42	11.29%
2002	23	6.18%
2003	29	7.80%
2004	43	11.56%
2005	24	6.45%
2006	5	1.34%
2007	1	0.27%
Never made a cent	12	3.23%
Voters: 372. You may not vote on this poll

2005-03-17, 03:57 AM	#51
AdultLoungeRaffi Trying is the first step towards failure Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 121	ok, am i reading it right or is that a geo targeted subject? lol does everyone see their nick name on the subject? Cause i see " AdultLoungeRaffi " ???? LOL this is too funny.... Well, anyway... I started in Adult offline back in 1989 when the service bureau i was partners with started in AudioText. 976-Date was the first dating phone service. Then we expanding from local ( 976 ) to nationwide ( 900 ) numbers. At that time, personals ( you know those " SWF " ads in papers did not exist ) so i started this whole thing called " Personals " with 900 lines in print media. The very first print weekly in the US who had become my first affiliate was a paper out of Little Rock, Arkansas with a circulation of about 20,000 and made more money with its " Dating Personals " than their entire advertising department did. This was when Jonathan Silverstein, Marty ( AdultCheck ) , and others worked for me selling turnkey 900 phone lines :-). We generated $100,000 or more at times per month in setting up 900 lines for affiliates who wanted their own turnkey lines as a business. By 2003 we were generating around 2,000,000 minutes per month at an average of $1.98 per minute. You do the numbers :-) although i didnt own the entire service bureau and was a share holder of a percetange. I can safely say i invented the personals in print media since there was no other company doing this at that time and that was the first paper who printed these personals we transcribed singles onto paper and mailed to the news weekly camera ready. Then i registered my first adult domain in 1994 and completely converted onto the adult internet industry from that day on...and the rest is history! So to answer the question, i made my first $ in adult in 1989 and online in 1994 :-) Raffi __________________

2005-03-17, 04:35 AM	#52
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2005-03-17, 04:41 AM	#53
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2005-03-17, 04:42 AM	#54
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2005-03-17, 05:55 AM	#55
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2005-03-17, 08:25 AM	#56
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2005-03-17, 08:35 AM	#57
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2005-03-17, 08:48 AM	#59
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2005-03-17, 09:36 AM	#60
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2005-03-17, 12:18 PM	#62
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2005-03-17, 03:05 PM	#66
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2005-03-17, 04:05 PM	#69
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2005-03-17, 04:21 PM	#70
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2005-03-17, 04:53 PM	#71
urb All the way from Room 101 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,557	Wow!! 70 posts later and 99 votes Full time since 1998 for me in both mainstream and adult. God, I love my job! __________________

2005-03-17, 04:55 PM	#72
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2005-03-17, 05:34 PM	#75
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