How to start a Porn Business: For Beginners



Magnitude of Porn Industry

It is difficult to determine the size of the porn industry. According to various reports, porn industry is worth approximately $100 billion. In the last couple of years, the number of adult webmasters has increased. This can be attributed to the incredibly simple ways of monetizing tube sites and membership sites. For beginners, porn industry can be overwhelming. More often than not, they are bowled over with questions such as How to build a porn site? How to start a porn business? etc.  There are no definite ‘Beginner’s Guides’ to adult entertainment industry. The section below shall detail all the aspects and help you build a porn site.

Preliminary Work

To begin with, acquaint yourself with the industry. Porn business requires a lot of planning and execution. To help beginners like you, we have compiled all the articles here. Once you are well versed with the know-how of the industry, you are required to take a decision on the type of porn website to be created.

Categorization of Porn Sites

Porn sites can be classified into the following categories:

  1. Tube sites
  2. Membership sites
  3. Camming sites

Tube Site

Most number of porn websites on internet are tube sites. For beginners, we recommend starting a tube site. The reason is simple- Tube sites can be created easily. YouTube is the best example of this category. People have to adhere to certain norms and rules before uploading videos. There are various provisions such as like / dislike, comment and share. The number of views is also displayed. The only difference is that YouTube has robust technology to remove pirated content while porn sites do not care. YouTube never encourages piracy. On the other hand, porn sites neither encourage nor discourage piracy. The moderation team of porn sites will take down the pirated videos only if somebody sends DMCA notices. Otherwise, it is all bells and whistles in porn.

Membership sites

Adult webmasters often talk about subscription based income. Membership sites are a source of recursive income. Examples of adult membership sites are Brazzers, Naughty America etc. The average lifetime of a typical member is approximately 3 months. In other words, members continue as members for only three months. One of the greatest challenges that an adult membership site owner often faces is attrition. There are many other challenges such as marketing the site, producing quality content etc. For beginners, such challenges can be daunting. Therefore, we advise against starting an adult membership site. 

Camming Sites

Conversion rates (Converting casual traffic into paying customers) in camming sites are high. Chaturbate and Bongacams are the prime examples of webcam sites. You require webcam models to start your own webcam site. Hiring amateurs is an expensive proposition. Needless to say, beginners cannot afford to hire professional performers. For all such practical difficulties, we recommend you to distance yourself from the webcam sites.

Once you start making enough money with your tube site, you can start your own tube site and cam site.

Niche Selection

Most number of the tube sites on the net are generic porn sites. Let me quote the law of expansion- One cannot be all things to all. One can be all things to some. By trying to impress everybody, you will end up impressing nobody. If your adult tube site features every category of porn, what differentiates your tube site from other sites? Many adult webmasters fail to realize this fact. Choose a niche. Some of the niches are enlisted below:

  1. Babes
  2. Blowjob
  3. Big Cocks
  4. Monster Cocks
  5. Big Black Cocks
  6. BDSM
  7. Celebs
  8. Butts
  9. Webcam
  10. Voyeur
  11. Fisting
  12. Cum Shots
  13. Hardcore
  14. Incest
  15. Step Mom
  16. Step Daughter

To know more about niches, I recommend Niche Adult Guide: How to pick a niche for your adult website?

Name Creation

The next step is to create a catchy name which conveys your niche. If you have chosen ‘Step Mom’ as your niche, think of something such as ‘Mom’slust’, ‘lustfulmother’, ‘hotmoms’ etc. Think of as many names as possible. On domain registration sites, keep checking the name preferences and availability. Choose a name accordingly.

Domain Creation

Go with .com or .net domains. Both search engines and users trust such domains. You can go with any domain registration service. However, we advise you to stick to M3 Server.  M3 Server has certain exceptional domain management tools such as WHOIS information, Nameservers Management, Automatic renewals etc. All such domain management tools help you update and review domain, activate and de-activate option on domains you wish to renew.

Porn is an industry known for millions of cases of identity theft. It is notorious for trillions of spam messages. M3 Server has a paid feature called ‘ID Protect’ which reduces spam and protects your identity. It is affordable. It costs you $10/yr.

Build a Tube Site

The conventional method of starting a porn website is to build from scratch. If you are quite well off, you may hire a web development team. Web developers should have expertise in MEAN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js) and advanced LARAVEL frameworks. Tell them your requirements. Talk to a hosting service provider for round-the-clock hosting. This conventional method of web developments takes at-least 2-3 months. It is an expensive proposition. Your adult website shall go through various stages- from configuration to testing.

Here is an alternative- Buy xStreamer. This turnkey software helps you build highly profitable adult tube websites. It comes with a variety of features such as:

  1. Multiple Streaming Backends
  2. Fully responsive
  3. Multilanguage System- Internationalization
  4. Sophisticated Video Player
  5. HTML 5 video player
  6. Monetization Options
  7. Search Engine Optimization
  8. Subscription Based Membership
  9. High Definition and Mobile Supported Videos
  10. Scalable Architecture
  11. Bulk Video Upload
  12. Multiple Video Formats

This list is not complete. There are many paid modules such as:

  1. HubTraffic API Integration
  2. Image Gallery
  3. Video Grabber
  4. Video Embedder
  5. 2257 Statement
  6. DMCA Complaint handler

Adent.io is a trusted name in the porn industry. You can contact them here.

We are hopeful that this blog has provided insights on how to start your own porn site. If you have any queries or concerns, feel free to drop a line or two in the comments section. I shall reply in a day or two. Keep watching this space for adult affiliate marketing and adult business tips. My best wishes are with you and your porn site. Cheers!


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