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Chapter 1. Introduction to the Tube Site Business
An adult tube site, or as often termed, a tube site, is a shorthand term for a porn website that
works on a model similar to that of YouTube. That means user-uploaded videos, a system of
likes/dislikes, counting the number of views, comments, etc.
The term may be similar to that of YouTube, but as identical as they function, certain aspects
set them apart from the mainstream tubes like YouTube, Daily Motion, or Vimeo.
“Everything about an adult tube site business or owning an adult tube site is generating as
much traffic, and then monetizing the same in the best ways possible to generate revenue.”
An adult tube site may sound similar to YouTube, Daily Motion, or Vimeo in fundamental
structures. Still, it goes beyond the fundamentals for everything from sourcing the content to
driving traffic to the website and the monetization channels.
We are going to learn in detail about these same aspects in this book. You will see how adult
tube sites use but don’t rely on the steps that an expert may suggest you for setting up, driving
traffic, and making money from a mainstream tube site.
“Adult Tube Sites are similar yet entirely different from a mainstream Tube Site like YouTube.”
Many adult Tube Sites these days are also using subscription
revenue channels to regenerate revenue under a Premium model
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However, be advised that premium subscriptions are not core revenue channels of an adult
tube site. These are extra channels introduced over time by the big tube sites. If you are using
premium subscriptions, then your site becomes more of a hybrid pay-site, rather than a core
tube site.
In this book, we are focusing more on the core aspects of an adult tube site, not the hybrid
architecture. That is, generating traffic and making money with it.
Warning:
This book may contain adult graphics for educational purposes
Global: 17th Global: 10th Global: 12th Global: 24th Global: 47th
Similar Web
US: 35th US: 31st US: 81st US: 51st US: 67th
Ranking
Category ranking: 3rd Category ranking: 1st Category ranking: 2nd Category ranking: 4th Category ranking: 5th
United States (23%) Brazil 24% United States 16% United States 17.0% United States 43.0%
Major Traffic France (6.6%) United States 17% Egypt 9.4% India 17.0% Thailand 5.1%
Region UK (5.7%) Mexico 8.6% Mexico 8.1% Pakistan 12.0% UK 4.9%
Direct: 38.34% Direct: 44.1% Direct: 45.71% Direct: 40.81% Direct: 40.82%
Referrals: 26.18% Referrals: 18.1% Referrals: 14.31% Referrals: 32.98% Referrals: 25.32%
Major Traffic
Sources Search: 33.84% Search: 36.27% Search: 38.75% Search: 25.14% Search: 32.56%
Social: 1.64% Social: 1.53% Social: 1.24% Social: 1.07% Social: 1.29%
Total Visits 2 Billion 1.8 Billion 1.1 Billion 840.5 Million 388.6 Million
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Chapter 3. Sample Structure of Tube Site Revenue Model
To be straightforward, a tube website makes money from its traffic. As a tube site webmaster,
you do whatever it is necessary to attract traffic, and then you adopt strategies to monetize
that traffic to generate revenue. We will talk in detail about monetization strategies in the
subsequent chapters.
For now, let’s decode a high-level architecture of how Pornhub, a tube site, functions to generate
revenue:
Advertising
Selling its premium subscription
Frankly, Pornhub earns most of its revenue from advertisements itself. Even though the website
features a subscription-based business model as Pornhub Premium, it remains its secondary
revenue channel.
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B. Pre-Roll Embedded Ads
These Ads are shown before the video playback starts. It may consist of a video Ad or a skiable
Image banner.
C. In-player Ads
These small pop-ups show as banners on the playback screen. Users can close them anytime.
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D. Display Ads in various locations
You can see these ads all over the website on every page.They may show as Image Ads, Banner
Ads, or Gifs.
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In all Ad formats, the website earns money from the advertisers based on the number of views
or clicks these ads get. A proportion of revenue that Pornhub makes from some (not all) types
of Ads is paid to the creators as well. For example, revenue made after showing embedded Ads
or In-player Ads on a video is shared with the creator of the video.
Bottom Line:
Pornhub makes most of its money by redirecting its traffic to
different websites using different types of Ads via Ad networks.
A Niche is a segment of a broader market defined by its own unique needs, preferences, or
identity that makes it different from the market at large. Before you can choose your niche, it’s
essential to understand the concept of ‘Niche,’ for you can easily misunderstand and jumble
among three similar ideas very easily: Category, Niche, and Micro-Niche (aka Nano-Niche).
Category:
The broader segment of the porn market representing a collection of content focused on
specific segments yet comprehensive enough to cover N numbers of sub-classifications within
it. For example, Milf Porn is a category.
Niche:
A sub-segment inside a porn category that represents more refined classifications of content
within a category. For example, Milf is a category, and Latina Milf, Ebony Milf are Niche inside
the Milf category.
Micro-Niche/ Nano-Niche:
Further classification inside a Niche that singles out more focused segments inside a Niche.
For example, if you focus on Milf Category, you can have Niches like Latina Milf and Ebony Milf.
However, if you dig deeper into these niches, you can find Micro-Niches such as Big Tits
Latina Milf, Big Tits Ebony Milf, etc.
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There is no fixed way to identify a niche within a broader market.
Anything that defines a market, based on a unique trait can form a niche or
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a Micro-Niche. Choosing a niche market means focusing your strategies,
products, and other services to serve a specific segment, rather than
targeting an entire market.
The Milf Category is a larger market for porn, and it can have niches like Ebony Milf and Latina
Milf. However, it is also possible to dig deep into one of the niches and refine it to focus your
strategies on finer markets. That would be a Micro-Niche or Nano Niche, depending on how
deep you dig. For example
This refinement can go on forever. You can even combine these microniches to discover even
refined niches, such as Voyeur Big Tits Ebony Milf.
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That’s where you can focus on a Niche, Micro niche, or a Nano niche to thrive in the market
without having to compete with the big players directly. You can create your unique identity,
secure brand recognition within your niche, and make better money.
Let’s say you choose Straight Porn, but it’s still not a niche. Straight Porn is a category with
enough demands, but it is still enough with so many competitors. To stand out, you need to
dig deeper and continue until you find a niche with enough demands yet lesser competition.
For example, ‘Female Domination’ can be a niche under the ‘Straight Porn’ category.
When you dig it further, you can find the Micro-Niches like- Goddess Worship and Foot Fetish.
Micro-Niche Suggestions
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Chapter 5. Sourcing Content for your Tube Site
Content for a tube website means adult videos that people would love to watch on your website.
For example, you selected a niche that you think is good and in demand. Choosing a niche is a
non-negotiable part of your plan. It will decide the type of content you are going to the source
and the ways you are going to adopt to source them.
If there is not enough content around your selected niche on the internet, it means that your
niche is not in demand, and there is not enough audience for that niche. Hence, investing in
such a niche without enough audience would be a bad idea. You need to figure out a niche with
an ample amount of demand, content, and the audience.
There are many ways to source videos and content for your adult tube site as per your niche.
You can depend on the following four models:
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Example of TubeCorporate:
Let’s say that you want to import videos from TubeCorporate. This is how it works: TubeCorporate
provides plenty of resources to make pulling of videos easier for you. There is a large variety of
banners and widgets which can be embedded on your site. Besides, they also have several RSS
feeds that contain the latest videos combined with thumbs, embed code and landing pages.
CVS Import:
You can download a complete TubeCorporate Database or just a portion of it as per your Niche
and upload the same on your tube site to instantly import TubeCorporate Videos on your
website.
Once you sign up with TubeCorporate and verify your domain, under resources, you
can find the CSV option.
Select a category or keyword, set your total number of videos to be exported ( like
100, 200, 400), and download the CSV file.
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API Import:
You can also use TubeCorporate API to integrate the desired content on your website. With
this, you can keep your database up to date and receive the content that you really need
automatically. You won’t have to upload and update your CSV files repeatedly using this
method. The API will automate the entire workflow.
For example, your niche revolves around “Asia” Categories. Many membership websites
produce content related to Asian categories. For example, Japanese, Anime, etc. You can sign
up for affiliate marketing with these membership websites and pull content from there, using
the same two methods explained above.
Depending on the network you choose, you can use both CSV and API importing methods. You
can sign-up on the adult cam networks, such as AwEmpire, LiveJasmin, CamSoda, JerkMate,
BongaCams, MyFreeCams, StripChat, etc.
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It also depends on what kind of monetization channels you want to use for making money, as
each of these sourcing options provides unique monetization channels. You can pick one of
these sources, or your tube site can also have all these three sources together so that you can
maximize your monetization prospects.
You can do this by narrowing down your inclinations, starting right from your chosen niche to
primary keywords. Beginning with this step, you can follow some tips to narrow down a perfect
domain name:
Besides, also ensure that you are getting the following requirements
with your chosen domain name:
Warning:
As soon as you find your domain name in the .com extension, it is recommended
that you also purchase all major domains such as .com, .net, .us, .uk, .info, .org, etc.
It will prevent others from exploiting your brand name in similar alterations.
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Adult web hosting
Adult websites hosting requirements are very different from mainstream websites. Adult
websites and adult web hosting providers must follow certain laws. That’s why even if there
are thousands of web hosting brands, not all of them offer services to adult websites.
Laws related to adult content vary from places to places and countries to countries. The same
hosting service providers may follow different restrictions and rules in different regions.
However, there are certain laws that do not change. For example, laws for illegal content, child
pornography, rape, bestiality, and many other categories.
If you want to make sure you’re not breaking any law, I would
NOTE
As we read above, not every web-hosting provider allows adult websites. They do this to make
their business more straightforward, as managing adult websites and content takes more work.
Hence, you must find a dedicated adult web-hosting provider for your needs.
Make sure the hosting provider allows adult content ontheir servers
Confirm with their live support agent or call them directly
Research about the host’s reputation with adult websites
Make sure they don’t suspend websites for stupid reasons
Make sure they have minimum server downtime
Porn websites are usually huge and they get massive website traffic. So, don’t settle for some
cheap hosting plan to save a few bucks. Always pick good servers with ample strength to
manage a sudden surge in the traffic. In addition, it’s a big no to shared servers.
A decent server to host your adult content should have at least a minimum
of 2GB memory & dual-core processor. However, also consult with your
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turnkey script provider to find out the best configuration requirements. Our
recommendation is going for dedicated servers from dedicated adult hosting
providers such as-
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Chapter 7. Buying a Readymade tube script
WordPress templates dominate the readymade script market. You can purchase a tube site
template and get a ready-made tube-like interface. It’s not bad, considering the price point at
which they come. However, a WordPress template cannot offer you the kind of flexibility,
monetization channel, traffic handling, user handing, and all the things explained in this eBook.
You need a dedicated turnkey script – a ready-made adult tube site script like xStreamer.
The very script that not only is readymade but also fully customizable to offer you the kind of
control you need on your website to run a massive adult tube business.
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In case, you have some other script in your mind, it is recommended that you make sure, if it
provides the following essential features, which are present in the xStreamer Script out of the
box:
Payment solutions:
The script must allow users to make onsite payments to purchase membership subscriptions.
It must accommodate PCI DSS compliant high-risk payment processors for adult sites.
HD content streaming:
When other porn websites are allowing up to 4K video streaming these days, you must offer at
least full HD video streaming.
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Multi-device streaming
Users these days stream porn on all kinds of devices. Your script must allow streaming on
all popular media without breaking the interface—for example, Mobile phone, Computer,and
Tablet.
Monetization methods:
It must support all popular monetization channels explained in the further chapters of this
book. Here is a glimpse:
Security features:
Security features such as Advanced IP access control, Video encryption, and Digital Rights
Management.
Platform Customizability:
Ensure your business does not run out of options for extending the technical feasibilities and
other requirements in the end. Choose a competent tech stack, which you can customize to
add new features in the future.
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Multiple Video Uploading channels:
Must support at least the following three major channels to upload content on your tube site:
Direct single or bulk upload: Users can upload videos directly from the front end.
CSV Embedding: Upload videos in bulk using CSV files given by partner networks.
API Embedding: Embed content from your partner networks automatically using an
API.
This chapter gives you information about the steps you need to take to set up your website
once you have chosen your script based on the information in the previous chapter. You need
to complete these steps in any script to go live with your fully ready tube site.
For example, if you are using the xStreamer script, you get a user manual. Besides, Adent also
provides installation support. Therefore, you don’t actually need to worry about this step, as
the script providers will take care of it.
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Link with the domain
This step also comes under the installation process, so the script providers will take care of it,
too. You can link your domain name during the script installation process itself.
Import content
Once you are done with the basic website setup and personalization,you need content on your
website to attract traffic. Based on your business model, you can adopt several methods to
upload initial videos on your website:
A. User uploads: Of course, users can upload the videos, but you can’t depend on them at the
beginning itself. You will need some content on your website to attract users, who would later
on start contributing by sharing videos on your website. To upload your early content, you can
follow one of all of the below-mentioned steps.
B. Upload on your own server: You can sign up on tube affiliate networks and download the
videos from your partner networks. Then, you can upload these videos directly on your server
from the back-end of your tube site.
C. CSV Embedding: If you don’t want to upload videos one by one, your partner networks will
give you a CSV file, which you can upload on your porn tube site to pull the videos in bulk from
your partner network.
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D. API Embedding: Some affiliate networks also give APIs, which you can integrate into your
tube site. The API will allow you to pull the videos from the network automatically without any
CSV upload.
Once you have figured out your niche and acquired relevant videos on your site using different
sourcing methods, you need to make sure that they are properly optimized. For that, you need
to complete three basic tasks:
Keyword Research
On-page SEO
Set up basic SEO tools
Keyword Research
Once you install the script and your stock website is ready, it’s time to give it your unique brand
identity. You can personalize your website according to your brand by using a graphical user
interface, where you can-
Primary Keywords
Secondary keywords
Long-tail Keywords
Primary Keyword: Your primary keyword will go as your domain name. In case you cannot find
a domain name with your primary keyword, you can pre-fix or suffix certain relevant keywords
to your micro-niche.
Secondary keywords: You need to have at least 10 secondary keywords that revolve around
your primary keyword. Moreover, the secondary keywords will go as “Categories” on your tube
site.
Long-tail Keywords: You need to figure out at least 10-15 long-tail keywords for each secondary
keyword. Let’s say, you have figured out 15 secondary keywords, then you would have 150
long-tail keywords.
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These third-level keywords or long-tail keywords can go as your video titles, inside Meta
descriptions, and other on-page texts.
On-page SEO
We discussed keyword research where we saw in the previous section how you could use
your secondary and long-tail keyword words in your categories, descriptions, and different
web pages, respectively. Follow those guidelines for proper optimization.
Once you complete these optimizations, you need to focus on your onpage SEO. However,
be advised that as of now, we are not using onpage SEO to rank on the search engines or pull
organic traffic. There is no way a newly built micro-niche site will start pulling organic traffic
from Google overnight.
Instead, we are doing on-page SEO so that your website becomes accessible to the search
providers, and there are no search errors. You need to make sure that your on-page SEO is
complete with a configured robot.txt file and all the pages set as per guidelines so that the
search crawlers can find your site without any errors.
Google Webmaster
Google Analytics
You will find tons of articles on the internet about how to set up Google Webmaster and Google
Analytics on any website. Even Google has official help documents, which you can refer to.
Besides, you can also use some premium tools to get better tracking capabilities and help in
the research for SEO of your website. To name a few, you can use any one of the following-
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Moz: Overall SEO tool for keywords research and SEO analytics
Ubersuggest: A freemium SEO and digital marketing tool
Integration of none of these tools is rocket science. You just need to set up
NOTE
your account, and you will get a code snippet, which you need to paste in
your website’s source code to integrate. You will get ample help documents
from the internet and the tool providers itself.
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If you find on-page SEO and Keyword research complicated and time-
consuming, you can always avail of our adult ‘On-page SEO Service’
and adult “keyword Research Service.” We have a big team of experienced
webmasters who can take care of both the responsibilities for
you. They can fix your on-page SEO and also suggest the best keywords to
focus on, as per the latest trends.
Chapter 10. How to Bring Traffic and Monetize Your Tube Website
Now that your website is ready, live on the internet with enough content, and optimized for
on-page SEO, it’s time to start driving traffic to it for making money. We will divide this chapter
into two sections:
A Social channels
B Paid ad campaigns
A. Social channels
Building the traffic for tube sites through social channels is not the same as mainstream sites.
The social traffic strategies that work for mainstream websites would not work for adult tube
sites or any kind of adult website.
You cannot run paid Ads or promote adult sites on mainstream Social channels. The social
media channels for an adult website are very few, but they are extremely fertile if you know the
way around them. For example, look if your selected niche has-
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Specific micro-groups or a Subreddit
Specific hashtags on Twitter or Instagram
Some sort of Adult forums where people talk about it
B. Paid Ad campaigns
The major part is building your adult traffic through paid Ad campaigns. You need to learn
how to optimize your Ad campaigns effectively, to make more money in the least investments
possible.
You have to work on increasing the value of your earnings as you grow your traffic. You need to
learn how to monetize your paid traffic in the best way possible that you start making a dollar
or more via the same paid Ads that have been making you Cents until now.
That’s how you polish your skills in paid advertising and increase your profit margin as you
grow.
When you sign up on an Ad network and load money as per your budget, say $100, they will
assign you an account manager. You can talk with your account manager and ask about the
portfolio of the websites that perform well in your target region.
Follow the link to know more about our Adult Paid Ads Guide
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Monetizing your traffic
There are four major channels from where you can make money from your tube site via
different sources:
Those networks provide you with not just videos but also ways to make money from your tube
site.
All the videos, which you import from the tube networks using CSV and API importing methods,
will help you make money. A tube network offers you money in return for redirecting your
traffic towards them. They call it pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-million (PPM).
You just have to redirect your traffic to those tube networks, and you will get paid for it.
Once again, you can use the tube networks like TubeCorporate, XHamster, Pornhub, Xnxx,
Tube8, HClips, etc.
Some examples of Pay-sites with affiliate programs that you can use are Brazzers, Naughty
America, and Bangbros, etc. However, you will need to sign-up on specific porn affiliate networks
to use their affiliate programs. You can sign-up on the following porn affiliate networks to
monetize your traffic from paysites of these networks:
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Check these sites. Based on your niche, you can choose one or all of these networks.
You can sign-up on the adult cam networks, such as AWEmpire, LiveJasmin, CamSoda, JerkMate,
BongaCams, MyFreeCams, StripChat,etc.
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D. E-Commerce Affiliates
You can redirect your traffic to adult eCommerce sites. If users who follow your links purchase
anything, you will get affiliate commissions from your affiliate partner store. There are tons of
adult eCommerce websites with affiliate programs, you can sign-up and promote their
products to make more and more passive money.
Conclusion
We hope this book was able to deliver all the necessary information you were looking for.
Starting an adult tube website is not rocket science. You just have to know the correct ways
around your idea. With the right idea, right solutions, and proper guidance, anybody can own
a successful tube site business.
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