Ask Are popunder ads profitable on adult sites?

[Brajet]

I've been wondering how all the adult tube sites afford to be free. Adult adshare cpm is far lower than mainstream traffic, and bandwidth costs are a lot.

For example one CDN provider i was looking at costs $0.005 per GB of bandwidth per month. It also costs around $0.02-$0.03 per GB of storage per month.

But an adult video ad cpm probably wouldnt even exceed $1 per 1000 views. That would generate $0.001 per 1k views not including factors like ad block and such. Thats only 20% of the bandwidth cost for that video, nevermind the storage costs of having massive amounts of content uploaded daily. Its around $20-30 per TB per month of storage for this particular CDN.

It seems like if you tried setting up a site and put a bunch of ad networks on it, with video content it would always 100% be a loss. It seems that only banner ads and popunders seem to be profitable.

 

[Anthony Joshua]

@Brajet.That's a smart observation. Many tube sites don't rely on ad revenue alone. They work with affiliate networks promoting dating or cam sites, and that's where real profit comes from. Also, their hosting costs are lower than average because of special contracts or self-hosted servers. The free content is mainly bait to bring in huge traffic, which they later convert into affiliate or premium leads.

 

[Felix😎]

Personally I think popunder ads can be profitable on adult sites because the traffic volume is usually very high, and many advertisers look for that type of audience. The earnings depend a lot on the countries you get and how active your visitors are. Some sites do well because adult traffic often brings steady impressions. But you still need good placement, fast loading pages, and stable networks, or the profit may not stay consistent over time.