Highs and Lows

[Cardinal_Sin]

As the title suggests, we get these all the time webmastering - So, what is your highest moment so far - Your first sale or referral? Your first check. First 1000 dollar day/week?
I remember many of my best moments - But I think my best was back in 97 when I was doing very good biz via the main search engines then - Hot Bot, MSN and Alta Vista - I had a drop page for all se traffic and this was a big earner for me - The pop page from that did even better - I added keywords to it in the same format I was using for other search terms - For yahoo - And struck gold for a few days!
Between Teen Steam and CyberErotica and another I can't remember - I had links to on the drop page. I made in three days what many of you make in a year!

My worst time was (I think everybody knows this), So no more to add!

Let's here your highs and lows!

[JT]

My high was the first time I made 1k in a day in affiliate sales, I thought that was a good break through.

The second high was when I made a 5k deal with playboy TV, in one day I made well over 2.5k and thought, this is a great business, it repeated a few times in the months to come. It was a good contact with a good paying customer, but then the bloke left.

I guess my low day was when Globill went bust. That was a shit day indeed!

Edit. Another low was when acacia sent me there claim, I was as far as Im aware with the first batch of UK webmasters. Wankers

[mellenig]

My high has to be when Adult Check launched gold $1500-$2000 a day, just used to sit there refreshing the stats... has to be my high not sure about my low.

[ukwebmasters]

my best week was back in spring 2004 - c. $3,500
worst week in last 3 years or so - c. $150

[JP]

high - 1st signup with an adult aff program (busty-amateurs iirc)
low - googles 'florida' update

[Cardinal_Sin]

My high was the first time I made 1k in a day in affiliate sales, I thought that was a good break through.

The second high was when I made a 5k deal with playboy TV, in one day I made well over 2.5k and thought, this is a great business, it repeated a few times in the months to come. It was a good contact with a good paying customer, but then the bloke left.

I guess my low day was when Globill went bust. That was a shit day indeed!

Edit. Another low was when acacia sent me there claim, I was as far as Im aware with the first batch of UK webmasters. Wankers

I lost out with globill - About 600 recurring members + one month's worth of takings. (fortunately, globill was only a back-up to ccbill so I didn't lose everything)
Also lost everything when Sypro went - Everything when dmr went - everything when tgold went and a small amount when lancelot went -

[Cardinal_Sin]

My high has to be when Adult Check launched gold $1500-$2000 a day, just used to sit there refreshing the stats... has to be my high not sure about my low.

Never spent a lot of work on avs - At most I had around 100 sites - Too lazy, really!

[Cardinal_Sin]

my best week was back in spring 2004 - c. $3,500
worst week in last 3 years or so - c. $150

That is some variation - Over any given week my takings are never more that a few hundred apart.

[Cardinal_Sin]

high - 1st signup with an adult aff program (busty-amateurs iirc)
low - googles 'florida' update

I can remember the name and password of our first sign up - The first sign up is the best lift you can get - Really encourages you to go on and tells you your hard work was all worth the while

[JT]

I lost out with globill - About 600 recurring members + one month's worth of takings. (fortunately, globill was only a back-up to ccbill so I didn't lose everything)
Also lost everything when Sypro went - Everything when dmr went - everything when tgold went and a small amount when lancelot went -

Sounds like you are a jinx dude ;)

[dvtimes]

I would say for me its being invited to the erotica events inc 18 plus expo.

I met lots of well known people, inc the chap from 'porn a family businness', seemore pussey.

Its just one big hoot.

[Cardinal_Sin]

Sounds like you are a jinx dude ;)

...Feels like it sometimes -

In the early days, there was more choice for ccp and to have 2/3 backups was quite normal - Most of us would run a programme using (say) Sypro and another members area (not on the programme) which (say) drm prosessed for - The idea was to get all cancelled members to sign for the second members area - So it paid well, but when some big names went under (drm/sypro/globill) it took a lot of my cash with it.

[SGS]

High: September 2003 was a milestone for us.

Low: Hosting with Techiemedia in the same year but that was quickly forgotten about when we moved everything away.

[Cardinal_Sin]

High: September 2003 was a milestone for us.

Low: Hosting with Techiemedia in the same year but that was quickly forgotten about when we moved everything away.

What happened in September 2003 to make it a milestone?

[stouch]

Johnny, what did you do re: Acacia?

[Winston]

I would say for me its being invited to the erotica events inc 18 plus expo.

I met lots of well known people, inc the chap from 'porn a family businness', seemore pussey.

Its just one big hoot.
So far youre the only person whos "high" wasnt somehow financial, but rather the fact you met someone whos name you cant even remember.. odd.

[JT]

Johnny, what did you do re: Acacia?

I got a couple of bits from them, then a really threatening registered letter, it was about the time I was buying a new house. So I moved :drink:

[SGS]

What happened in September 2003 to make it a milestone?

It was a financial goal that we wanted to break.

[JT]

It was a financial goal that we wanted to break.

First Million?

[SGS]

First Million?

That would be telling :)

[Cardinal_Sin]

That would be telling :)

Whisper - I won't tell too many people, 'onest guv.

[stouch]

I got a couple of bits from them, then a really threatening registered letter, it was about the time I was buying a new house. So I moved :drink:

Yeah I think that would be my attitude towards these leeching yank cocksuckers.