Originally posted by JackTheBat at 11/25/17 11:52 AM
I guess the revenue model is cheap ads, as there are new ones posted every few minutes. So to stay current, you need to buy ads several times daily. Some WGs appear 3-4 times on one page.
Backpage/Cracker allows advertisers to automatically repost and/or renew their ads for an additional fee. This is why you see some ads being reposted daily. There usually isn't anyone reposting their ads manually as it's all done automatically within the advertising options.
Here's a quick history lesson which relates to Backpage/Cracker.
Newspapers of all kinds have always had a classifieds section. Some alternative weeklies (e.g., focused on entertainment, music, theatre, lifestyle, BDSM or fetish) because they weren't mainstream newspapers would have in their classifieds a personals section. The personals section included ads for regular men/women seeking women/men, massage parlours and escorts. Backpage later came in and bought out the online hosting of classifieds for various weeklies. This was around the same time as Craigslist in America rose to popularity and many years before Kijiji arrived. Backpage wasn't focused on adult ads, but of course that was a big money maker for them.
A few years ago it became illegal in America (and by coincidence several other countries as well) to advertise prostitution services. Backpage specifically was in trouble here because it was assumed/seen that they actively encouraged prostitution services. A lot of people don't understand how advertising or website hosting works and Backpage lost an important legal battle here. As a result, Backpage had to stop hosting adult ads in several countries.
Cracker was started as a backdoor of sorts to Backpage. Cracker isn't hosted in America so they don't have to follow America's laws. Similarly, in Thailand you can't advertise for adult services so locals there get redirected from Backpage to Cracker as well (note: Thai-based sites seem to get around this by not listing prices on their sites.) |
