{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "How do strip clubs stay in business in an era of internet porn?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/178877306328/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>zzedar</strong> asked: How do strip clubs stay in business in an era of internet porn?</div>\n<p>Same way bars with live music stay in business in an era of YouTube, I suppose. From the management side you have revenue streams from alcohol sales, your cover charge, and then the dancers usually pay a fee/share of receipts for a chance to work and make money off tips and especially private dances</p><p>(you sometimes hear this incredulously pitched as an exploitation particular to the industry but it\u2019s the same way hairdressers and tattoo artists get stations at salons/studios)</p><p>I\u2019m sure some of the dancers are doing it as a loss leader and making money on prostitution or sugar daddy sponsorship, but then that\u2019s true of porn stars these days too</p>"}