"There is no way a single adult Internet company could afford the sales staff it would take to reach the far edges of cyberspace that the online affiliate model can."

I remember watching this old movie from the 50's. In it, a pretty woman and a handsome man got so wrapped up in a telephone conversation that they fell asleep and woke up figuratively next to each other, connected by signals traveling through a wire. At the time the film was made, I'm sure the scene was positively scandalous. In those days, the Hayes code was still operational and forbade even married couples to appear on screen, in the same bed.

Thirty years would have to pass before the Telco industry allowed companies to bill for providing sexual conversations over the telephone. By the close of the 1980's, the term PHONE SEX was part of the vernacular. 1-900 numbers popped up on late-night TV commercials and appeared in the back sections of magazines. After a point, some providers were brought down due to scurrilous practices and the phone companies implemented 1-900 blocking technology.

Telephone entertainment, both adult and mainstream, never really went away. The advent of the Internet seems unable to kill this relatively low-tech sexual entertainment. Whereas it is possible that landline/cellphone sex might be replaced by VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) sex, I personally see a long future for phone sex in general.

Here's where phone sex is different than say, IM sex or live, video chat: The Voice. I've done phone sex. It's hot. It's hot in a unique way. The human voice can be thrilling, especially when the person is a professional. In-person, paid sex is often illegal and potentially dangerous. Internet, text-based chat is impersonal, compared to the vocal inflections one hears over the telephone. Video chat is nice but the technology is often one-way video and that makes the experience less intimate than voice-to-voice. For the truly closest thing one can get next to the real thing, you can't beat your meat better than you can with phone sex. I've got the 1-900 call-blocking to prove it!

But wait a minute. How does a webmaster sell phone sex over the web? The answer is, pretty much the same way you sell a paysite or any other adult sponsor program over the web.

You find a phone sex sponsor program and use the tools along with your brilliant know-how. You get to explain to surfers that there's no headache involved. You are giving them the opportunity to get off in an environment that cyberspace can't match. Your new phone sex sponsor usually assigns you a special phone number. You simply promote that number. You do it the same way you do any other program. You build galleries, free sites, blog about it or use it for upsells inside your paysite. Often, you'll receive access to free promotional ads and content when you are an affiliate of a phone sex program.

The trick is to play up the real, one-on-one, live element of the product. The rules for phone sex webmaster programs are specific to each company. Ignore them at your peril. Here are some phone sex sponsors:

Always Phone Sex
(http://www.alwaysphonesex.com)
The affiliate webmaster gets a unique telephone number. Earn 25% on all sales. Online stats. Promotional banners.

Omega Cash
(http://www.omegacash.com)
This company has 13 years of experience and a bundle of niche market opportunities for the webmaster affiliate. Unique phone number, promotional tools, even print ads.

Pimp Dollar
(http://www.pimpdollar.com)
Sign up with this sponsor and market either Talk Sugar or Phone Fates. Surfers join online and are called by the chat host they choose on the site. $35.00 per join.

The telephone has been around since 1876, give or take a patent. That sex, scandalous scene with the phone and the sleeping took place during the 1950's. Phone sex became an industry in the 1980's. The 1990's brought the Internet and today, webmasters can sell phone sex on the information highway. Offer your surfers something that's both refreshing and old school. Convince them that pictures and video have nothing on hearing a hot moan over a live wire. Phone sex is still going and may just go on forever!