The Coronavirus was started in December last year and its impact is to every industry and everyone, no matter you are with the mainstream or in the porn industry.

The coronavirus COVID-19 was first found in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. It was quickly spread to other countries though it took almost 2 months before the WHO finally announced the COVID-19 as a pandemic and the whole world awakes.

Stay home, avoid gathering

To stop the coronavirus from spreading, many countries’ government requested people to stay home and avoid gathering. Lots of office workers work from home. Schools are closed. Many shops are closed. In Spain, there are even police to lockdown the cities to contain the virus. Many people are stuck at home and this leads to 2 kinds of problems.

Firstly, not everyone gets to pay to work at home. Some may simply have to skip work and get no pay, and yet they still need an income to pay the bills.

Secondly, people get bored. They need entertainment of all kinds.

No work, no pay

With the rapid spreading of the coronavirus, many people have to either work from home or even skip work because shops and restaurants are closed. But everyone still have to pay the bill. One obvious choice is to find freelance work online that one can work from home.

Mainstream industries and the pandemic

For mainstream, there are various online marketplaces where small companies and freelancers meet. They give small companies the flexibility to get more manpower without committing to having a full-time employee. People with writing, drawing, design, internet marketing skills and others can get part-time jobs via sites like freelancer.com or PeoplePerHour. In fact, sites like PeoplePerHour has offered their clients $25 to encourage companies to initiate more new projects for the growing number of freelancers.

Porn industry and coronavirus

Porn industry also got hit hard, especially porn movie production. On normal days, they have to pay extra care with hygiene and health and safety, let alone when there is a pandemic going on. The porn industry’s leading trade organization has called for a two-week suspension of film shoots to prevent possible virus spreading.

Exception for cam industry?

Some people believe that the cam industry should be booming since many people are forced to stay at home due to mandated shelter in place. Lots of horny dudes stuck at home with nothing to do but whack it to the sexy camboys and camgirls. This is both a yes and a no.

Yes, there are many more guys spending time at home watching porn no matter they are supposed to work at home or not. But there is also the general sentiment of fearing of unknown. No one knows how long this pandemic will last and everyone shall be cautious with their money. Those who don’t get paid while staying home is not going to be the big spenders for cam or porn.

It is more likely to have a boom of newly registered camgirls and camboys to cam sites because broadcasting on cam is a quick, seem easy and flexible work one can do as much or as little as one wants at home. So, we can expect to see lots of new faces for viewers, and existing models are to face more competition.

My theory is further confirmed by the fact that Stripchat has an announcement to the models a few days ago stating that:

If your documents are under moderation waiting to be approved by our Support team, know that we will notify you via email as soon as they are reviewed. In the email we will inform you of the status of your documents as well as the reason for rejection and steps to follow, given the case that they don’t pass the moderation.

I guess there is a surge of application to be the models in Stripchat and the support team simply can’t handle so many cases all of a sudden. Don’t forget if the porn stars have to stop filming, where can they get a quick earning? Broadcast on cam, then sell subscription on Onlyfans, Fancentro and alike. I am hoping that big cam sites like Flirt4free or Livejasmin may contact the porn stars and arrange some special solo shows that they can do at home. That will be good for everyone.

Watch porn for free instead

Among those who are stuck home and horny, there are people who would rather watch pre-recorded porn instead of hunting around for the perfect camgirls online. Especially if they are living in Italy they even got free premium access to Pornhub till 3 Apr. Not to mention there are so much free porn around that many people don’t have to pay at all and be satisfied. So business is not always as lucrative as it seems.