Are erotic stories classed as adult content? Help

In short, yes; erotic stories do qualify as adult content. I am a little surprised you feel the need to ask.

Will

Erotic stories would also be classifieds as adult content as you would be use prohibited words, and without using those words, you may not be able to write the story.

I think yes it is an adult content belongs to.

Do you plan to write erotic stories for teenagers? If not, then it's for adults....

If they are strongly explicit, then yes. They qualify as adult content.

Be sure to give fair warning to visitors that your site contains adult content. You can describe it in general terms. Go to Amazon.com and type erotica into the search field. Most of the authors there have the types of warnings posted about their books and on their sites I'm referring to.

Yes erotica is considered adult content.

There are some varying ideas on where you should include a disclaimer (such as having site visitors click an Enter button to view your content) when the content is only textual and not image based.

A quick glance at many erotica sites out there don't seem to be using a pop up as a warning, but rather feature one as part as the website footer links.

BP

Yes, it is considered adult content and you will have the same advertising restrictions and legal issues any other site that puts up actual adult images does. This isn't considered a hot nichie anymore. Years ago before the age of video and when most people were still on dial-ups this was a hot niche.

I would say you would have a very difficult time establishing a new site in this niche as the sites that do well in this have been around since those earlier days and have tons of credibility established in the Search Engines. The also all trade traffic with each other, and it would be very unlikely they would let a new arrival into their closed network.

"Adult Content" is not limited imagery but also scopes words, languages, themes, etc. so erotic stories is definitely within the range.

It will not hurt to clarify from the authoritative body handling your content because the fine prints are almost always really hard to read and completely comprehend.


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I would say that anything 18+ would be considered as adult. A call or email to the hosting company will let you know what their thoughts are.

AB

move beyond debate -- this is a very personal topic. if your concern is making money, then i strogly suggest the following business idea for your consideration.

imho, your most practical approach would be to convert your business to Kindle erotica on Amazon. forget your website idea -- its old news (really old!).

do what somebody suggested -- type "erotica" in the search for Kindle books.

and start grabbing free erotica Kindle books from the free lists -- top 100 free.

use their content style and cover designs as solid gold free Kindle market research -- not to mention that this research can be, uh, interesting....

learn from the top 10 or so especially, they are there for a reason. likewise the writers that have repeat winners on the top results page for "bestsellers."

the big secret that is not so secret is that some of this stuff is truly hard-core, not just soft female oriented stuff. its all there, whatever your style, it can be a Kindle cash cow on AMZ.

for you and anybody interested on this thread, check out this "tell all" article from Fast Company: Amazon's Plagiarism Problem | Fast Company

or just do a G search on the following: Amazon's dirty little secret Kindle erotica

cheers

Yeah it should be classified as such, it's a tricky niche. Some would consider it adult