Nope. Not hundreds of thousands. Millions. Their site was hugely popular, and they were active during the most profitable years of online porn. Most people have no idea how easy it was to sell porn subscriptions in the early 2000's, and ideepthroat was practically a household name. even with just 5,000 subscribers a month, they'd easily clear $1.5MM a year.
$1.5 million in revenue. And it wouldn't have even been that, seeing as the credit card processor takes a percentage off the top of each transaction (nowadays I think it's about 15-20%, but I don't know what it would have been back then). Also, without knowing what her costs were, we have no idea what the profit would have been, which is what we're actually talking about. Edited by - whatsatelephonebill on 10/25/2012 2:31:02 AM
^ You make a good point but I'd be surprised if the operating costs for ideepthroat would have put a noticeable dent in a million-ish dollar revenue. It's not like it was Waterworld or anything.
Are there any hard numbers on what their subscriber base was at their peak? Such phenomenons often suffer from their own popularity -- their latest pirated material becomes so commonplace that nobody bothers to subscribe anymore.
@heythatguy, do you have any evidence any amateur website such as hers had a subscriber base of 5000? That's a lot of people. I know someone who operated on the same business model and they made $30,000 a year. I think if your numbers were true Ifriends & similar sites wouldn't be able to keep talent. Heather was very popular, but she was also extremely pirated. There was really no reason to pay for her vids.
I guess I'll give a 2013 bump to this thread. Heather Harmon was the star of my first porn and will never forget it. When I first saw it I was hooked and immediately went to the site to realize I wouldn't be able to enjoy her talents I was 12 or 13 at the time and it was my older sisters friends who showed it to me. They are also the ones who showed me kazaa and all those p2p sites/programs at the time. It really opened my world to this type of art. I am now old enough to legally watch and pay for it (and have). I find it hilarious that people are getting so upset by the fact that some teenagers pirated porn. Do you really expect them to take their parents credit cards just to watch maybe 5-10 of porn all while making sure they didn't get caught? Tell me, did kids back before porn was widely available on the internet (or before the the internet was even invented) not share/trade porn between themselves? did you guys not possibly swipe a mag or two from your dads stash? Not condoning it for a grown person who should have learned right and wrong and if they have the excuse of "ohh I'm to poor at the moment" then maybe porn is the least of their concerns. People saying that they aren't in business anymore its because last I heard they are no longer together and rumor had it was she was getting recognized or some shit. They were pioneers in the age of internet porn. They made their cake and enjoyed it while it lasted. To say that pirates stopped them I would call bullshit. If anything pirates helped them and gave them the popularity they deserved. More people were paying then were pirating at first. Another person also mentioned Tube sites. Most of those sites are supported by big players like Brazzers and Bangbros and such. If you frequent them you'll notice they have alot of preview clips specifically to bring in viewers and they allow people to upload because they also get hits on those videos which means ad revenues. Even on those amateur vids that people like to upload. Its also been proven that even those that work in the government pirate movies/music/porn/etc. Not condoning it just stating facts since people want to go all up in arms over it. In fact, piracy has gone down the past few years while sales have not gone up (significantly) on digital media. But back on topic: Heather 'Brooke' Harmon will forever be engraved in my mind for the things she is/was capable of. She was truly the master at her craft and was a living masterpiece (until she got her lips done, but thats my opinion and doesn't tarnish my view/respect of her in anyway) I just wanted to give my input and pay my respect to the one of a kind Heather Brooke because I'll never be able to do it really anywhere else.
threads like this make me remember and appreciate a lot of the earlier online models, especially the ones that are still running like Katies-World I remember other ones like... Tiffany Teen... and Raven Riley (??) i think that was her last name... a few others. I miss this website, as many others have shared, heather was one of my first experiences with porn, along with katies-world, which wasn't quite porn back then. i'm glad she's gotten more hardcore but it's a shame it took her so long.
I guess almost everyone who has been into porn for a while knows the scene mentioned in the initial post in this topic, which is often labeled "best blowjob ever" around the www: it's the one in which Heather Harmon (sometimes "Heather Brooke"), the "amateur" pornstar from ideepthroat.com, in a black bikini, comes across her husband Jim sitting on his computer, asks him "what are you doing", he replies "waiting for you" and she proceeds to blow him, which ends with one of the greatest displays ever of her unique technique of deepthroating the guy while he's cumming. That was the first scene of her I ever watched, and I had never seen anything like it before, so I remember being quite impressed with it. The video spread quickly on p2p software at the time, such as Kazaa and Edonkey - it was probably one of the first uses of viral marketing on the internet.
So, what this post is about. I'm pretty sure - almost certain - that I remember the scene I watched back then, over 10 years ago, being about 3 minutes long and uncut. Searching for it now, it's still very common on the web, can be easily found everywhere, but it's ALWAYS an about 1 minute long version with LOTS of cuts. It's still OK, but obviously not as glorious as the full thing was. Worst of all, ideepthroat.com seems to have been out of order for a while now, the front page is still up but if you click on any link you get 404 errors or end up in ad sites. What I want to ask here is: am I going crazy and hallucinating, or is my memory correct and there really exists a 3-minute long version of the scene somewhere? In case my memory isn't playing tricks: can it still be found anywhere at all, with Heather's website down? Edited by - MonicaFan on 10/8/2013 4:49:55 PM
So, I was doing a little digging...and I might have found an updated photo of her http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/justin-gilanyi-heather-harmon-frances-horn-alisa-tager-and-news-photo/184443940
It kinda of looks like her. And it's from an event in 2013, for "The Milk Room" , a non-profit cultural institution, in which she sits on board of directors. And seeing it's located in Los Angeles gives me more belief it's her. Well if it is her, I'm glad she's thriving and successful. :) We miss you!
I don't think it is a stretch to say that there was and is no better porn star at oral sex than Heather. To this day, nobody has done the 'deepthroat while the guy is cumming' better than her. I'm not sure anyone ever will. The world still hasn't caught up with her talents :) If anyone is interested in oral or deepthroat creampies, I've started a collection thread to list them. If you know of any great ones to recommend, then feel free to contribute to The official ORAL & DEEPTHROAT CREAMPIE thread! Hopefully one day, we will see someone else emerge who can rival her :)
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@crisco654 The Mistake Room (not milk) - a new independent non-profit art space in LA. Info seems thin on the ground but my feeling is that that isnt Heather , it dosnt look like an older Heather for starters.
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@ heatherdeep - your "about me" page shows a picture tagged "JennyDeepthroat.com" and the link displays as www.jennydeepthroat.com/join.html although it actually links to http://www.heatherdeep.com/join.html. You are seemingly trying to rip Heathers name for your own benefit. Why not just stick with Jenny ?
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Thanks for making me aware of that and I did start out with Jenny Deep some camgirl named Jenna Deep which I had no clue about because she was a ghost on google when I searched my name started whinning saying i was copying her when in fact I was not. Then I said fuck it when I found out heatherdeep.com was free and grabbed it. Heather Harmon has been long gone so why not.
After much digging and searching I found her real facebook. I won't post due to privacy, but she seems to be doing excellent with her husband(the same one from her videos) and children.
And here's an updated pic, if anyone was wondering. I think this was taken back in 2010. [MOD: Don't post images that aren't publicly available.] Edited by - crisco654 on 11/12/2015 7:02:33 PM Edited by - flash on 11/12/2015 8:28:35 PM
Fuck her face furiously with her tongue sticking out like she is an inaminate mouth fuck sex toy till the guy cums while he is balls deep in her throat. And she either gags the cum out or it splooges out of her nose. Where are those scenes?
I have read most of the posts here. Very good ones. I often wondered what may be the reason why we never saw anything like heathers art. Are porn producers are really (sorry) so stupid ? Women like Jeana Fine and alike (cant remeber them all though) did great dt scenes.
I dont know how often i suggested to do "the cumming while in throat" trick like heather once(?) did. She pulled a condom over the dick and then sucked him to the edge and beyond then taking him all the way down while he must have been cumming like mad and then getting the condom of drinking the spunk. To see that was and still is so fuking hot that i sometimes watch it over and over either n realtime or slomo
How wonderful does it have to be to have a cock Jims size and being throated down over and over . That would be among my #1 fantasies
Today there are some skilled ladys of the inet out there who really make you touch your snake asap as they start their craft :)
Little Oral Andy e.g, SladkiSlivki, Lana Swallows, MissPrincessKay, Arabelle Raphael , etc.
Another thing that i´ll never understand is ... why are the girls forced(?) to dt the guy while not in 69 ? A lot of girls maybe could do it but not in a position that is not 69. Then, however there are a few girls who can do it very well ... Janice Griffit comes to mind or Jenna J. Ross. One of my favs (!) The scene that starts with " I´m Jenna J. Ross , i can depp throat a 10 inch cock" is so wonderful"
I´m not gay but i often wondered if i could take those cocks ... just to feel ... what those girls are doing and admiring them even more.
holy crap?!! Heather decided to get back into posting stuff??? Hot damn. Thats awesome. She has the greatest BJ vid I ever seen and hasn't been eclipsed yet (Black bikini vid for those that remember her stuff)
HOLY.MOTHER.FUCKING.SHIT. [link removed: No tube sites]
I expected many things to happen in pornland, but never ever this. When I saw it on Reddit and clicked on the video link, I almost had heart palpitations. My nuts are gonna be so sorry and so depleted when this finally happens, Ima jerk it till the skin bleeds.
it would be so cool if Heather teaches other girls her art. Wouldnt mind if she would meet with todays "swort princesses" like Eliza Ibarra, Sarah Vandella, Vicky Chase, Aidra Foxx, Janice Griffith, Jenna J. Ross and so on for a girlfest to see who can take the biggest/longes all the way down :) but in an erotic way ... the girls are the boss !
The thought of Jenna J Rose and Heather in a deepthroat competition or just deepthroating together.... my brain literally can't process that. I watched Heather for the first time when I was like 13 I think, I remember being in disbelief when she deepthroated that LOOOOOONNNGGG ass dildo without coming close to gagging! Lost count how many times I jerked it to her anal scenes. There is something about her, she's this girl next door with huge tits and a pretty face ... then she fucking takes a long cock or dildo down her throat without blinking.
I even remember the sounds she made when she got fucked lol.
I mean, I thought we'd see more performers coming back because of the economic downturn we're gonna be in for a while, but this was NOT one of the ones I thought would be back.
am i living on another planet ? On twitter Heather talks about her shows from the last days ... where the hell did they happen ? I tuned in and the cb room was listed as banned . The next day ... not banned but no show . So where did those mentioned shows on twitter happen ?
by accident i happen to see about 30 minutes of "the show" now ... if you may call it so anyway. The chat was way to fast to read and there were more than one stupid fuck who needed to be banned. Her Boobs are very big now and she had them at least done twice. Lets see if the site really comes in 2 or 3 weeks. To be honest ... i would not bet on it.