This Week on Adult Site Broker Talk: Todd Spaits of Yanks Cash

A 20-year veteran of the adult industry, Spaits the co-founder of YanksCash and the program’s flagship site, Yanks.com. He holds an MBA from the University of Washington and is an award-winning, classically trained French chef. Spaits is also the author of the soon to be published book, American Orgasm: The True Story of an Ethical Pornographer.

“Todd was one of the first people I met in this industry,” Bruce said. “He was always so giving of his time with valuable information. Doing this interview was a kick for me. Todd is an icon in the industry and has a lot to say about what can make the adult industry better. We discussed these topics and more on the podcast.”

YanksCash and the affiliate program’s flagship site Yanks.com were founded in 2002, “on the idea that solo girl and girl-girl porn could be different,” as Bruce notes during the show.

“A Yanks shoot is less scripted, safer, and focused on the sexual pleasure of the creators for the ultimate pleasure of the viewer,” Bruce adds. “This was accomplished by pioneering 20 years ago many of the creator-centric policies that are commonplace now.”

In an entertaining start to the interview, Spaits describes how he got his start in the adult industry. At the time, he and his partner Billy were living in San Diego at the time, working at a popular local nightclub. While working at the club was lucrative, it also only occupied two days a week, so he and Billy were “just looking for something to do.”

“So, one day I kind of pulled her aside and I said, ‘Hey, I’ve got this idea,’” Spaits explains. “And the idea was essentially, I used to watch Ed Power’s videos and I love Ed and I love the way he did things by doing an interview and talking to the girls. And he sort of had a really good rapport with them. And then the difference between Ed Power’s videos is he’d eventually get on the bed… he’d have his just black socks on, and he’d have sex with a girl. And that kind of ruined it for me.”

There was a great deal more to Yanks and the brand’s subsequent success than simply not being Ed Powers wearing black socks, of course. To hear more of the story, check out the full interview with Spaits now, on AdultSiteBrokerTalk.com.