Venus Adult News
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What the site is
Venus Adult News, which the site abbreviates as VAN, is a trade news site for the erotic industry based in Berlin. Its advertising page says it was founded in 2016 and has grown steadily since, and its contact page describes VAN as bringing the latest news from producers and wholesalers for the erotic industry, along with impressions of international events at the worldwide erotic trade fair. The site publishes in German and has an English version, and its newsletter goes out in both languages.
For a site operator, VAN is two things. It is a trade news source with a web and tech desk that follows payments, traffic, cam sites, tube sites, fan sites and the laws that shape them. And it is an advertising and press release outlet for businesses that want to reach the trade in German-speaking Europe and beyond, sold in four monthly packages.
The news desks
The Web & Tech section is the part written closest to people who run sites. Its English menu groups Media (audio books, augmented reality, podcasts, virtual reality), Online Payment (cryptocurrency, payment providers), Traffic (affiliate programs, SEO, adult dating), the cam industry (models, cam sites), Websites (clip sale, fan sites, tube sites, VOD) and E-Commerce. The Business section covers events, conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, manufacturers and wholesale, and a Retail section follows sex shops and product categories. A Legal section carries court and law news, and a Regions menu sorts stories by continent, from the European Union and Eastern Europe to North America and Asia.
The headlines show what that coverage looks like. Between late August and October 2026 the front page carried stories on Ofcom opening its first age-check proceedings against two tube operators, on Aylo opening Pornhub to age-verified Australian iOS users and pressing Apple for a worldwide rollout, on Ukraine moving to decriminalize adult pornography, on age verification laws and how users route around them, and on creator economy trends for 2026. The partner program archive under Traffic holds older pieces, such as a 2020 report on the Bundesverband Erotik Handel warning that German advertising for porn could be banned under the youth media protection treaty, a 2022 piece on a US campaign against Mindgeek, and a 2021 call from a niche portal looking for BDSM traffic. A payments story from 2025 covered TantumPay adding mass payouts for creator platforms.
For store operators, the sex shop archive tracks retail deals and milestones: EQOM taking over Kondomeriet and Christine le Duc in 2021, Playboy acquiring Lovers in 2021, Adam & Eve opening its 100th franchise store in 2022, and the StorErotica Awards nominees in 2020.
Events
The site is tied to the Venus fair in Berlin, which has its own menu entry and a Venus exhibitors section on the front page. A news item dated 7 September 2026 gives the Venus Berlin dates as 22 to 25 October and introduces a new Venus chief reporter for the year. Another front-page headline announces the first issue of a print title, "Die Welt der VENUS Magazin", timed for VENUS 2026. The site also follows other trade events: in October 2026 it reported that eroFame had closed its second and last edition in Amsterdam, held from 30 September to 2 October, and would return to Germany in 2027 alongside Venus.
What it sells an operator
The advertising page sells four packages, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, each at a monthly rate. In October 2026 the page lists Bronze at €200 per month, Silver at €300 per month, Gold at €400 per month and Platinum at €1000 per month.
Each package carries a banner size: 324 x 100 px for Bronze and Silver, 324 x 324 px for Gold and 800 x 150 px for Platinum. Product advertising and press releases are part of all four packages. A translation service is included from Silver up, a newsletter banner from Gold up, and co-branding with Platinum only. The page invites businesses that want to advertise in what it calls its digital magazine to fill in the form below the table, which lists the four packages by name.
The same page gives the site's reach in its own words: more than 120,000 unique monthly visitors, more than 4,000 visitors a day and more than 12,000 page views a day, with visitor numbers rising steadily since launch. It says each publication is shared automatically on several social media platforms and in Google News, reaching consumers interested in adult products and news as well as the trade. The weekly newsletter, in English and German, goes to what the page calls about 30,000 industry professionals with global updates from the adult industry, and the page adds that sponsors get attention in it. The front page shows 2,645 Facebook fans and 1,343 followers.
The terms that decide the choice
The advertising page publishes rates and package contents but no booking terms: no contract length, renewal or cancellation rule, payment method or approval step for ad content. Those questions go through the inquiry form or the contact page. A Submit a Press Release link sits in the footer of every page, beside the advertising page and the Venus fair link.
Getting started and support
Advertising starts with the form on the advertising page. The contact page, in English, invites questions, comments and advertising requests through a form that also offers the four package names as choices. The editors' office is reachable Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm, and the page gives a main phone line. Readers can sign up for the VAN newsletter and manage their newsletter settings, and the site has a login for registered users. VAN also posts on Facebook and X and offers an RSS feed.
Company and track record
The contact page names Venus Adult News with a street address in Berlin. The advertising page dates the site to 2016, and the news archive runs back through 2020 and 2021 in the traffic and retail sections. The footer carries a 2026 copyright line, an imprint and an accessibility statement.
Who it suits
VAN suits a site operator or vendor who wants trade visibility in German and European erotic industry news, with a published ladder of banner, product ad, press release and newsletter options and an English newsletter that reaches the trade outside Germany. Its web and tech and retail desks also make it a steady read for operators who follow payments, age verification rules, trade shows and retail deals.
It suits less an operator looking for a traffic deal with written terms, since VAN sells advertising rather than buying traffic, and booking terms are settled by inquiry. The reach figures are the site's own. Its strength is the combination of a Berlin trade desk, German and English output and its tie to the Venus fair.