Earning money through making nulled themes website

Just another day, I noticed these websites providing nulled themes. They direct traffic from one page to another, to multiple sites. You need to bypass their 7-8 pages, and then there is a download button for the theme. This button doesn't work maximum time.

How are they earning money? Is it by only traffic? What is the scope? Can anyone tell?

Interesting method to get more page views lol and anyone will jump through some hoops for free stuff. Its genius.

What is a nulled theme though? I'm noob lol

making people jump through loads of hoops to download stuff has been in existence since your mum conceived you. It's nothing new.

Most will be legit and will find a download at the end though, the sites that are scamming peeople and not providing a download at the end don't last.