A bit of a dillema, if you can call it that. There is a friend(internet friend) of mine who is a designer (almost exclusively mainstream now, but used to do adult a couple of years ago)...The guy is amazing...There are some great adult designers out there like AMP, but this guy has a real unique approach. His stuff rivals Mike W(who charges $3,000+ per paysite I believe and is booked right now indefinetly)
Anyways, He charges mainstream clients $3k-4k per site...And I offered him $7000 for 5 paysites(3 page tours each, plus members area design)
He sais he will do the 5 sites for $10,000, and can't go any lower (and to his credit, he is giving me a huge discount in comparisson for his regular rates)
His style has really caught my eye, and I wanna have him do the sites, but 10k seems a little excesive for 3 page tours, and im sure most other designers would give me a bulk pricing as well.
Assuming that his stuff is as good as Mike W (
http://www.ClubJenna.com), should I shell out that much or is that just too excessive?
P.S. Unfortunatly, I can't post his portfolio here, as I basically want to keep him to myself for now... I know, a bit selfish, but If I decide to use him for this project and all goes well, we have been talking about him working for me exclusively)