Some good points.
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Originally Posted by harvey
Sorry, did I ever say that any specific business model (such as content) is the right one? I did shot content for a couple years and saw there was no point, it was too much work for little reward and things were going to go downhill.
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To shoot content profitably you had to be good and have more markets than just the Internet. Without magazine sales we would ever of got to the size we were. They funded most of the boy girl ad girl girl shoots we did. Shooting 4 or more girls for the Internet is simply not profitable without magazine sales. Add the $4,000 we earn from magazines and it is. Which is why so few content providers will have these scenes. Some do, but not enough. Members love them, girls love doing them and they sell and convert.
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This being said, at least 80% of content I see in nowadays paysites is the less appealing stuff I've ever seen. Boring to the power of 1000. Usually off niche. Total lack of knowledge of the specific fetish. No fantasy at all, just "bang bang let's shoot content there you have". I don't know if the ones to blame are the programs owners or the content people, or maybe both (probably both), but with a few exceptions, content people might be excellent at lightning, photo, video edition, whatever. But very poor at the content itself.
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To shoot good content you need certain things. A knowledge of the niche, experience handling models, budget and time. Too much content is shot to fill a slot in a site or on a shelf. The blame is simple to place, sponsors do not spend enough on content. The good shooters in the business are there, but not working for the money offered.
Plus being a good photographer does not make you a good pornographer. I'm a good pornographer and crap photographer. Seen some great single shots from boring sets and perfectly shot boring porn videos.
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Of course I'm talking about people shooting content for programs. If you're someone selling non-exclusive content... well, there's no much to do, winds have changed. And it's a shame, because between crappy exclusive HD content and some nice non-exclusive non-HD content I can prove the non-exclusive will always kicks the ultra-high-tech crappy content. People here is so confused that they believe that by adding an HD camera (or 2 or 3 or 1 million) surfers will say "wow, the content is horrible but it's shot in HD, I'll signup right now!" 
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The industry started a lie and spun it out of all control. Non exclusive was saturated. It was told over and over again until all the affiliates believed it and the industry has suffered.
If it was saturated it would of meant it was sold over and over again and for photographers would of been very profitable. But so many of these shooters were unable to make a living shooting for a content store or even for brokering they moved to shooting custom for low prices or got out completely. If non exclusive is saturated in a members area it means the site is successful signing members and keeps buying more and more from the same suppliers. You can't saturate a product that does not sell. Unless you buy a blow out 20 others bought and give it to affiliates. Then it's saturated on TGPs.
So the money that could be spent by content providers shooting for themselves was limited and that hurt members area. Led to people who could not shoot pointing cameras at naked people. Not porn that sells.
Anyone who thinks shooting with a HD camera is a solution is IMO a fool or trying to push a fact that counts nothing to the porn consumers. For many niches HD is very wrong.
To get good sales you have to have something good to sell.