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And this view of the Internet was fairly general with other producers and publishers. Shooters were surprised that we were selling sets or/and videos for $40 to $100. What they didn't realise was how many times we were selling them. And that we had already made a profit from them.
Their view of the Internet was that it was 1,000s of sites trying to get buyers by giving away the product that in the main was pretty low quality. And the earnings in general was poor. Which is why so few came into the Internet in a big way. They were also worried the harm it would do on their traditional markets.
Many only came to the Internet when their traditional markets had gone down. Some still don't see the Internet as their main market. And for some that's exactly right.
No Internet based sponsor would or could afford to pay Eva and I enough to get us to work for them full time.
No Internet based sponsor would or could afford to pay to pay for a top producer like Jack Harrison, Bill Wright, Lindsay Honey, Kevin Maklin, Micheal Ancher, Viv Thomas and more. Many more. DVD companies can and do.
No Internet based sponsor could or would spend the money on producing a product to rival Wicked, Vivid, Penthouse, Playboy, Digital Desires and more. Many more.
It's no good saying the money is elsewhere. These companies produce expensive porn on a weekly basis. Because the money is there.
Even today in a market that's in free fall these companies still produce a level the Adult Internet doesn't or can't.
Over the last 5 years I've seen many good to great shooters turn their hand to becoming weddings photographers/videographers, advertising, one shoots wild life in Africa, another shoots hotels around the Med or like me retire. BECAUSE they earn more that the top custom shooters ever do or they made enough money to sit back.
And a few publishers kick their porn business out to concentrate on other things. Like PRO, D. Gold, D Sullivan, R. Desmond, etc. Because there's more money elsewhere.
Like affiliates going into mainstream many others have done the same.
Have to go, Eva's wants me to do the ironing. LOL
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