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Originally Posted by plsureking
a crackhead is always a crackhead.
girls need shoes and guys need porn.
a recession alters buying habits, not desires.
the question isn't "are they buying?", its "can u sell to them?"
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Great example of why this business is failing.
Crack and shoes aren't given away in bigger amounts than what's available to buy.
The question isn't "are they buying?", its "can YOU PRODUCE A PRODUCT THEY WILL BUY AND YOU CAN SELL TO THEM?"
Some always found selling porn very easy. Because they could work at a level few others could.
Today, the porn produced is at a level 10,000s can produce and selling is very very hard. Can someone afford to produce content that's good enough to turn this position around?
A few DVD companies still produce at a level online porn can't. In general they're having to cut back.
In the beginning and now, few online porn companies could afford to pay for good porn. So the line was "The online surfer wants amateur porn." Which meant "This is all we can afford to produce."
Someone recently asked me what it would of cost 5-10 years ago to get good content. This was my answer.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
To compete with what other porn markets paid. I would say for mainstream these would be about right. These are approx prices and judged on a good model, not exceptional, shooting an exclusive set and video.
Amateur
Solo = $1,000
GG = $1,500
BG $2,000
Teen
Solo = $2,000
GG = $3,000
BG $5,000
Mainstream could be MILF or just a site like Met - Art.
Solo = $2,000
GG = $3,000
BG $5,000
Glamor like Twistys and assuming the model isn't sky high in cost. Could be Private or Wicked.
Solo = $3,000
GG = $5,000
BG $10,000 This is a small but highly lucrative market for those who can break into it. To be honest the number of shooters who can are few and expensive.
Once you get into the "I can shoot it cheaper market" the shooter is probably saying. "I can't sell it for more."
Someone with spare time might do a shoot for less. But not for $300 a solo girl set and video exclusive.
These are the prices up to 2005-6. Today the shooters who did sell to these levels are going elsewhere to earn from their skills.
This above all has cost the industry millions. Sites weren't able to retain for long, sites with cheap content were easy to put up which led to saturation of sites, models shot by bad shooters learned bad habits and over all the market was degraded.
The "Why should I buy, when so much is available for free?". Meant, it was all the bloody same. Rarely did something really stand out. Customer loyalty was low, branding was left to the sites name and logo. Not it's content.
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The question is always not what someone can produce it for. It's what that person can sell for. Like traffic, why send traffic to a site that pay 10% and converts/retains no better than any other site?
The same applies to content. Why would a good shooter work for less than he can sell for?
I read your advice on marketing. It was aimed at Ma & Pa sites doing it in their spare time. And probably always being a Ma & Pa operation working in their spare time. I was doing that 30 years ago. So maybe it will work for some today. Diffence was I was in a booming business. Not one sliding down a pole.