Originally Posted by ExtremeBank_Adam

So, I have a good friend who was the male star of a very successful B/G paysite (under 20,000 Alexa) for many years... he is no longer with that site but wanting to do his own thing, with my help.

The site he was with he did not own or manage in any way, he simply received a paycheck. So, he has no way of having a customer list, emails or anything like that. He is effectively starting over, although he was a fairly big name and continues to be recognized a lot, so his new site has the potential to gain popularity quickly.

We have shot several scenes for his new site, myself shooting over half of them, and I will probably be shooting 50% or more of them in the future. In addition, I will be responsible for all of the back end stuff... getting traffic, using my servers, my bandwidth, my affiliates, customer support, design, site maintenance, my billing accounts, weekly webmastering duties with updates, editing, adding content to the affiliate program etc. Also, I am financing about 60-70% of the cost of the shoots for the time being. That will change if/when the site is self-sufficient, and we'll be deducting our expenses off the top. HIS plans are to hire an editor to help me once the site is profitable, since I currently do everything myself.

So... my question is, what percentage should I be asking for?