There are two threads today that show the thinking of online porn.
https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1060400
One shows that there are a some sites that rise way above the rest of the pack., Met-art, FTV, Perfect Gonzo did, and more. What separated them to a level few others could get to was the shooters.
https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1060265
Pornstar sites. If a girl is really that good, then go and get her.
Both display the lack of business acumen or money that some have. Because the one thing that separates them both is an
"employee". If you want a Met Art level site, in what ever niche or style you choose, employ the shooter who can get you there. Don't go out offering anyone who needs the work $500 a solo scene exclusive or a "rev share deal". Go find the shooter, offer him what he can earn elsewhere and get him exclusive. Then figure out how to make it pay. Because if you can't sell his work to pay him enough, you're left competing with all the other sites in the same low level.
Obviously the same goes for pornstars.
When I've been approached by people offering me a deal the thought I would snap at. I always countered their offer with the option of them buying it in for a lot less than they were suggesting we would make. They always turned it down. so I stayed shooting for the areas that paid me best.
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Accept these guys were suggesting I would end up with the two birds and bush. But they wanted it all on a promise.
This industry sub contracts as much as possible. Because that can't afford to pay out for in house or the guy they are making the offer to, is earning more free lance. Same reasons really.
And in business that's what's king. Making money.