Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

But again, it depends. At this point I would not shoot 'generic' porn (two people fucking on a couch, for example) and expect a great ROI. A content provider like MaDalton can talk better as to exact shooting costs but here's my basic breakdown:

$2,500 - $3,000 per scene, all costs included. You can get several scenes perhaps from that budget but remember you gotta pay talent (models, director) plus production (hair/makeup, sound, lighting) plus location plus post-production.

So it depends on how many scenes to start the site then how many scenes per week to keep updating it. Being a clever and creative fellow I prefer to find existing content and resell it in unique ways. Therefore I allocate basic design costs, hosting, traffic and marketing, and since I already run 3 Affiliate Programs plugging a new site into my 'system' is relatively easy at this point.

IF I were starting from scratch I would allocate $20k to start a site, if I could manage it, or 10K and spend almost all the money on content. The rest I could build with sweat equity. This assumes I wouldn't just shoot the content myself POV-style. Which I did. I started with $0 money and had to borrow the processing fees just to start anything. LOL