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Producing content for magazines wasn't as easy as it was for online.
All the good paying magazines wanted sets on film, I would shoot the film set with my wife or employee in tandem. Online content producers were clueless at lighting a set. I would personally visit editors and see the discs they received of sets and never opened.
Online couldn't afford to wait 6 to 18 months to get paid. After paying the model $500, film costs, make up, etc on the day of the shoot.
They wanted to buy from people who would consistently produce the right content for their magazine. The right style, model, poses, location, etc. There was no point in submitting work that didn't match their magazine.
We consistently produced teen style work in solo, lesbian boy girl sets. If we had found a webmaster who could have taken our business beyond what the magazines were paying. We could have increased production, by shooting the best girls even more than we did. Sadly none approached us with an offer that could tempt me to give up shooting non exclusive for online and offline.
The problem is when we were asked to shoot by programs they were offering a derisory price. $300 to $500 for a solo girl set and video, $800 to $1,00 for lesbian, $1,200 to $2,000 for B/G. It made more financial sense to release it on the content stores and let the money slowly roll in.
There problem was funding good content, paying and supporting affiliates, hosting, etc. As the 50% to affiliates was a fixed price and the support they demanded. The spend on content was cut to the bone. The problem was that with shit content you're unlikely to get it listed on a TGP, can't afford to buy ad space, affiliates won't promote you, surfers won't look twice and few pay to join.
The only way to make money with poor content was to go the way of ATK, Karups who spent a lot every month on content. But only paying $300 to $400 for an exclusive set and video.
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