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Old 08-17-2020, 07:20 AM  
celandina
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham View Post
There are fundemental problem with your synopsis.

1. The skills set to produce the top level of porn and keep it fresh.
2. The money required to shoot such porn.
3. The return on investment.

We've seen the bottom of the barrel slip and fail over the last ten years. Most have gone to the wall or on their way to it. A few still make some money by deals with companies that offer 50-100s of sites for $30 a month memberships.

Next will be the fall of the middle rank, finally only a very few will be left.

Remember I'm talking 5-10 years.

The other problem with your synopsis is I was around when there was no ceiling on porn as far as budgets were concerned. Hustler, Private, Playboy, etc were able to spend what ever was needed to produce a product that blew away the opposition. People like Andrew Blake, Marc Dorcel, Jules Jordan, etc. Producing movies of this quality because spending $100,000 to $1,000,000 on a film was possible.

The problem is the consumer never wanted that level of porn except with a few niches and a few suppliers. If another company came into your market and produced a clone of your content, your membership would have 2 options to choose from. Imagine ten people producing clones of your content.

This is the ultimate problem with porn and the internet. Any fool can point a camera, open a site, drive traffic and it took a couple of years to flood the market. By 2000 the consumer was over supplied with porn the problem was finding producers who could produce a good product for what the market could afford. Today it's a real struggle, tomorrow it will get harder. Because 99.99% of the consumers can get off with what's offered today.

To survive we need something to throttle supply like "shelf space".
I beg to disagree with you. You are comparing shit to gold. When shoe salesmen are making adult entertainment, then this is what you get... shit. Anyway, I am not debating this any more, it is like discussing Covid 19 and wearing a mask
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