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booker · 05-08-2003, 04:03 PM

I'd say his claims are a bit strong.. some TGP owners make their own galleries to list on their TGPs.. it makes sense and doesn't take a business or marketing degree to figure out.

Likewise, there are some really good (good in two ways.. high quality and high production) gallery makers out there.. who crank out 50, 100, or more a day... get rid of them and what do you have? TGP owners making 10/day for their own sites, every site having more or less completely exclusive content. Maybe that's enough, I'm sure most guys can get off looking at 5 or 6 galleries. So, cut out this so-called "middle man." Wait, a gallery maker is a middle man?

Well, this goes strongly against the basic economic model which says that in a community where fiat money is present (fiat money being tender issued by the govt. allowing fast transactions with set value as opposed to barter), there is a tendency towards _specialization_. That is to say that there is a guy who fixes shoes, another who raises pigs and another who does the plumbing. Why do people hire someone to do these specialized tasks? Because they are experts and they do it faster and better.

Look at it that way, the gallery maker is no middle man, they are a specialized worker who does a job for the TGP owner and gets compensated accordingly. They do it because the TGP owner chooses not to do it themselves.. lo and behold, this has been the case for years, more often than not. There is nothing stopping TGP owners from making their own galleries, they just have, the record shows, chosen not to, or at least to only make a couple and place them strategically around their TGP.

So.. the real question is, are more TGP owners moving to making their own galleries? Yes, I think so.. does that mean gallery makers will be out of business in 2 years? I highly doubt it. Will the standards gallery makers are required to meet go up over the next two years? Almost certainly.

05-08-2003, 04:03 PM
booker Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,370	I'd say his claims are a bit strong.. some TGP owners make their own galleries to list on their TGPs.. it makes sense and doesn't take a business or marketing degree to figure out. Likewise, there are some really good (good in two ways.. high quality and high production) gallery makers out there.. who crank out 50, 100, or more a day... get rid of them and what do you have? TGP owners making 10/day for their own sites, every site having more or less completely exclusive content. Maybe that's enough, I'm sure most guys can get off looking at 5 or 6 galleries. So, cut out this so-called "middle man." Wait, a gallery maker is a middle man? Well, this goes strongly against the basic economic model which says that in a community where fiat money is present (fiat money being tender issued by the govt. allowing fast transactions with set value as opposed to barter), there is a tendency towards _specialization_. That is to say that there is a guy who fixes shoes, another who raises pigs and another who does the plumbing. Why do people hire someone to do these specialized tasks? Because they are experts and they do it faster and better. Look at it that way, the gallery maker is no middle man, they are a specialized worker who does a job for the TGP owner and gets compensated accordingly. They do it because the TGP owner chooses not to do it themselves.. lo and behold, this has been the case for years, more often than not. There is nothing stopping TGP owners from making their own galleries, they just have, the record shows, chosen not to, or at least to only make a couple and place them strategically around their TGP. So.. the real question is, are more TGP owners moving to making their own galleries? Yes, I think so.. does that mean gallery makers will be out of business in 2 years? I highly doubt it. Will the standards gallery makers are required to meet go up over the next two years? Almost certainly. __________________ Xanadu024 (aim) or 286785389 (icq) "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." Last edited by booker; 05-08-2003 at 04:05 PM..