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Originally Posted by MaDalton
Cheaper than Stephen Hicks for sure 
but still not cheap enough, i cant count how many times people asked me to shoot boy/girl for $600 to $800 a scene - sorry, cant do that.
but dont worry for me Paul, i studied business management and controlling was one of the courses i had to take. therefore it didnt matter to me what "established" people charge. I only look at myself.
but now imagine this: many sites just exist because the owners did their content themselves and when they started they didnt know anything about photography. and still the sites became a success and everyone happily sent traffic
being "establised" means shit when you dont produce whats in demand |
Yes they couldn't afford Steve, most couldn't afford me and Eva.
Yes many sites did start with the owner shooting or someone close to the owner. Met-Art maybe, Perfect Gonzo, Alsscan, Bang Bus, Viv Thomas or DVTimes. All still going.
Not everyone who started their own site and shot for themselves made it. Unseenworld was one and there have been many more who failed. Some knew all there was to know about driving traffic.Yet when the surfers hit the site, they saw the site wasn't worth buying from. So did their affiliates.
And we've seen these sites fail time after time. Would the number of successes or the number of failures be proof of the system working or not?
As someone who has studied business management did they teach you about having something better than the rest of the herd?
The only real question is this. Would many have made more money by rising above the crowd or staying where they were as just one of the crowd?
Could a site or sponsor afford to pay the top dollar others were paying and make more money?
With your business training and knowledge of the industry you will know the answer is yes. So now the question is. Why didn't they?