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Originally Posted by user-name
The idea was not to use only content owner-uploaded content. I was asking for buying content for this service. I don't see any problem to sell tube-licensed content to filelocker. I don't see any problems to sell paysite-licensed content to file locker, if it can be dowloaded only by locker's premium users. It's just another form of selling content. It's symbiosis of tube and classic paysite in filelocker skin. However the better way to solve this is to contact sellers personally as I understand.
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You need to understand this situation from a content producers point of view:
1st off; people that sell to the tubes are people and companies that are closing up shop, leaving the content producing business or need quick money to feed their kids because the content producig business has dried up. Thats because people like yourself think that pennies on the dollar is a good deal. And for you it is, but not so much for the content producer. That may be his last content sell ever.
Now you have the "Content Stores": Their business model is shooting scenes and selling them to pay sites on a limited un-exclusive or massively un-exclusive deal (price varies depending on how many times it was sold) to small websites that may not have the capitol to shoot exclusive or want to supplement their sites with more content to keep their members happy.
These store are really good and profitable for various reasons. But for content stores to sell to a tube site, a file locker type site, will surly piss off their pay site customer base. Why would the content store costumers like what they payed for to be everywhere for free?
Everything has changed. Business models, production, distribution, etc. Its truly adapt or die on every level of the porn biz. There is still money to be made if you are willing to work hard and adapt to the current situation.
How we all adapt and move from here is the key to business survival. Even the tube site model has changed. The majority of the tubes sites have moved into the affiliate style model and has been working hand in hand with pay sites and web masters to pay sites I know a lot of companies loading legal clips onto tube sites and receiving traffic+sign ups.
Another issue thats going on right now is: All of the tube sites have all the same resold un-exclusive content, are having problems getting new content, no fresh content. Why? Because 99% of the content producers are all out of business. Very few new scenes are being shot compared to 6+ years ago.
Very few people are shooting new and exclusive content. And as a result there is way less to resale-able un-exclusive content, way less to steal, etc.
I also think that the next change in business will be; Everyone in the tube biz have the same low quality un-exclussive content, same minded traffic, etc. I can see one of them start thinking outside the box to make changes to increase their market share. Tube-sites shooting exclusive scenes for their sites in order to keep their members and their traffic base happy. Why? All of these Tubes are battling to keep, maintain and gain, their market share. (Could be wrong/But seems logical)
Mr. user-name;
I think you should go find who sold the content you see on the tubes, and see what deal you can get for those scenes. I don't really see "Still in Business" Shooters ever selling you scenes and still be in business much longer.
Two reason:
What ever "Content Stores" sell you, no other pay site will want becuase it will be everywhere really fast and will dramaticly reduce the value of what the "pay site" owner just bought.
You can tell me what ever you want; Praters are way more plentiful on a file sharing site than paying to be on pay sites.
And more importantly "Shooters" do not trust web masters! Not even a little bit!
A bit long winded, but those are the facts from someone who feeds his two kids with what I make shooting Exclusive scenes.
Hope that helps,
Just Dave