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Originally posted by jayeff
freehostedgalleries.com lists 2,600 sites offering hosted galleries. Let's take a guess based on that figure and say there are around 5,000 paysites in total. If anything there are more.
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well, you make some good points, but i think your numbers might be off.
i'd extimate there are closer to 100,000- 150,000 adult paysites in the world, don't know about hosted galleries, but i own a bunch of TGPs and now get about 30,000 galleries/day submitted, all with unique URLs.
it is true that shooting for print vs. shooting for the internet are two different animals.
IMO the print side of erotica is on the wane, not a growth industry (i'm talking adult bookstore type specialty wanker magazines) while electronic transmission is. Yes, there will be a market for coffee-table book high end print erotica for the fine art niche, but the ordinary jerkoff mags found in adult bookstores will mostly be gone in 5 years.
so for whatever reason, content shooters must think about the internet.
i often say that i don't see any shooters with unique "style" that would captivate the surfer.
but then i am often surprised in the quality of stuff i see once in a while (some bikini voyeur candids in a different thread today are just outstanding, and i KNOW they will convert like crazy) so there are some great shooters out there.
some originality with camera work will sell, no matter how much competition.
and that is what is lacking from content producers in general.
too many guys shooting formula---what worked in 2000 just ain't makin' it today. the internet moves very fast, whether we like it or not---we cannot be "set in our ways" for very long.