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Originally posted by stevent37
ummm yes it it is.
If some one is selling a cadalac at kia prices Im buying, its called supply and demand. Dont get pissed at the buyer get pissed at the 5 million content brokers/designers etc that are opening up shop every day.
Face it with the falling price and ease of use of softeware, digital reproduction material etc some formally high paying jobs are becoming obsolete. What used to require a 20k investment and 4 yrs of formal schooling can now be done with 1k and a month of self teaching. add that to the fact that the internet has made most commerce global meaning and american designer that lives in california with a $800 a month rent payment is competing for my business against a Russian desiner with a $200 a month rent payment and you can imagine who is setting the lower price and going to get the job.
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The level of competition among the smaller players is increasing. Cheap designers for example are a dime a dozen nowadays, and people are starting to expect more for less.
I started a thread asking people if they would pay to post on GFY, and everyone said no, called me a dumbass etc. But, how many people started out in the industry (and dilute it) by just reading this board, starting off with selling their sig, posting on boards for prizes etc. before they realize they can make more by building galleries and sites, or doing some design work.
The barriers of entry to this market are non existent, and it will hurt the industry. All a person really needs is a computer and internet access to get started. Free content, free hosting, $50 logo contest,etc is all out there.
The big players are going to get bigger, and the small players are going to continue to get poorer, but still continue to grow in size as every 18 year old kid thinks there's lots of easy money to be made in porn and enters the biz.
Interesting to see what will happen in the next couple years, but I don't see much changing. 3% of the webmasters will be 'big players', another 10-20% average or so, and the rest will be the sig whore, 2 signups a month kind of guy.