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Mutt · 06-17-2004, 01:20 AM

i'd say its mostly the scamming webmasters who make up about 75% of this business, content means nothing to them, they steal it or profit from the work of those who steal. Then there are the thousands of paysites that are filled with crap - satisfying surfers/members up until recently has had ZERO importance to most web companies because it hasn't made any difference to their bottom lines - that part is changing for the better I think, there are now a ton more quality sites around but the majority are people shooting their own content or paying somebody to shoot it exclusively.

Then there are the content providers themselves - nobody told them that their content was worth 2 cents an image, nobody put a gun to their heads to charge 20 bucks for a set that is worth 100 bucks. then when hosted galleries became a big deal - how many content providers demanded more money for usage that went beyond their licenses? Most were glad just to have a sale so they said 'ok, whatever'.

Same thing will happen to the exclusive content biz, prices will continue to drop.

Most of the high quality shooters will either leave the business or find people to do sites with or do their own sites like Scott Del Amo did, like JokersX did, like Scott Preston did ...........

The amateur shooters are struggling - disappointing partnership deals, more competition, prices dropping - lots of those guys will be leaving as well or become part-time photographers.

Bleak future - though, the few quality people who remain will do ok.

The answer is sites of their own but that is a far bigger challenge for a shooter than the content business, not many will be able to make that work - takes resources, knowledge and time - there's no time in a day for a full time photographer to be playing webmaster. Partnerships sound great but bottom line is anybody who has any money isn't going to want to cut in a photographer or model when he can just write a check and get the work unencumbered by partnership agreements. Only exception would be if the model or photographer was valued so highly that you wanted to be his partner to tie him up exclusively.

06-17-2004, 01:20 AM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	i'd say its mostly the scamming webmasters who make up about 75% of this business, content means nothing to them, they steal it or profit from the work of those who steal. Then there are the thousands of paysites that are filled with crap - satisfying surfers/members up until recently has had ZERO importance to most web companies because it hasn't made any difference to their bottom lines - that part is changing for the better I think, there are now a ton more quality sites around but the majority are people shooting their own content or paying somebody to shoot it exclusively. Then there are the content providers themselves - nobody told them that their content was worth 2 cents an image, nobody put a gun to their heads to charge 20 bucks for a set that is worth 100 bucks. then when hosted galleries became a big deal - how many content providers demanded more money for usage that went beyond their licenses? Most were glad just to have a sale so they said 'ok, whatever'. Same thing will happen to the exclusive content biz, prices will continue to drop. Most of the high quality shooters will either leave the business or find people to do sites with or do their own sites like Scott Del Amo did, like JokersX did, like Scott Preston did ........... The amateur shooters are struggling - disappointing partnership deals, more competition, prices dropping - lots of those guys will be leaving as well or become part-time photographers. Bleak future - though, the few quality people who remain will do ok. The answer is sites of their own but that is a far bigger challenge for a shooter than the content business, not many will be able to make that work - takes resources, knowledge and time - there's no time in a day for a full time photographer to be playing webmaster. Partnerships sound great but bottom line is anybody who has any money isn't going to want to cut in a photographer or model when he can just write a check and get the work unencumbered by partnership agreements. Only exception would be if the model or photographer was valued so highly that you wanted to be his partner to tie him up exclusively. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!