psyko514

When you join the site, you have the option of having a public account (where you can post a profile, keep a journal, participate in the message forums and discussion groups, etc.) or a private account where you can only see the pictures and read the forums/profiles.

All new members who join with a public account are automatically placed in the "Newbie" discussion group for 60 days. At any given time, there are over 4500 members in the newbie group. And that's only counting public accounts.

For those talking about how the models claim to be treated badly, I think anyone who shoots content will have a few models talk badly about them. It's inevitable. There are currently 645 Suicide Girls, with a new one added daily. There's bound to be a few models who aren't happy.

The site works differently from your typical porn site. Girls apply by sending in 3 pictures and a bio of themselves. Dozens of girls apply on a daily basis. Those who are accepted then become limbo girls. At that point, they have to submit a unique photoset of themselves. They can have the photoset shot free of charge by one of the official photographers (who can be found in Cali, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, UK, Italy, Montreal, Toronto or BC) or at their own expense by someone else.

If the photoset is accepted (it has to be well-shot, good amount of nudity and a unique theme), the girl is paid, sent some SG swag, and the set is placed in the queue to appear on the site within the next few months.

The girls are not expected to interact in the site, but they are encouraged to. No remuneration is offered, so none is to be expected. Many of the SGs were members of the site before becoming an SG and so they continue to keep journals and participate. Those who weren't members are usually drawn to the community aspect of the site and stick around the participate.

The site has many close-knit communities on it. Many of the discussion are regional and hold regular get-togethers. For example, Montreal has a discussion group with approximately 80 members. A group of 15-25 of us get together at least twice a month for something.

I count 9 Suicide Girls amongst my friends as well as Montreal's official photographer. The only bad thing I've ever heard any of them say about SG is that in the SG-only discussion group, there's often a lot of bickering and name-calling (imagine a forum composed of 600+ girls who all pose nude on the same site). Other than that, they love the site. They're paid well for their work and they love the community aspect of it. Models are free to pose for whoever they want (they aren't exclusive to the site). However, if they pose for what could be considered a competitor (a SpookyCash site, for example), they cannot mention it on SG.

From what I've heard, models are paid $200 per set. I don't shoot content, but I've seen prices here and that seems decent for solo-girl softcore to me. Like JulianSosa said, there are literally hundreds of girls who strive to be part of the SG Army for nothing else but a status symbol. The most popular SG discussion group is the "Hopefuls" group which has over 10K members.

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