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There is a thread on this board about a custom shooter and his constant fuck ups, it has dragged in another shooter. They are not unique, one of the constant themes here are the fuck ups of custom shooters.
When you screw your supplier into the ground on price you are left with a supplier working on a tight margin, limited resources and not able to invest. He is also more likely to screw up, let you down and not break his balls to put things right and keep your custom.
I know what it costs to shoot porn, Eva is a trained book keeper and tells me reguarly. The cost of cameras, lights, bulbs and tubes for the lights, accessories for the equipment, getting the equipment serviced and maintained. Then computer equipment, programs, Internet connection, hosting, and building a site. Then studio or locations, transport to the location, props, furniture, vibrators and batteries do not last for ever. You do not want an exclusive set of a girl shot to saturation point on a sofa in 100 sets and underwear in more. Don't expect the model to turn up with everything, she's there because she broke.
Then there is the model herself, she needs to be paid pretty well so she's happy, often you need to find her via an agent, if not you need to advertise. They don't just walk in off the street.
Then there are little things like insurance, accountants and book keeping.
Now if you scrimp on any of the above you end up with a product that is less likely to hit your traffic with a product they will pass over. Cut down on the quality of what you deliver your client and you raise the level of refusals, what good is content at $200 a set or video if it converts half as well as content at $400 a set or video?
I have repeatedly asked for the names of the mystery suppliers who do this marvelous work at cut prices, yet to see an answer.
The business is changing by the day, the bar is being lifted every time a surfer joins a site. You need to think a lot harder about what you deliver to your surferm because if you do not your competitor will.
Beside the surfer the biggest reason to raise your bar is the affiliate. The newbie is not going to really send a lot of traffic and if it does not convert he will soon give up. The experienced affiliate knows what's good and what's bad. He won't even join a site with crap content.
So spend on converting and retaining members and affiliates or spend $3,000 a month on a banner on GFY?
This is without the trouble some are going through today trying to get content out of a supplier who is obviously working on the minimum resources.
As for us, I've picked up two clients who do want us to shoot for them and at more than $1000 over models fees a day. Maybe they are thinking "If I have his stuff exclusive my competitor does not"
We're not the best in the business, but pretty close to it on the teens side.
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