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Originally Posted by Toby
The same rules don't apply when you can create your own original content for the cost of your own time and equipment.
When you have to pay to buy content or pay models to shoot your own, the economics are far different.
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Just to clarify: of the three sites I currently run, one is a store with an inventory investment, one an "amateur" site of me ("free" content), and one is purchased content. My third paysite I'm working on is also purchased content.
Purchased content, in my opinion, is far simpler (and often cheaper) than making your own content. Content, even of oneself, doesn't just "happen" out of thin air. I invest money in clothes and lingerie, a dozen pairs of sheets and duvets, toys and props, hotel rooms, travel, sometimes paying photographers (and soon, a video guy), along with two digital cameras and a decent computer. Plus, my time is worth something, even if it's not a directly out-of-pocket expense.
Being able to just go shopping online for pic sets is actually a far easier and cost-effective way of making paysites.