Anyone want to give this newbie a TGP partner account?

Originally posted by GeorgeTH
Uh-Oh - content guys running their own paysite (that's not that new: 1-by-day was first I think) and submitting galleries with their content?!?

Where does that leave the poor costumer hoping to get some 'life' out of their hard-earned $ spent on content? Just another way to saturate the market?

Don't get me wrong, Paul: I don't mind you trying to make a buck (or two) for yourself, just don't think I'll be coming back to spend more money...

And here is the less intelligent post of the day.

Firstly we will be submitting the content from www.paulmarkham.com sets that sell for #5 - $50 10 to 20 times in their entire life. Most webmasters buy from wwwbargainbasementcontent.com sets priced at $5 and sell 100+ times, so it seems saturation is not the most important thing.

Secondly the paysites and webmasters (mostly the elite submitters) who do buy this content on a regular basis have all been informed of our plans to open a paysite, support us and even want to partner with us.

Thirdly over the last year the content market, for those who have not been watching has gone down the tubes. How long am I meant to sit back and watch it deteriorate without changing course?

Fourthly as you can see from Hermit this is the way the market has gone. So I sell a set to one customer and he gives it to 1,000 webmasters. Seems saturation is not an issue.

Yes Hermit we will have FHGs for certain webmasters. What we will not do is make them freely available to 1,000 people to submit to the same sites. They will go to those who can deliver sign ups.

George if you are one of the clients who spend over $1,000 a year with us I appolagise to you. But if you are not.

This business is young and changing. What really motivated us to move into the paysite market is when we see payite owners and customers coming here to shoot, can't shoot as well as us and being able to outspend us hands down on shoots. Seems the money is not in the production end anymore.