Quote: (07-15-2014 01:58 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:  

I don't know if it's already been done but what about "CUSTOM" porn as a business model?

It appears to me that the cost of creating, and market saturation of "spec" porn are the primary obstacles. Custom porn would avoid both of those issues.

Essentially it would work like this. The client PREPAYS and then chooses how the scene will play (it could be as simple as choosing from a menu; fellatio, cunnilingus, anal, titty fuck, reverse cowgirl, facial, etc.)Then the actors do the scene as "directed" by the client. The girl could even use his real name like "oh Bob, I love your cock, yada yada".

Basically there's little risk because nothing is produced until it's ordered. I see it essentially as the Chipoltle business model for porn

genius, especially if its qued in batches...ie the producer needs 10 custom requests to cover the overhead of setup, shooting and production. That is some good thinking, especially on a marketing to women angle.

Quote: (07-15-2014 02:37 PM)Dr. Howard Wrote:  

Quote: (07-15-2014 01:58 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:  

I don't know if it's already been done but what about "CUSTOM" porn as a business model?

It appears to me that the cost of creating, and market saturation of "spec" porn are the primary obstacles. Custom porn would avoid both of those issues.

Essentially it would work like this. The client PREPAYS and then chooses how the scene will play (it could be as simple as choosing from a menu; fellatio, cunnilingus, anal, titty fuck, reverse cowgirl, facial, etc.)Then the actors do the scene as "directed" by the client. The girl could even use his real name like "oh Bob, I love your cock, yada yada".

Basically there's little risk because nothing is produced until it's ordered. I see it essentially as the Chipoltle business model for porn

genius, especially if its qued in batches...ie the producer needs 10 custom requests to cover the overhead of setup, shooting and production. That is some good thinking, especially on a marketing to women angle.

Exactly.... Its also analogous to Dell Computer's model from a production standpoint.

I hadn't thought of the "for women" angle but yeah that's definitely a natural line extension along with "for couples" I could see it as "Maybach" of porn, hand crafted and customized exclusively for the client

The porn for women angle is already out there but still lacking, that could be a good niche. I recently introduced my girl to porn from passionhd production company I think they'r called. She cant get enough of it. Its not that soft core storyline crap either. I would say the main differences shes commented on are the guys are actually muscled attractive younger guys and not wierd looking out of shape hairy guys like a lot of porn. Also though its still hard porn its not quite as "degrading" for lakc of a better word in that its not all facefucking amd facials. If you wana try introducing the idea of threesomes tp your girl these videos would be a great way to start down that path.

Quote: (07-15-2014 02:28 PM)Rico Suave Wrote:  

Creepin how much is this costing to start it all up?

Rico

So far I have spent around $600 on a HD camera and accessories. It came with video editing software. An I spent like $60 bucks at Wal Mart on some lighting ha. This is gonna be amateur mostly point of view videos. I am gonna order another camera I can set up on a tri pod as well so I can get different angles every time there's action.

Having a super hot GF thats down to make porn saves me a lot of money on hookers haha.

Anyone who knows law or has worked in the porn industry. Where is the line drawn between porn and prostitution?

Hypothetically couldn't every escort on backpages offer to be a porn actress?

Is it not prostitution because its filmed, or because there's a contract, or because the plan is to have it distributed. Where does the law draw the line?

Quote: (07-15-2014 04:13 PM)jamaicabound Wrote:  

The porn for women angle is already out there but still lacking, that could be a good niche. I recently introduced my girl to porn from passionhd production company I think they'r called. She cant get enough of it. Its not that soft core storyline crap either. I would say the main differences shes commented on are the guys are actually muscled attractive younger guys and not wierd looking out of shape hairy guys like a lot of porn. Also though its still hard porn its not quite as "degrading" for lakc of a better word in that its not all facefucking amd facials. If you wana try introducing the idea of threesomes tp your girl these videos would be a great way to start down that path.

I realize the porn for women angle is already out there. What I don't believe has been done is the "custom porn to order" business model that I posted. The OP asked for ideas for starting a porn business.

In an an already saturated industry that is already commoditized, rife with piracy, and has a relatively low barrier to entry (porn on all 3 counts) competing based on anything other than a new paradigm / model is going to be pretty difficult.

Immutable law of marketing #1: Be first in the category

Immutable law of marketing #2: If you cant be first in the category..start a new category

Quote: (07-15-2014 04:59 PM)jamaicabound Wrote:  

Anyone who knows law or has worked in the porn industry. Where is the line drawn between porn and prostitution?

Hypothetically couldn't every escort on backpages offer to be a porn actress?

Is it not prostitution because its filmed, or because there's a contract, or because the plan is to have it distributed. Where does the law draw the line?

Try pm:ing delicioustacos. He's shot porn.

Very difficult. Girls in MOST countries have no desire whatsoever to shoot porn no matter how much they get paid, because THEIR FAMILIES WILL DISOWN THEM.

The bottom line is that the big tubes have tons of content for every niche imaginable, which makes it extremely difficult for any small guy to compete. Got to xvideos.com and search for something. It's already there.

If you're doing this as more of a hobby or something on the side, go for it. If you're expecting a legitimate income from porn, realize it's not 2002 where any idiot could but up some galleries from one of the bigger companies, become an affiliate, and watch the money come in. Browse the gfy forums for awhile and you will hear similar stories to what I'm saying here.

Manwin/Mindgeek controlling everything since their big tubes took off and the effects of Google favoring their tubes have killed the possibility of the little guy hitting it big from porn.

Quote:Quote:

2013 saw more consolidation in the industry, the most notable of which was the merging of RedTube and Manwin—two of the biggest online operators in the industry. The combined company now controls the majority of the porn 'tube' sites, (think Youtube for porn), which stream live content and XXX clips.

Blaming the tube sites
Many in the industry blame the tube sites for the industry's woes, noting they are often filled with pirated content, which is offered to consumers for free. Tube sites pick up ad revenue from page views, but the producers of the films earn nothing.

Manwin also saw a leadership change—as founder Fabian Thylmann, once considered the most powerful man in porn, sold his shares in the company roughly 10 months after his December 2012 arrest in Belgium on charges of tax evasion. "Both myself and Manwin are at a stage where I can no longer add significant value to the best of my ability," he said in a letter to employees.

Manwin soon changed the company name to Mind Geek.

Insiders say they expect more buyouts to happen this year—and more companies to go under.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business...2014-n9076

Quote: (07-16-2014 10:36 PM)Vitriol Wrote:  

The bottom line is that the big tubes have tons of content for every niche imaginable, which makes it extremely difficult for any small guy to compete. Got to xvideos.com and search for something. It's already there.

If you're doing this as more of a hobby or something on the side, go for it. If you're expecting a legitimate income from porn, realize it's not 2002 where any idiot could but up some galleries from one of the bigger companies, become an affiliate, and watch the money come in. Browse the gfy forums for awhile and you will hear similar stories to what I'm saying here.

Manwin/Mindgeek controlling everything since their big tubes took off and the effects of Google favoring their tubes have killed the possibility of the little guy hitting it big from porn.

Quote:Quote:

2013 saw more consolidation in the industry, the most notable of which was the merging of RedTube and Manwin—two of the biggest online operators in the industry. The combined company now controls the majority of the porn 'tube' sites, (think Youtube for porn), which stream live content and XXX clips.

Blaming the tube sites
Many in the industry blame the tube sites for the industry's woes, noting they are often filled with pirated content, which is offered to consumers for free. Tube sites pick up ad revenue from page views, but the producers of the films earn nothing.

Manwin also saw a leadership change—as founder Fabian Thylmann, once considered the most powerful man in porn, sold his shares in the company roughly 10 months after his December 2012 arrest in Belgium on charges of tax evasion. "Both myself and Manwin are at a stage where I can no longer add significant value to the best of my ability," he said in a letter to employees.

Manwin soon changed the company name to Mind Geek.

Insiders say they expect more buyouts to happen this year—and more companies to go under.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business...2014-n9076

You make a good point, go to any site like tubegalore, elephanttube, tubestack, etc and you can find literally any category you could think of.

I think for that reason this custom porn angle could be good. If you want to go the more traditional route you need to find really wierd niches lacking content.

You need to go for a small obscure niche. Sure there will be less people interested in it but at the same time that niche will be lacking content so those interested in that subject will all flock to your videos.

Do a search on ABF or ABF, there's forums and dating sites dedicated to this topic but not really any porn you could probably clean up in that area. You really need to find obscure niches that are lacking content.

The custom porn angle is a great idea. Depending on pricepoint it may be priced a bit higher than the average person is willing to pay. I see ads on cl of people wanting to hire a solo guy or girl or even couple to make a custom porn just for their personal use. These people however are typical not going to want to pay thousands for a full production custom porn but are going to want to pay maybe a couple hundred bucks and use their own digital cam. Maybe the OP could have packages at various price points. If you really wanted to make it a big ticket item you could have cam girls, let guys fall for a cam girl and then offer custom porn productions either that you send them or even in person and some people may pay big money.

Quote: (07-16-2014 09:10 PM)Rubio93 Wrote:  

Very difficult. Girls in MOST countries have no desire whatsoever to shoot porn no matter how much they get paid, because THEIR FAMILIES WILL DISOWN THEM.

Yeah, because women that go into porn have the most healthy loving relationships with their families...

Quote: (07-18-2014 07:52 PM)germanico Wrote:  

Quote: (07-16-2014 09:10 PM)Rubio93 Wrote:  

Very difficult. Girls in MOST countries have no desire whatsoever to shoot porn no matter how much they get paid, because THEIR FAMILIES WILL DISOWN THEM.

Yeah, because women that go into porn have the most healthy loving relationships with their families...

Quote: (07-15-2014 05:42 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:  

Quote: (07-15-2014 04:13 PM)jamaicabound Wrote:  

The porn for women angle is already out there but still lacking, that could be a good niche. I recently introduced my girl to porn from passionhd production company I think they'r called. She cant get enough of it. Its not that soft core storyline crap either. I would say the main differences shes commented on are the guys are actually muscled attractive younger guys and not wierd looking out of shape hairy guys like a lot of porn. Also though its still hard porn its not quite as "degrading" for lakc of a better word in that its not all facefucking amd facials. If you wana try introducing the idea of threesomes tp your girl these videos would be a great way to start down that path.

I realize the porn for women angle is already out there. What I don't believe has been done is the "custom porn to order" business model that I posted. The OP asked for ideas for starting a porn business.

In an an already saturated industry that is already commoditized, rife with piracy, and has a relatively low barrier to entry (porn on all 3 counts) competing based on anything other than a new paradigm / model is going to be pretty difficult.

Immutable law of marketing #1: Be first in the category

Immutable law of marketing #2: If you cant be first in the category..start a new category

Nope. It's already out there. In fact it's insanely profitable.

120$ for a 10min. clip.

And that's just a single women, not even fully naked with 0 costs of herself.

PM if you want some links.

Old Pierre Woodman has a thriving independent site..,around 5000 members paying around €35 a month...that adds up!!!
.but his material has been built up over years and he maintains an awesome work rate.
His niche is new girls and persuading them into porn...first wit himself.
This guy has a LOT of FUN!!!

   

I went to a Brazzers party once in Vegas and met some of their stars, Julia Ann and that british dude. Awesome huge party at the Hard Rock. They have so much damn money, and there is so much money in that business; VC money, Angel investors, banks, off shore money, you name it, that a bootstrapped operation would have to be completely innovative in some way to get traction. I dont know what that is, but it looks like there is a very high barrier to entry.

I have seen some of Pierre Woodman's porns. In the popular ones I have seen he is always banging some innocent looking girl that seems like she doesn't want it in the ass and the girl is screaming. Thats part of his niche or maybe just perks of the job but the only videos I have seen from him with tons of views that are reposted everywhere are the ones I mentioned above. There is certainly a audience out there who wants to see young "innocent" girls get ravaged.

Here's an idea for you: porn and comedy. Not easy to pull off, but I don't think it's out there.

Live porn could be another angle. Not sure the legality of it though

Quote: (07-19-2014 11:56 AM)jamaicabound Wrote:  

Live porn could be another angle. Not sure the legality of it though

Its the flavor of the week currently in porn. Amateur couples are doing live sex shows via web cam and chatting with the strangers making request for sex act for them to preform.

Quote: (07-19-2014 12:00 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

Quote: (07-19-2014 11:56 AM)jamaicabound Wrote:  

Live porn could be another angle. Not sure the legality of it though

Its the flavor of the week currently in porn. Amateur couples are doing live sex shows via web cam and chatting with the strangers making request for sex act for them to preform.

Camgirls can make about 200$/hour.

Quote: (07-15-2014 04:31 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

Quote: (07-15-2014 02:28 PM)Rico Suave Wrote:  

Creepin how much is this costing to start it all up?

Rico

So far I have spent around $600 on a HD camera and accessories. It came with video editing software. An I spent like $60 bucks at Wal Mart on some lighting ha. This is gonna be amateur mostly point of view videos. I am gonna order another camera I can set up on a tri pod as well so I can get different angles every time there's action.

Having a super hot GF thats down to make porn saves me a lot of money on hookers haha.

Digging up the thread. Any update? There's gotta be a good story behind this on what happen.

I still have no idea who actually pays for porn

^
Adult Film Shops have outlasted Blockbuster.

Whoever starts SEXFLIX would be funny.

Come over for chill and sexflix?

I seriously try not to watch but back when I did, I was quiet intrigued with the fake sugar daddy videos.
There are only 2 legit videos I could find in this niche but considering the work done on RVF sugar daddy thread, there could be tons of videos in this niche.