dap-addict wrote:Girls fees alone should rather come down.
TOTALLY WRONG!!!
So you're saying that ONLY the female performers should take a pay cut??? Yet the "higher-up's" who reap all the benefits/income stay the same for something they have little to nothing to do with in regards a particular scene/movie. And make even more profits when they have a great success. Maybe all these compaine's should focus more on putting out more top quality "gold standard" product rather than just "more product". I.E not buying up all 5+yr old previously released scenes, re-branding them and re-selling at hiked up prices....
Why do you think that the proliferation of crap Cam-Sites along with surge of content producers & paying customers is? Which is REALLY hurting/killing the industry right now;
Well, there is a whole bunch of reasons, but mostly;
Female talents feel underpaid, along with the fact that they get NO sort of ownership rights or royalties/residuals/commission from the filmed content they perform (unlike any other actor/actress in the world (I'm talking mostly pro TV & Movies). Also may feel like they don't really have any sort of control, and have to "go along to get along" (despite (not so)"safeguards" in place) to stay popular & in demand, and not get poor reputation from within the business. Simply put, female talent makes more money for way less work, along with having ownership & control over it.
Also rates have steadily declined because of "free" internet porn (quite a complex & layered issue) but why should they bare the brunt of it alone, and not the major companies instead. They don't want their stuff out there? Too bad, or they should do something/more about that in terms of fighting back/against that. Ever been on a porn-based forum and notice that certain models have almost all posts taken down for "copyright infringement" (sometimes the same day it was posted), while 98% of the rest have not 1 removed? That's because someone in their camp/team searches that out, and then reports it. Not because the forum/website felt like it. Major labels/distributors should have a TEAM of people that do that all day, every day. Invest in better protection measures and/or help develop the next new one instead. I find it almost unfathomable that in today's day & age of technology, there isn't/can't be a good anti-piracy tool/feature that practically eliminates piracy on it's own. (maybe look towards the gaming industry for that)
Like you stated; XXX said he is pushing the limits right now with regards to prices. (I honestly feel that this stems from bad investments/over paying/poor purchases that he thought was going to bring in more return capital. (cough* Private cough cough* DDF) Which I know I'm not alone in feeling that they were steadily declining. As was; I felt prices were creeping up to the "high" side of things, as opposed to "high, but fair". You have to look at the straight up cash price, not the ticket equivalent which is a discounted rate. Speaking of which, how do they even come up with that number??? Wouldn't one of the figures in that equation have to made up to be figured out? Maybe someone to inform/correct me as I am no math wiz.
I can pretty much promise, (global pandemic aside) that these companies bottom lines don't take the hit, large ones anyway. They'll do what large companies do; make up for it else where. Downsize. Lay workers off. Cut-budgets. Raise prices. Lessen employee benefits/insurance. Buy cheaper "consumable" supplies, ect. Maybe there should be more than the one "part-time" gonzo director if they need more revenue generated. Maybe that would help with "staleness" feeling many users keep posting about, and probably partly to blame for poor sales. (a MAJORITY a people aren't such porn freaks/addicts as we are, even within members here. They feel seen 1-10 same/very similar scenes, then they seen them all and price hikes don't help that at all) bring in a new "flavor", a new style. Years ago you could tell by the stylistic theme which director it was, and there was even variance from the same director. Maybe don't spend to send your only director on "Holiday" halfway across the world to shoot in some rented house not optimized for shooting movies, and probably don't sell nearly as well (for the most part). I mean how could that be worth while, being half-way across the world, not in your base of operations, and with little to no network available? (speculation there, but I don't think he has a totally set-up & efficient work-space/studio/editing in South America)
Anyway, I'm done spewing crap now. All I know is that what ever this place is to be called now, I'm less and less interested in, spending less time & money with, and generally don't feel too positive about for the future. I could be the minority, I don't think I am. I beg to be wrong, but we'll see....
PS. I written this before; A company can only pay less, and charge more for so long.... Generally the one's that do travel that road often don't fair too well....
PPS. What other companies do this ticket sales system??? If it's so great why do I not know of any others? How do companies like Evil Angel make money, gain customers & grow larger from regular subscription service? I have yet to hear a GOOD explanation on the great benefits of the ticket system. Maybe the "money troubles" aren't because of the customers, but the internal revenue/payment structure. And if there isn't "money issues" then to me that is plain & simple GREED. Want more revenue? and who doesn't? Then be innovative, be creative, be bold, be daring. But don't simply hike prices to get it, because your company fails to adapt, innovate or change in anyway. Also not to listen to suggestions from it's longtime paying customers, or what they'd like to see from the company & is willing to pay for. If the cost of producing that scene is substantially more, than a corresponding price raise is acceptable.
5 years ago Julie Skyhigh's DAP Inception was only 3 TICKETS! Today that would be 5.5-6 tks. a 100% price increase. What has made the cost of making that scene double (pre-pandemic) & now triple??? (post pandemic regarding travel ban) I do realize that this latest Sandy/Harleen scene is Gonzo & I referred to a GIO scene....
Now I am REALLY done spewing crap.... Sorry