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Old 11-18-2019, 01:17 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by VRModelPhotography View Post
That's an interesting (and depressing lol) perspective.

I work 40 hours a week as a manager in an unrelated business and another 30 hours as a photographers, for which about 80% is overhead, so not 30 billable hours. Currently I'm making about 15K a year in revenue as a photographer. If that I could just earn 500 - 1000 dollar / month with my website, I could cover future expenses and still save some money. So I'm not in it to go do this full time, it's just a project to me. Currently I work low risk, so if it doesn't work out, it's not "the" worst ... but still, I'm investing a LOT of time and energy into this, so I do hope this will take off. :-)

To be clear, when I talk about "Playboy level", I don't mean their style, I'm more talking about the fact that their models don't do hardcore porn. Maybe comparing my site to suicidegirls (and I'm not comparing it in any way in terms of size or professionalism) is a better analogy. They are doing mainly photography, softcore and have been succesful because of a niche. I was hoping to find my own niche as a photographer, something nobody else is doing at the moment. But yeah ... there might be a reason why nobody is doing it. haha
Others will tell you how to drive traffic to your site. I will tell you about the chancesof converting those surfers into paying members.

What ever your niche is you need to spend a lot of money in today's market to give surfers an appealing product. The days of putting up a few sets and videos of those sets being shot was 20 years ago. Being VR, 3D, HD and any other format doesn't do that.
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