Starting My Own Porn Site

[Demonyx]

Interested in starting my own porn site. Not as a porn star but as a pornographer. Have the photographic and website talent already accounted for. What else do I need? What does this cost to get off the ground? How much can you make? Anyone try this and like to share some pointers? What are the most important things you need to make this work out successfully?

Thanks,
Demonyx

 

[Hot Mega]

Interested in starting my own porn site. Not as a porn star but as a pornographer. Have the photographic and website talent already accounted for. What else do I need? What does this cost to get off the ground? How much can you make? Anyone try this and like to share some pointers? What are the most important things you need to make this work out successfully?

Thanks,
Demonyx

The first thing you need to do is make sure whatever domain (website) name you come up with is not already registered.

You do that by using any number of online search tools like this one;

http://www.instantdomainsearch.com/

Once you come up with a name that is available you'll need to register it (costs less than $10 per yr.).

Then you'll need a place to host it. Assuming you don't have your own webserver there are many services that will host it for you for a fee.

Then you'll build the site then point your site to the IP address on the hosts server for DNS name resolution.

Not too technical but that is the nuts and bolts of it.

 

[Demonyx]

Thanks for the input!

I'm more interested in learning about
1) how legal/illegal is an online porn website?
2) how legal/illegal is actually taking the photographs at say a home studio?
3) how much do you have to pay the ladies for the shoot?
4) how do you filter out the ladies who are not suitable for your site in a professional manner?
5) what are some good ways to recruit models, besides Craig's List & newspaper ads?
6) how much should you pay models?

I already know how/have employees to build websites and take professional photographs but I am still unsure about getting things off the ground on the practical real world side of things.

Thanks,
Demo

 

[Hot Mega]

Thanks for the input!

I'm more interested in learning about
1) how legal/illegal is an online porn website?
2) how legal/illegal is actually taking the photographs at say a home studio?
3) how much do you have to pay the ladies for the shoot?
4) how do you filter out the ladies who are not suitable for your site in a professional manner?
5) what are some good ways to recruit models, besides Craig's List & newspaper ads?
6) how much should you pay models?

I already know how/have employees to build websites and take professional photographs but I am still unsure about getting things off the ground on the practical real world side of things.

Thanks,
Demo

Well, I've never started a porn site but it would seem like the questions you have are the easy part.

If you pay a model for a shoot, the images are yours provided you have appropriate legal protection.

You have the right to publish them on your site. What's legal? Photos that are images of adults basically.

Nude/porn models are available through a variety of agencies and I would think it's best to work with professionals rather than amateurs if you're just starting out. You may even be able to reach out to a few here. The downside is you will be paying them professional fees for images of them most other sites like the one you'll be creating already have.

I suspect photo shoots range from $300 or $400 into the thousands depending on the what type of shoot and the model.

 

[Jane Burgess]

Thanks for the input!

I'm more interested in learning about
1) how legal/illegal is an online porn website?
2) how legal/illegal is actually taking the photographs at say a home studio?
3) how much do you have to pay the ladies for the shoot?
4) how do you filter out the ladies who are not suitable for your site in a professional manner?
5) what are some good ways to recruit models, besides Craig's List & newspaper ads?
6) how much should you pay models?

I already know how/have employees to build websites and take professional photographs but I am still unsure about getting things off the ground on the practical real world side of things.

Thanks,
Demo

1. It is legal to own a porn site. It is illegal to not have the correct paperwork and copy of the models ID. Also certain acts can be deemed obscene. Be sure to follow the law and check out the info on 2257.

2. There is nothing illegal about taking pics at a home studio. Lots of people do it

3. The rate depends on what they are shooting and their resume. The more experienced they are, the higher the rate.

4. If you find a model that is not right for your site be honest but polite. You are mostly responsible for recruiting the models. They may contact you on occasion for work.

5. Both those ways are not good ways to recruit models. There are agencies and modeling websites that you can recruit models from.

6.I answered that in #3.

If you are not sure about legal issues, retain a lawyer that works in adult or entertainment fields.

 

[masterfaster]

it seems like it needs some paperworks to process credit card. and you should have a lot of stuff intomembers area. i was signed up with many sites, but in 30% i did a refund, because they were lying that they have tons of pics and vids inside, but there was only a few. though with some sites like ftv i stay for years. i really like that site

 

[shayd]

It's probably going to be an expensive venture to start.

 

[PamCarmen69]

You need to be careful and consult one of the industry porn lawyers. As mentioned above there are 2257 paperwork requirements that you must understand and keep up with.

Depending what you are doing location also plays a big role. You can get yourself in hot water shooting porn in the wrong places. It's only legally permissable in a few states. What you consider legal porn your authorities might call prostitution. Contracts with talent aren't valid in places where it is not permitted. If they get hurt you could be responsible for workers compensation.

Seek out the help of Michael Fattorosi, one of the industrys top porn lawyers. I believe he is on FreeOnes as "pornlaw". I know Michael recommends that all porn be shot in California. I'm not sure I can advertise his website here so I won't.

The industry is hurting so You Might consider whether it's really a money maker before you make the investment. It could end up costing you money in any number of ways.

 

[Demonyx]

It's probably going to be an expensive venture to start.

Really? An amateur model site that I can build the website and take the pictures for? Can anyone give me a rough idea of the initial costs and overhead?

Thanks,
Demo

 

[broderic_randal]

really? An amateur model site that i can build the website and take the pictures for? Can anyone give me a rough idea of the initial costs and overhead?

Thanks,
demo

$1,000,000

 

[Naraku]

Really? An amateur model site that I can build the website and take the pictures for? Can anyone give me a rough idea of the initial costs and overhead?

Thanks,
Demo

Think about you need to host a server, the traffic costs, license costs, continuous new content, ...

 

[thanksimout]

Don't forget about the really ugly furniture, that stuff can get pricey.

 

[Jane Burgess]

Really? An amateur model site that I can build the website and take the pictures for? Can anyone give me a rough idea of the initial costs and overhead?

Thanks,
Demo

No website is cheap to start. You need to have a website built, hosting costs, a decent camera, a decent camcorder, if you shoot inside you need lights, you have to pay models, you need DreamWeaver or a similar program to upload your site, if you want to do touch ups you need photoshop, if you want Visa as a payment option you have to pay the payment processor a $750 fee, etc.

Porn sites are not cheap to start or run. You are always upgrading.

 

[Sab]

Domain reg / hosting is dirt cheap. I pay about $5 / month with all the space and bandwidth I need for the time being. In the past, I would have urged you to go with Dreamweaver, but it would probably be easier to build off of a blog template. I run Wordpress which is free. Not sure how you will go about integrating that into a pay for membership site, but I do know that most adult sites I have subscribed to use ccbill as a payment processor. I'm guessing the setup is pretty simple.

I have no experience with adult sites, so I can't really guide you on models and content.

Don't expect to get rich (in fact, it will likely be a losing venture for the first year). Good luck with it.

 

[ZeroCool]

I don't think it should cost that much.... You start off small, find some girls off craigslist in the $200 dollar range, Craigslist isn't going to be the best choice but remember you are starting off cheap.... Plus I'm sure there are a few models who are just starting out and don't have the cash for agencies.... write up a small contract (google a sample or something) then as the site starts getting bigger find models from agencies and take your contract you wrote to an entertainment lawyer and have them revise.

 

[b00mslug]

Interested in starting my own porn site. Not as a porn star but as a pornographer. Have the photographic and website talent already accounted for. What else do I need? What does this cost to get off the ground? How much can you make? Anyone try this and like to share some pointers? What are the most important things you need to make this work out successfully?

Thanks,
Demonyx

Check out Xbiz.com i know that site has a lot of stuff for starting up an adult business OR you could check out AVN's AVN ID...which is a directory of a lot of adult businesses that help you start up a adult ent business like a pornographic site OR try googling it ( i know it sounds obvious but it's the internet...you can find ANYTHING on it)

Hope it helps and good luck!

 

[Rey C.]

Just on the legality question, check out this thread on the Cambria List:
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=338450&highlight=Cambria+List

And if you get a chance, try to catch the CNBC special called The Business of Porn (I believe). I had it on Tivo and there were a lot of things on the show that I didn't know. When it comes to legality, it seems like most porn in the U.S. (especially post-Meese Commission) is like going 70mph in a 65 zone. Whether or not you get prosecuted has a lot to do with where you live, and how many other people are out there with you also going 70. But just because you don't see too many people getting tickets for going 70 in a 65, that doesn't mean that it's legal to go 70 in a 65.

Kind of like the Paul Little (Max Hardcore) case, porn seems to suffer a lot from selective prosecution. But I guess Paul was going 80 in a 65. :dunno: Me, I live in a very conservative area. A meth lab got busted in my county a few months ago. Some porn DVD's were found during the search. In addition to drug charges, the cops charged the people in the house with possession of indecent/obscene material. I asked a cop friend of mine if they had kiddie porn or snuff films or something like that. Nope, just "regular" porn. So my local obscenity standards are obviously very different from the ones in L.A., Phoenix or Vegas.

It seems like it mainly comes down to your local standards.