-
Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I was sitting here pricing my custom video and picture sets. two things that I am starting to get more interested in since I just simply pass out thinking of free chat.
SO I got to thinking..... if I priced it what I wanted... Id be waiting and waiting and waiting on somebody to purchase one. As cute as I think I am, I have bills to pay, and i don't think its smart being super uppity about the prices.
I don't really care who says they make $150 per custom, because that just isn't MOST camgirls reality.( Sounds nice ... but some of you don't have track records, and I call bullshit on alot of you..) SO for this thread I would like to ask the uppity camgirl to just stay away from this thread, because the attitude distracts me, makes me jaded when i cant close that sale.
Soooooooooooo.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Do you guys charge lower for massive sales, or higher prices so that only those who has the proper $$$ can see you? Why ? What influences your prices? Do you think your currently low balling yourself?
-----------------------------------
2nd question : I have never sold picture sets before, so this question i AM asking, how much should i charge?
I usually only make 8-12 per set...
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
If you have the traffic for the massive sales ,then you should lower them just to kjeep the traffic.
If selling videos is rare , you should keep them high to even out everything.
I usually sell picture set in groups of 5-10-15-20 so forth , adding 2-6 pics in each group as the price gets higher.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
p.s. I dont mean to out the higher end girls, but like I stated above, its distracting, and can be discouraging to other girls. Yes I beleive every girl deserves top dollar... but if every girl was paid top dollar thier would be no cam game... everybody would have this job... Im just sayin...
Everything that glitter isnt gold... I have been UP in hte game and been DOWN and I know both sides. its EASY to pretend its all good, and you bank all day. But im sick of liars...that only point out when they are doing good... and pretend like they never had it hard on cam...but yet sit on SW all day.
#NoSHade
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I have a high traffic , moderate sales on content. When i was new, i was cheaper, but i had the minimum of $100 a week on content alone. Being that I have WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more traffic in 2011 , im sure id make , more.
Then you know the EGO and influence kicks in... and im like nah, im not selling 8 pics for $5 ....
But see my thing is making money in my sleep... a break from camming..etc.
So do you think in my case lower is better.... or higher is better because i have more traffic?
*sigh.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I think your traffic you own , and i think your fans are VERY loyal and would buy either way.
You should deferentially Put together a few compilation vids , Very short samples of other videos , with a little good stuff in them, sell them cheaper , Not only are you getting money for the compilation video , You are having advertisement for your other videos too..
keep the compilation vids cheap so you can use them as an advertisement more then a income.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
These are great questions camwhore, and I would like to know more about this too since I haven't yet started selling content. I think it depends on the quality of the pics though, I mean if you are doing candid, self-shots then I don't think you should price them really high. But if you have kick-ass professional photos I would try to milk as much out of that as you can since you actually had to spend money for professional pics!
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
yup all my content IS sell shot.
I just came up with new prices for EVERYTHING including cam. I changed it to reflect the fact that " I ain't got all day" .
I also took into consideration the prices that people reacted to the best. yes I probably want higher.... but its either you sink or swim ... and I been swimming for 2 years... can't sink now!
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I sell some (but not many) general pic sets for very little (less than the $5 you are talking about) because I'm still experimenting with it. I thought having it set low would give me more sales. But, I don't make much at all from it so I don't know - maybe if I charged more people would buy it because they think that if it's cheap it can't be much good, or maybe if I charged more they would not buy it at all and I'm only getting any sales at all because it's cheap. Argh!
But, if I do actual custom sets I charge a lot lot more. I work on how much it time it takes including getting ready/editing etc and bill on $50/60 per hour with a general rule that one set is going to take about an hour. I mostly can't be bothered doing them though! I like camming but I'm so lazy when it comes to the peripheral stuff.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CamWhore
yup all my content IS sell shot.
I just came up with new prices for EVERYTHING including cam. I changed it to reflect the fact that " I ain't got all day" .
I also took into consideration the prices that people reacted to the best. yes I probably want higher.... but its either you sink or swim ... and I been swimming for 2 years... can't sink now!
ya, i think its always good to at least start with lower prices for stuff and then once guys are hooked on buying your content you can always raise them slightly each month or so :)
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I always feel cheap looking at my video prices. I compare it with MGF supergirls and that's my fault.
I forget that they chat whereas I just put them up to attract people who want customs.
I have to remind myself of that. I don't personally make any sales for low prices, I personally make them for more expensive custom pieces, which I will admit I don't charge THAT much for. Unless they're completely unusable. Then, yeah, I'll charge out the ass.
What pleases me, and evens it out though, are 3 minute clips for 5 dollars of stupid things, like lipstick fetish, or drooling on my boobs, or short vanilla masturbation instruction. Those always sell really well for me and I don't feel like I'm doing anything.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CamWhore
I have a high traffic , moderate sales on content. When i was new, i was cheaper, but i had the minimum of $100 a week on content alone. Being that I have WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more traffic in 2011 , im sure id make , more.
Then you know the EGO and influence kicks in... and im like nah, im not selling 8 pics for $5 ....
But see my thing is making money in my sleep... a break from camming..etc.
So do you think in my case lower is better.... or higher is better because i have more traffic?
*sigh.
I think you can pull off more than 5 a set and still do very well. Maybe a few dollars more? A few dollars doesn't make a huge difference to them but when you add it up it is a lot better. I think it's good not to alienate clients with super inflated prices unless everything is done professionally then you have to pay more to even out the costs. But I enjoy making content and have to same view on it as you. I am rather new but already have a ton of awesome content and it is soo easy to make that I don't feel the need to mark it up super high. If you have good traffic I say MILK it! maybe run a special like so they feel like they're a getting a deal for being such loyal customers, show you appreciate them! manipulate! lol
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
LOL
omg girls im so random, but im starting to make mp3s to sell on my site too! I keep finding all these ways to sit on my ass and rake in the income!
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
i only do customs so far.
its not worth it to me to make and edit a video for a client if i am not charging double what i charge for a show. period. even with resale value.
why?
becuase im fucking lazy. i dont like making content. so i have maybe 5 regs that are buying customs, but at a lot higher prices so it evens out. plus im cutting out the middle man.
quality customers over quantity. less work, the same or more in revenue.
just saying.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CamWhore
LOL
omg girls im so random, but im starting to make mp3s to sell on my site too! I keep finding all these ways to sit on my ass and rake in the income!
That's awesome girl! I'm all about making money while I sleep, I would much rather make butt loads of quality content to sell than be in free chat :O
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
crispy, Thanks for your insight. However I don't have time on my hands , I guess that's the point of this. I realized I waste hrs in free chat when I can make content that actually sells in masses vs slow and once in the blue... Lately I have been seeing myself as a business vs. Person and that really makes a difference at some point. I rather have various things for sale then waste time trying to find big spenders.
it used to be :
Job : camgirl
second Job : marketing
Side Job : content
But I want it to be:
Job : content
Second Job : marketing
Side Job : Camgirl
do you see where im getting at? or do you still disagree.
I like this discussion by the way
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
this is an AWESOME discussion ladies.....:)
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
well, if you want to do the free chat argument you could always record your pvt sessions when you get them, but i get what you mean. im in the process of trying to do that but splitcam keeps giving me a strange error messege and wont let me save them.
and i dont have time on my hands either thats why i only do customs for ppl that pay what i want them to instead of lowballing and oping for mass traffic.
how long are your videos your selling? when i make a custom they are usually about 15 min.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
well for customs 10 minutes and 20 minute options.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I also have a c4s store so its not really a hassle to make a video , post it, and make a price...
I make 65% on Pre- Recorded Video sales.
I dont deliver videos manually unless its a custom.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I just read this. Ok, Im a nerd. And I am self teaching myself marketing ...lol
But anyway, I saw something rather interesting..
"To further increase profits, mass marketed products touted as "" are often made of substandard material, so that they deteriorate prematurely. This practice is called . Not only does this lower production costs, but it ensures future sales opportunities by preventing the market from becoming saturated with high-quality, long-lasting goods."
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
RANDOM : you see that blue box on the right inside the link I just posted...?
I think you guys should read it as well... it has links for Branding, Marketing, and other things that important for running your business today.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CamWhore
But anyway, I saw something rather interesting..
can you set your sold videos to self destruct after watching twice? :D
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I wonder about the same thing, and I really have no idea about pricing. But I'm getting a sense of what sells.
I've shot some great video, but I don't charge much, certainly not as much as I'd like. To test things out, I shot some fairly generic video - masturbation, orgasm, nudity - and then some video based on specific requests I've received. The videos based on specific requests do better. So my experience is sort of like Bun's, in that the more weirdly specific it is, the better it does.
And my thinking right now is that this is the way to go to sell content: keep it varied, maybe focus on fetishes, and experiment with pricing. Maybe go low for a while, see how that works, then jack it up and see how that plays out. Or offer different videos at all different rates and see what sells.
-
Re: Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
I'm pretty sure I've said this several times but I deviated from what's been working for me and made literally $0 in sales since.
When I first started selling vids, I sold them for like $10. Sometimes more, depending on length and content. I'd sell 3 pics for like $5, more for more. Then a friend of mine told me that she sold everything for $5 a pop. She said some of her stuff was super high quality and long, others were lower quality and short, but no matter what she kept her prices the same, and focused on long term results.
At the time I thought that was foolish and felt I'd never sell my stuff so cheap, but I tried it anyway and I can say that it's been so good to me. I think because a) I'm not a celebrity/I'm just a regular girl b) not all my stuff IS that great all the time c) I want the most people to have access to my material because it does help "brand" me and get my name out there d) I look at sales across the long-term vs. short-term and e) porn is free nowadays... I think $5 is a great price point.
Once a video is created and is out there, it's out there. I only have to put in that work I did one time, and it's sold forever. The more people who download it and pay for it, the better because it takes no additional work from me. Also, the knowledge that someone theoretically *could* and probably *has* posted my vids for free makes me want to get them into the hands of as many people as possible for a fee. When videos are as cheap as $5, and I have 40 of them, it's so easy for me to hustle somebody who may have only purchased one at $10 into buying 4 for $20, and because I've put in no additional work to send it... I just earned myself more money! The more they view me, the more interested they become, the more they want to see of me. Of course for financial domination this doesn't work lol.
Then, of course, you have the psychos who breeze through and buy everything you have for sale in one sitting. That happens at least a few times per month (used to be at least 3x per week but I don't have any new stuff really right now).
I just put a video on a fetish listing up for sale at $10 and it has not sold once. I'm about to drop the price to $5 and I know for a fact it'll sell. At this point nudity is like, normal to me. Camming and porn online is SO everywhere, I'm like "meh, ok I'm naked... everybody is naked". My watermark is on everything. I won't even really work or sell something on a site where I can't brand myself. I just took pics of myself the other day with my 10 shot timer. 44 of them came out awesome. I'm selling them for $5 with my site name branded on to all of them, and I've earned just under $40 for that photoset in the two days it's been live. In ONE location. That's not a ton, but in another month... another 6 months... another year... that will be hundreds of bucks. And it's so worth the 20 minutes it took me to take those pics, and the 30 minutes it took to edit them, to earn hundreds off of them!
Sorry this is so long, but this is my reasoning behind selling cheap porn. Which reminds me to go drop some of my prices. If it ain't broke... (you know the rest) ;)