I've decided I'm not running a conventional paysite. Yeah, I charge for folks to click on the pics, but I got nothing that's standard nudity, and I'm starting to feel like distancing myself from the bare bellies, as I know they may not be garden-variety nudity, but, well... yeah. Not totally against them, but I do have a few concerns.
Anyway... so I'm doing the commissions and all and if/when I do morphs again, they'll be of advertisements, not movie stars. What I started doing in 2000, mocking ultra-skinny celebrities, has kinda turned into something different. I went through a "grind out the pics" phase when it really wasn't fun, but I'm getting back to statement-making, which is fun.
I want to show beauty in larger sizes and the impact of advertising on public sensibilities. Those are my two goals. I don't really want to make any more pix of hottt chix, at least not just for the sake of getting another update out. I don't want to be chained to my graphics program anymore.
So I'm thinking I'll re-do the content at my site. Current subscribers need not fear. Future patrons will see a change in the way I handle the transactions. I plan to re-group images by subject and then make them into online "books", to borrow an analogy. Pay for access, read your book, enjoy. No need to pay a recurring fee unless you want to see everything all the time, plus subscriber bonuses. Or maybe not... I'll have to think about that, and I'd certainly appreciate feedback and ideas.
I plan to use part of my vacation (and the days afterward...) to re-structure my site and make it more analagous to a book store than a subscription site.
(One question, strictly procedural, would be if I sold one-off access to images like that, would that make me a non-link-in-sig paysite or would I be allowed to link in my sig? Like I said, strictly procedural and Conrad knows I'll play by his rules in his sandbox.
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For everyone else, though, is this something our community needs? Is this something you would look into buying, even if you hadn't patronized paysites before?
I don't think I'll do any worse than I've done before, and I hope I wind up doing better, but I for sure want to do something both principled and fun.
(DISCLAIMER: There are paysite people on this very forum who I consider good friends and great people. They are having fun doing what they do, and the rest really isn't any of my business. (Even though I PM them about it anyway...) I'm NOT saying I'm better or worse than them because I'm different, just that I'm different. In fact, if it hadn't been for some of their support, I wouldn't be considering this change of direction.)
Anyway... so I'm doing the commissions and all and if/when I do morphs again, they'll be of advertisements, not movie stars. What I started doing in 2000, mocking ultra-skinny celebrities, has kinda turned into something different. I went through a "grind out the pics" phase when it really wasn't fun, but I'm getting back to statement-making, which is fun.
I want to show beauty in larger sizes and the impact of advertising on public sensibilities. Those are my two goals. I don't really want to make any more pix of hottt chix, at least not just for the sake of getting another update out. I don't want to be chained to my graphics program anymore.
So I'm thinking I'll re-do the content at my site. Current subscribers need not fear. Future patrons will see a change in the way I handle the transactions. I plan to re-group images by subject and then make them into online "books", to borrow an analogy. Pay for access, read your book, enjoy. No need to pay a recurring fee unless you want to see everything all the time, plus subscriber bonuses. Or maybe not... I'll have to think about that, and I'd certainly appreciate feedback and ideas.
I plan to use part of my vacation (and the days afterward...) to re-structure my site and make it more analagous to a book store than a subscription site.
(One question, strictly procedural, would be if I sold one-off access to images like that, would that make me a non-link-in-sig paysite or would I be allowed to link in my sig? Like I said, strictly procedural and Conrad knows I'll play by his rules in his sandbox.
)For everyone else, though, is this something our community needs? Is this something you would look into buying, even if you hadn't patronized paysites before?
I don't think I'll do any worse than I've done before, and I hope I wind up doing better, but I for sure want to do something both principled and fun.
(DISCLAIMER: There are paysite people on this very forum who I consider good friends and great people. They are having fun doing what they do, and the rest really isn't any of my business. (Even though I PM them about it anyway...
) I'm NOT saying I'm better or worse than them because I'm different, just that I'm different. In fact, if it hadn't been for some of their support, I wouldn't be considering this change of direction.)
