Have to buy a camera and lighting, as well as laptop for editing. That leaves just over $2000. Can't afford to fly AND pay the rates that non-hookers want, can barely afford to pay hookers. And the most I've been able to make thus far from a single scene is just under $700. How the hell are you making at least $800?
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Tristin4857 wrote. No need for a studio, camera or lighting. I bought the Photostudio and the equipment for that when I founded my company in April. Am in May and plan to buy a studio and get a few more employees in June or July, depending on how my earnings go against my expenses.
Also, the first few months, where your reputation is still below a single star, hookers and strippers are fully sufficient for your work orders.
For GeoAnon orders it also often helps to just promise the model the world to get away with paying a lesser rate. Unless you're offering them a contract and move them to the US, you're probably not going to see them again anyway. So just offer them the lowest rate of pay, then promise them a contract in a week, stardom within 3 months, no training, whatever you need to get their favor high enough to accept. Then shoot the scene you need and dump them.
Not sure if this tactic harms your reputation, but I haven't seen an impact from it. It probably should.
Here's a screenshot of my first month of scenes:
February:
The scenes above $700 are all published via Distributor - Percentage, except for the hidden cam video. Only reason the Hidden Camera video paid out over $800 is because I didn't need to pay the model initially. Had to pay them a couple thousand later to avoid reputation damage though, so it was not really worth it. IIRC All models in these scenes are hookers, I hired the first regular models from campus in March.