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Good day Foot Fetish community. Well, I decided to start fresh to showcase way better quality images compared to when I ran OttawaGirlsFeet. I am not sure how long this relaunch will last, so it may only amount to a sort of "farewell" to foot fetish photography. If it breaks even or by some miracle makes a little profit, I will keep it going, if not... I may have to start writing its Eulogy. Under the new name FootFervor, my first model, "Dane". I hope you enjoy!
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Hello there.. I operate in a completely different segment (barefooting & dirty feet fetish), but - as @Robotron2084 rightly said - I know too well how tough it is nowadays to break even or to make a (tiny) profit out of an "old-style", quality-focused paysite. Please accept sincere wishes for the success of your new endeavour from a fellow vendor!
Ya, my first site ran from late 2011 to January 2017. Spent probably $10,000, made back maybe $3,800. It was more amateur, also had video clips, lots of girl on girl stuff. it was widely popular, but sales were not there. Then there is still that site somewhere in Europe that site ripped 30+ foot sites and basically offers one price for all content, including a good portion of mine and you see your clips on just about every streaming site out there and you do what you can to get them removed, but they just keep popping up. With so much free content out there, barely anyone wants to pay.
Yes it does sound like a farewell, the intention on the relaunch was for it to live on with this new format, cleaner, higher quality, classier, artsy... but in the end... with all the Piracy...I don't know. Maybe if i went even further in terms of explicit material compared to the old version it may get some sales.... who really knows.
We will see how it goes in the next few months.
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quote:Originally posted by FootFervor: Thanks guys,
Ya, my first site ran from late 2011 to January 2017. Spent probably $10,000, made back maybe $3,800. It was more amateur, also had video clips, lots of girl on girl stuff. it was widely popular, but sales were not there. Then there is still that site somewhere in Europe that site ripped 30+ foot sites and basically offers one price for all content, including a good portion of mine and you see your clips on just about every streaming site out there and you do what you can to get them removed, but they just keep popping up. With so much free content out there, barely anyone wants to pay.
Yes it does sound like a farewell, the intention on the relaunch was for it to live on with this new format, cleaner, higher quality, classier, artsy... but in the end... with all the Piracy...I don't know. Maybe if i went even further in terms of explicit material compared to the old version it may get some sales.... who really knows.
We will see how it goes in the next few months.
Sadly I know too well also the issue of internet piracy. I am a victim myself. Some states of the former Soviet Union have ridiculous/non-existent copyright laws (especially about stuff produced abroad), so all the thugs have set their mafia-style operations there. If you add the hordes of DIY Joes&Janes flooding the web with kazillions of FREE crappy pics & vids taken with a cellphone.. no surprise that the market is totally wrecked now. I barely break even on the non-nude site, and I get the funding for my annual holidays (which I spend abroad producing material for both sites) from the nude site. And I have to call myself super-lucky for all this!
quote:Sadly I know too well also the issue of internet piracy. I am a victim myself. Some states of the former Soviet Union have ridiculous/non-existent copyright laws (especially about stuff produced abroad), so all the thugs have set their mafia-style operations there. If you add the hordes of DIY Joes&Janes flooding the web with kazillions of FREE crappy pics & vids taken with a cellphone.. no surprise that the market is totally wrecked now. I barely break even on the non-nude site, and I get the funding for my annual holidays (which I spend abroad producing material for both sites) from the nude site. And I have to call myself super-lucky for all this!
Whatever.. best of luck again! [/QB]
Yes, I think us foot guys are the dying breed of photographers.... some seem to be lucky enough to make a profit while others barely break even like you say, or in my case not even that unfortunately. By some miracle, if I get lucky enough to make a profit, it will help me to secure top talent and keep the dream alive. My day job funds this and sadly due to large debt I carry, I can't put as much to hire talent ...so it's a major battle. Only the love for feet keeps this all going, because from a business perspective, this should have stopped along ago.
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Dane's set is spectacular dude! You really hit one out of the park with her...Drop Dead Gorgeous! I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.....
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That you for all the compliments my foot friends, sadly this will be a final farewell as this site cannot support itself financially, too much piracy and too much free stuff online for peeps to enjoy nowadays. Trying to find top talent here in my City is too difficult...as it was when I ran OttawaGirlsFeet. *Sucks*....but I guess if I do foot stuff i will just do a few one off images from time to time and create a new section on my other site for anything kin/fetish related...
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quote:Originally posted by FootFervor: That you for all the compliments my foot friends, sadly this will be a final farewell as this site cannot support itself financially, too much piracy and too much free stuff online for peeps to enjoy nowadays. Trying to find top talent here in my City is too difficult...as it was when I ran OttawaGirlsFeet. *Sucks*....but I guess if I do foot stuff i will just do a few one off images from time to time and create a new section on my other site for anything kin/fetish related...
It's very sad to read this. Yet if one looks at the very limited (if any) feedback that promotional stuff from vendors gets here, and at the enthusiastic feedback for "wifey's bare feet" and similar crap.. this is the ONLY end which awaits us all "old-style" vendors, sooner or later. You have all my sympathy, for the little it is worth. All the best from Italy!
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