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Es EdR wrote in his earlier reply I think there is one major difference in the business model of producers. It's subscription vs. pay-per-download. For me personally as a consumer subscriptions don't work anymore since most of my favorite producers also offer pay per download.

As a producer, subscriptions have never been an option because I do not make a living (not even close to) from producing and my free-time for production is detemined by family, friends and my full-time job. So all model-recruiting, shooting, editing and not to forget marketing has to happen in very limited time. Sticking to a fixed release regime is impossible for me and would inevitably lead to lower production value if I tried.

So pay-per-download is the only option and leaves the decision to buy or not totally with the consumer. I calculate my prices depending on cost and effort necessary for production and post-production. Experience taught me what prices I need to charge to break even overall and not having to subsidise my productions with my private money. So lowering prices would most likely not lead to increased revenue.

As probably many producers out there I started because - to use the words of MK - "if you want the job done right (or as you like it to) ....do it yourself" ... Seelling a product at a reasonable (and that is allways in the aye of the beholder) price is more motivating to me than to "throw it away" for nothing at all. It tells me that my buyers really appreciate what I am doing. Let's say I could make the same revenue by selling a video or photoset 50 times for $2 or 10 times for 10$ I would choose the latter.