Re: FN-FORUM Frightening or what?

date posted 26th June 2002 23:49

Sherry wrote:

> I suppose the advantage I have is that most people are not interested in the
> adult business market and so the clients I deal with tend to be
> well-educated in terms of what they want and what they are prepared to pay
> for a good site because they know it will produce revenues. The few that
> have tried it on their own seem to get lost in the maze of hosts who will
> and won't accept adult material and have no clue how to deal with Adult
> Verification Service matters. So eventually, they come back to me and ask
> me to clean up the mess. I have, in quite a few cases lately, refused to do
> so. I have plenty of work to keep me happy for the moment.

I can understand that alot of professional designers shy away or aren't
interested in taking on adult contracts. I did music for "adult" films
as a favour for a good friend when I was at uni early 1990s (how he
ended up in the "film" industry is another story), and it was great fun
- in the nicest way. I would have had difficulty giving out these films
as references in a portfolio though, it's not something I would admit to
with a client unless I knew them very well. When the internet took off
with adult-sites leading the way my friend got into that and vanished
from my life completely, in fact I haven't heard from him since 1996...

One thing that I am curious about though is how you get the contacts for
designing adult-related stuff in the first place? How do you advertise,
or do you?

> Licensed/leased content can cost a packet and people who have done their
> homework know this. I have a few clients who obtain the content and then
> forward it to me instead of my obtaining content on their behalf. Makes my
> job a whole lot easier.....

I'll attest to that as well. The worst thing I ever had to do in that
respect was use stock images for a graphic design company(!), partly
because they had only just formed, but mainly because they were rubbish,
they didn't last very long funnily enough (8 months I believe)... I've
been lucky recently in having access to alot of my clients archive
materials - this isn't just for websites, in fact it's mainly non-web -
this gives you a massive library of material on which to base your own
creations.

> Those people who have thought they could convince me to do a site on
> speculation, receiving payment for my work when they make a certain level of
> monthly income have been laughed at until I hurt, told to piss off and hung
> up on. (I have an attitude when it comes to this....and most of my regular
> clients know this....but they keep coming back :-D)

Unfortunately, people will try and get as much as they can for as little
as they can.... Count yourself lucky that you aren't working for
royalties in the music biz, had a six-monthly cheque in April, which
after deductions netted me a whole 50p..........

ade

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