Well I am still a freshman but this is what I know so far
Stryker227 said:
Good evening all,
I am on the verge of creating a new tickling web site with models. This site will focus on only lugitimately ticklish girls and involve bondage with some nudity. I'd like advise from those who have made and sold videos before on clips4sale.com. I am new to this type of enterprise and am not entirely sure on what resources I should have ready or behind the scene costs (with ranges) that I should be aware of.
If anyone could post some helpful information to this thread to help me get started, that would be great. I'd like to know the following:
- Avg amount models are paid for this
- Legal paperwork I should get taken care of first.
- Do I need a professional photographer/video person? If so how much?
- Anything else I need to know
Thanks
I am still starting at this but I can share some of the things I have learn so far.
The model
The first model is the hardest to get because you have no reputation and to find that first girl willing to let you tie her up naked and just tickle her trusting that you will not ask for any other extra sexual favors is going to be key. It helps if you have a couple of girlfriends that are willing to be your first "victims" just for fun.
An avarage model charges around $150 per hour and be aware that normally they will bring an escort, usually their boyriends, the first time. He waits in the living room or another room as long as he can here her screams for help if things get out of hand.
Also, be prepare to deal with irresponsible models. Lots of them have no sense of time or comitment and they will schedule a shooting and never show up... and then they have the big balls of calling next week asking for an emergency shoot because they need money.
And never pay in advance. Trust me I fell for that once and lost $200.
If they come from far away and they ask for travel money, the best way is to offer her a refund once she is in your place and finished the work. Otherwise she might fly and check in the hotel and go to Disney World instead of to work.
Legals: Check clips4sales rules and the 2257 regulations. But here is a briefing:
2 forms of ID with photo that prove that she is over 18 (or legal age in your place). Release for with her real name, her alias, her information. This release will say that she is doing this voluntarily and that she know the material will be for sale and that it consist of sexual matter, and that YOU THE PRODUCER OWNS THE MATERIAL AND CAN DO WITH IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. Without this release you can't use a single frame of the video anywhere.
Also if you are working as a corporation and you want to claim her pay as business expenses, make sure she fill a W-9 as a subcontractor. If you are working as an individual then don't worry but you can decut those expenses from your taxes. (This is according to the Laws of the state of Florida). My suggestion, get an accountant because you also need to know how to deal with the money you make. Remember as a corporation they can't sue you if there is any misunderstanding, they sue the company not you.
Videographer
I do my own videography for the moment but this is up to you. Remember less dogs, less bugs, and never forget that you will be in a room with a naked woman and if the room gets crowded she might feel unconfortable. But thats up to you and her.
Miscellaneous:
There are a lot of leazy and smart ass models that go to a shooting, lets say they agree for 2 hours at $150 per hour and then they waste a lot of time with make up, in the bathroom, her boy friend calls every 5 minutes and she demands to stop recording to pick it up and then the 2 hours end and you only got about 20 minutes of real work.
I solved this with a 2 sides deal. I pay a certain amount of money for a certain amount of time but she has to guarantee a certain amount of work. In other words let her know that you will not pay for her conversations with her boyfriend and that you expect an X amount of work to be completed during those 2 hours.
If you have any other questions just ask and good luck!