Professional Porn

[FirePlay69]

Have any of you ever starred in professional porn movies? I'm thinking about it because I want to make some real money. I don't even know how to get into it, how to find a legit company to sign up with.

Last month there was some scammer I spoke with briefly who was claiming to the be the owner of some obscure porn company that only sold videos overseas... RED FLAG! The company name never came up in a Google search and he was trying to get me to agree to meet him at Starbucks and go back to my apartment and let him fuck me, calling that the "casting call"... well so many red flags went off there I said no and blocked him on everything.

I am seriously thinking about doing this though, with a legit company. I am not hardcore, I don't do anal, or cumshots in my face. I did come across this site here and it looks cool, but it appears to be pretty hardcore:

http://sirenxxxstudios.com/tour/pages.php?id=models-wanted

I just don't know how I would even start looking for a good company to work with and how would I know they are legit?

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Have any of you ever starred in professional porn movies? I'm thinking about it because I want to make some real money. I don't even know how to get into it, how to find a legit company to sign up with.

Last month there was some scammer I spoke with briefly who was claiming to the be the owner of some obscure porn company that only sold videos overseas... RED FLAG! The company name never came up in a Google search and he was trying to get me to agree to meet him at Starbucks and go back to my apartment and let him fuck me, calling that the "casting call"... well so many red flags went off there I said no and blocked him on everything.

I am seriously thinking about doing this though, with a legit company. I am not hardcore, I don't do anal, or cumshots in my face. I did come across this site here and it looks cool, but it appears to be pretty hardcore:

http://sirenxxxstudios.com/tour/pages.php?id=models-wanted

I just don't know how I would even start looking for a good company to work with and how would I know they are legit?

Here's a list of 162 ranked from best to worst. Best what to Worst what i don't know. But I do recognize many on there as having been around for a long time. So it's a decent start at knowing what companies are more legit.
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-porn-studios-/the-working-man
I imagine going to their webpages would give some sort of contact info.

Just looked at a few...
http://www.realitykings.com/ has a link at the bottom for '$$ models wanted $$ .'
Bang Bros has a link named the same.
http://www.newsensations.com (aka Digital Sin) has an email address for contacting them at the bottom of the page.

Basically that list and either looking on their pages or some simple google searches should help get you started.

 

[Kickaz]

I have no knowledge of the porn industry but I don't think it's as lucrative as it used to be. Sorry not trying to shut you down but if you are just doing this for the money only, I would say camming has way more earning potential than porn.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... think.html

 

[Crumb]

I think the first step would be to find a legit agent who would get you to the kind of calls that you want to do.

but remember, just because you're doing mainstream porn, doesn't mean you'll be making more money (yes, that's the article I was thinking of but couldn't remember wher to start looking for it to link it)

 

[FirePlay69]

So the first thing I need to do is fine an agent, and make sure that the agent is legit...

 

[Jesse0328]

Louis Theroux did a documentary for the British Broadcasting Corporation on the porn industry in the late 90's. The dynamics have undoubtedly changed because of the internet, but it might give you at least a general idea about what the mainstream porn lifestyle *could* be like.

 

[KudosKids]

Honestly sweetheart, the porn business is not as lucrative as it once was. If you watch any recent porn documentaries you will learn that, girls will do a 60 min shoot for 250-500$. You could do better stripping in a club. Stick to camming! Its safe, no scamming on mfc and you will not be giving your rights to a pornographer to sell this video to tons of websites making way more then he/she ever gave you. This is just my suggestion!

 

[TeganTate]

So the first thing I need to do is fine an agent, and make sure that the agent is legit...

I have done professional porn my agent when I was shooting was http://www.foxxxmodeling.com the guy who runs it is really awesome.
Other legit agencies are:
http://www.ocmodeling.com( I was signed with them when i first entered the industry)
http://101modeling.com
http://ladirectmodels.com
http://www.atmla.com
http://www.metrotalentmanagement.com

 

[FirePlay69]

$250 for a shoot really isn't worth it. I was thinking it was like $10,000 per shoot. Yeah, I'll stick with camming.

 

[Ava Nicole]

I started in this industry doing professional fetish porn. It's really not that lucrative. I make way more money on cam, working the hours I want to and doing only the things I want. I think it's a personal choice, I have a friend who is deadset on proving that industry can still be lucrative. In my opinion, she works way harder than I do for less pay but to each their own.

 

[Ambers Troll]

$250 for a shoot really isn't worth it. I was thinking it was like $10,000 per shoot. Yeah, I'll stick with camming.

10K for men is possible, something for the bf perhaps ...men make all the money in porn.

 

[BarbieLuv]

$250 for a shoot really isn't worth it. I was thinking it was like $10,000 per shoot. Yeah, I'll stick with camming.

10K for men is possible, something for the bf perhaps ...men make all the money in porn.

Men are actually lower paid in porn than the women, EXCEPT in gay porn. And making 10k a shoot is pretty much unheard of unless, perhaps, you're a porn superpower (Nina Hartley, Ron Jeremy, etc.), and I would doubt even they get that much per scene. And for someone just starting out without a defined brand/presence in the industry, it's certainly not anywhere in the ballpark of how much you'd earn for a scene. Not sure where you got that impression, Troll.

Camming has a higher earning power, less risk (generally speaking), and more room to work on your personal brand/style without having to worry about someone not booking you for a shoot. If you want to tap into niche/fetish markets, that can be really lucrative as well, OP. I'd focus on camming and not worry so much about going mainstream. Most pornstars end up camming as side income anyway, just cut out the middleman of doing porn and get down with your bad self!

 

[LilyMarie]

Just to give some numbers, kink.com has their model rates on their website.

Female Models
Female Models make $500 - $600 in a solo shoot.
Female Models make $500 - $800 as a top or bottom as a participant in a girl/girl shoot.
Female Models make $600 - $1300 as a top or bottom in a boy/girl shoot.
Female Models make $700 - $1100 as a bottom in a TS female/girl shoot.

Male Models
Male models make $500 as a bottom in a boy/TS female shoot.
Male models make $500 as a bottom in a boy/girl shoot.
Male models make $800+ as a top or bottom in a boy/boy shoot.
Male models make $200 - $400 as a top in a boy/girl shoot. Pay is highly dependent upon experience and performance in this category.

source

So yeah... not anywhere close to $10k, and Kink is a very well-known site with lots of traffic and many subscribers, so I'd guess that their rates are very decent.
Assuming a shoot takes a day, let's say 8 hours, and you make $600 as a female, that leaves you with $75 earned per hour. That equals a MFC camscore of roughly 3750, just as a comparison.
Assuming you make $1300 for the shoot, which is as high as they go apparently (probably with very well-known models, or during very intense shoots), you make $162.50 per hour - camscore 8125.

It looks like even on very successful paysites, the rates are just really nothing to write home about, compared to what you can make camming in the same time period with IMO (!) less risks, less physical requirements (yet more effort in the long run I guess).

 

[Fay_Galore]

if camming and porn is the same comfort level for you, I guess the only upside to me seems that shooting a professional porn scene is more of an in- and out sort of effort, you go there, shoot x hours, leave and get paid. as opposed to camming where you're investing a lot of hours not on cam (and not directly making money) working op promo, research, social media, crafts etc etc.


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edit to avoid DP (haha, porn joke there),
x-art promises "up to 10.000 dollars" and x-art to me seems like one of the most high-end non-niche sites out there, don't know how many shoots you'll need to do for that amount (removed link for traffic stuff) x-art.com/casting/

 

[eyeteach]

My opinion and seventy something cents may buy you a cup of coffee but this is it nonetheless. There is one particular model on this forum that posts somewhat regularly on reddit. In one of her posts she states that top cam models can make a five figure salary per month; now granted, that's a top ten model but others can make real good money by working hard and sticking with camming. You set your own hours; you decide what shows you want to give; whether or not you want be clothed, partially nude or fully nude, etc. Camming seems to be a much safer option in the sex industry than porn.

Whatever you decide to do, I really hope you get what you're looking for...you seem to deserve it! Good luck pretty lady!

 

[Ava Nicole]

I think the real truth of the matter of the OPs question is that the sex industry really isn't a get rich quick scheme even though many of us do make decent money. No matter it being porn, camming, escorting etc. all of it takes dedication, hard work and sacrifice to get to the point where you are making tons and tons. They are all the same in that regard.

 

[TeganTate]

$250 for a shoot really isn't worth it. I was thinking it was like $10,000 per shoot. Yeah, I'll stick with camming.

Neither of these figures are accurate.
for Girl/girl you make around 500 a shoot
for boy/girl you make between 700-1000 sometimes more with extra partners
for anal you normally make around 1100-1300
for double penetration or multiple partners in an anal scene they normally tack on a few hundred to your normal rate normally in the ball park of 1500 more or less depending on the company that is shooting it.

Porn isn't easy money but can be rewarding and fun if you treat it like a business.

 

[ArtStar80]

Men are actually lower paid in porn than the women, EXCEPT in gay porn. And making 10k a shoot is pretty much unheard of unless, perhaps, you're a porn superpower (Nina Hartley, Ron Jeremy, etc.), and I would doubt even they get that much per scene. And for someone just starting out without a defined brand/presence in the industry, it's certainly not anywhere in the ballpark of how much you'd earn for a scene. Not sure where you got that impression, Troll.

This is true it's the same here in the UK. There's a company in England that pay £600 for 3 hours to the women, and I think the blokes get a third of that.
If it was better paid then there would be more people considering it. It meant to have been a good little earner once though, back in the pre-internet days.

 

[Ambers Troll]

Men are actually lower paid in porn than the women, Not sure where you got that impression, Troll.

I know as a base rate they are.... was teasing about the 'Money shot' (time is money, producers used to pay men extra, hence the reason for the name), and was also teasing about men always earning more than women in any job.

My real opinion is that camming would earn a woman more for alot less work. Most of those who do porn work on cam now for that reason.
Interestingly those who do porn don't do as well camming, there is something about it that restricts success. This is for another topic.

Apologies for a frivolous post.

 

[BarbieLuv]

Interestingly those who do porn don't do as well camming, there is something about it that restricts success.

But that's not true either. TeaganTate, MelissaLauren, and Cassandra Calogera are all known pornstars who are members of this site, and based on posts I've seen by them it seems that doing porn actually makes camming *more* lucrative, because your name is already well-known/you have an established brand and persona. Especially on sites like Streamate where there's actually an entire category dedicated to porn stars, guys really seem to like being able to get exclusive one-on-one time with their favorite pornstars, and are more than happy to pay for the privilege.

Amy Fisher, Malena Morgan, Megan Medellin (softcore/nude model, but still started in a different aspect of the adult industry than camming), Nina Hartley, Anita Dark, the list goes on of pornstars/adult actresses who either cam on the side, or have turned to camming as their main occupation. Yes, there are occasional train wrecks like Jenna Jameson attempting to cam on MFC, but the majority of pornstars who cam do very well for themselves.

 

[GoddessAiren]

I doubt that even the top porn stars make 10k per shoot these days. I could be wrong, but it just sounds a bit far-fetched.

 

[mynameisbob84]

Now I'm intrigued as to why tops are paid more than bottoms and you get paid more to shoot with a transsexual than a cis person. I'm guessing there must be reasons but it all seems very arbitrary.

 

[TeganTate]

Men are actually lower paid in porn than the women, Not sure where you got that impression, Troll.

I know as a base rate they are.... was teasing about the 'Money shot' (time is money, producers used to pay men extra, hence the reason for the name), and was also teasing about men always earning more than women in any job.

My real opinion is that camming would earn a woman more for alot less work. Most of those who do porn work on cam now for that reason.
Interestingly those who do porn don't do as well camming, there is something about it that restricts success. This is for another topic.

Apologies for a frivolous post.

I have been a cam girl since before I did porn and I can say doing porn has done nothing but help with camming. I have started doubling if not tripling my income just from people knowing who i am now it gave me publicity that I couldn't have gotten any other way.

 

[Kickaz]

Not every camgirl can be a successful pornstar and not every succesful or (less successful) pornstar is cut to be a camgirl.
They are completely different things.

 

[Amelia Liddell]

Now I'm intrigued as to why tops are paid more than bottoms and you get paid more to shoot with a transsexual than a cis person. I'm guessing there must be reasons but it all seems very arbitrary.

maybe because porn with trans people is more kinky or taboo to vanilla people?

 

[LaceyRoyce]

on a talk show, Sasha Grey was reported to be making $100-$150,000 when she was 8 months into the industry (but already a 'star')

Which is .. what many camgirls can make in a year.

However, it might be nice to be able to 'turn off' the 'work brain' after a shoot.

10k is just not realistic... pornstars would be doing way less shoots if it was.

 

[Jessi]

I seriously looked into this, because it was always a fantasy of mine. Contacted agencies, talked to girls with experience etc.
I found that the money I would realistically expect to earn was about the same as I'd make working hard at camming.
The travel, not guaranteed number of scenes, it can be physically taxing/long hours on set, and mainstream exposure weren't really worth it to me. If I lived in Vegas or California maybe I would feel differently.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

Men are actually lower paid in porn than the women, Not sure where you got that impression, Troll.

I know as a base rate they are.... was teasing about the 'Money shot' (time is money, producers used to pay men extra, hence the reason for the name), and was also teasing about men always earning more than women in any job.

My real opinion is that camming would earn a woman more for alot less work. Most of those who do porn work on cam now for that reason.
Interestingly those who do porn don't do as well camming, there is something about it that restricts success. This is for another topic.

Apologies for a frivolous post.

I have been a cam girl since before I did porn and I can say doing porn has done nothing but help with camming. I have started doubling if not tripling my income just from people knowing who i am now it gave me publicity that I couldn't have gotten any other way.

Strictly from a financial perspective that seems like the best reason to to porn, or vice versa for a porn star to do camming. The cross promotion opportunities are important. I know I am somewhat more inclined to watch a camgirl if she has done porn, and also seek out conventional porn a camgirl has done.

 

[FirePlay69]

Yes, there are occasional train wrecks like Jenna Jameson attempting to cam on MFC, but the majority of pornstars who cam do very well for themselves.

I googled her. What is her MFC name? I found "TheRealJenna", she hasn't logged in since March but she had a high camscore.

 

[FirePlay69]

I seriously looked into this, because it was always a fantasy of mine. Contacted agencies, talked to girls with experience etc.
I found that the money I would realistically expect to earn was about the same as I'd make working hard at camming.
The travel, not guaranteed number of scenes, it can be physically taxing/long hours on set, and mainstream exposure weren't really worth it to me. If I lived in Vegas or California maybe I would feel differently.

Thanks Jessi. When I thought it through I realized it would be a lot more work for the same amount of money, when you count finding an agent, travelling, prep for the shoot, etc. It would be easier to just stay at home and cam.