What are the prices for text content?

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Originally posted by Raven@Feb 23 2005, 07:28 PM
I'm sure this is going to get me into trouble.......adult is the cheapest....when it comes to text.

Mainstream writers command so much more....yet, on the web....everyone says text is essential.....well, hell yeah, it's essential. It's not as if we can call the surfers up ...all we have are words and graphics...

I don't get it.

Sorry, Red and Coy....and The Other Steve...custom stories? 50 dollars?

No and hell no.

Writers, especially in THIS industry, should be revered...because we CAN write advertising text and come up with those catchy lines and phrases.....we can take fifty words, condense them into ten, keep all the keywords in tact and give the surfer a hard on....

We ARE that good....

Everyone wants 'em and no one wants to pay for them.

We've learned to accept $50. for a story. For a thousand words...that comes out to what.....2 cents a word?

Go visit some copy writer boards....many of them command 2-4 dollars a word...

And, advertising? Well....'got milk'....earned 100 G.

:::stepping off of soap box now:::::

You wont get into trouble Raven, at least not with me.

In principle I agree with you 100%. But unfortunately we have to go with what the market will bare. Adult writing has always paid shit. 10 years ago when I was writing for men's print mags, the standard payment was $25 for a 4 page letter to the forum and $100 for a 10 page story. I don't know what they're paying now, but I'll bet it's not much more.

The best compensation I've received was when Lensman hired me to be the Amateur Pages copywriter. I was paid an extremely good salary, but I also did a lot more than just write copy. When I left him and started Eroticopy I was commanding a good price for my work. That lasted for 3 months. After that, a bunch of other copywriting services opened up, undercut my prices and I had to lower them to compete. When it comes to adult webmasters, text is at the bottom of their "necessary expenditures" list. You, of all people know how many hacks are selling stories for $5 and webmasters are buying them.

You're right that it is shamefull when you look at what mainstream writing pays, but adult webmasters don't want to hear it. So what do we do? If you're ready to start the revolution, I'll be right behind you, picket sign in hand.