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off of this site? I don't use this site to make money, though I have gotten a few gigs. It does seem more like the bar after work, where you can make friends and contacts, but I seem to make quite a bit more money off of other sites....I like hanging out and bs ing here, but money? I get more stuff off of myspace...pathetic but true. Oct 13 06 12:31 am Link it is a bar after work feel indeed, money off mayhem hell no way. Oct 13 06 12:35 am Link yeah, that is what I figured. I know I certainly don't get paid to be a mod. So I am a really big retard. I haven't even gotten my 'free' t-shirt. Wonder if I can get it in black in black writing? Oct 13 06 12:40 am Link I've had two commercial clients find me through this site. Doing very well by them. Oct 13 06 12:44 am Link I get next to nothing but some free webspace to show off my pics! LOL sad... but true! I have actually gotten more off of MySpace too. My last gig was off of MySpace and I've just been contacted by someone else for another paying gig off of it... I also don't get anything out of OMP. Pretty sad there too. This area is scarce of anyone who really uses Craig's List. Oct 13 06 12:44 am Link Ironic... I get more from myspace as well!?! I love this site, but never had a paying job...yet myspace is not even a model site and WALLAH! people contract me for work...cool, wierd, but cool. Bottom line....normal people are willing to put a price on what they want, start up models wont? Oct 13 06 12:52 am Link Well, here's the thing. I do make money as a direct result of this site. Enough to justify paying models from here plus make a small profit too. But then, my business model is very very different from that of many of the other members. I'll be honest though. I was making much more money back when I was shooting porn. It's certainly the easiest and quickest way to make money at this girlie stuff. At least for me it is. And I've been seriously considering doing it again. Only under a psuedonymn this time. But, I do this first because I love it. And second to help to pay for all my photo toys. It's a break from my day job of photographing dog leashes and bookmarks and photo frames and shit like that. Boring stuff. And the half naked babes are my escape. Oct 13 06 01:03 am Link how come when I go on myspace I only get people hitting on me? ew Oct 13 06 01:08 am Link I don't make money directly through the site - I don't get business through models or clients on here. My portfolio's coming along nicely though and it's great networking with models, MUAs, hair stylists, and designers - and I draw from that base for the gigs that pay. Oct 13 06 01:12 am Link Leighi123 wrote: just ignore it, it happens to me on there sometimes too. but since i use it strictly for networking and i state that i am a photographer on there they seem to back off and not do it as they would for a personal profile with simply things about the person. if that made any sense to you, lol. i also specifically state that i will ignore people, and that usually keeps them at bay. Oct 13 06 01:16 am Link I have fun. I make friends. I get death threats usually not from the friends but not always. I meet nice people. I laugh. etc. etc. etc. Money. you want money, Try craig's list. Oct 13 06 01:28 am Link You can make money. I've done enough shoots where I have been paid four digits for a shoot & have meet over 100 models that make a living as a model. i have been flown in to a couple countries. they paid for my airfare, food, hotel. EVERYTHING. i also got compensation. one country i went to actually was 16 hours by flight! needless to say, the airfare for that was at least 1000 dollaRs! i know hard to believe, huh? especially when no one saw me in real life first! i have been very blessed. my point is DO NOT lose hope if you are a model and serious about it. Personally, my dreams and goals are in life are not to be a model. I have different goals. I wish every bodybody that best. Oct 13 06 01:35 am Link oh I make my dime, just not off of mm. Oct 13 06 01:39 am Link what's crazy is that i NEVER get anywork on myspace. i get hit on. and so far, when i have been flown in thru the modeling sites, i have NEVER been hit on which i a huge relief! Oct 13 06 01:40 am Link John Jebbia wrote: john you hit the nail fair on the head, porn pays, i drive up to a studio in vegas that boasts a 40 motor home, a 21ft motor home, a mustang, a hummer and assorted toys, now i drive up in a rented pt cruiser to a rented studio, this guy shoots porn and he owns all the toys there. porn in 07 , may just be my catch cry, woohoo. Oct 13 06 01:40 am Link sarah bellamont wrote: Okay. Oct 13 06 01:45 am Link sarah bellamont wrote: eh, that's not so crazy. i get hit on walking around holding my own bf's hand in public. now that's crazy! O.o Oct 13 06 01:52 am Link Webspinner wrote: you to, i await my t shirt with clenched palms. Oct 13 06 01:55 am Link Doug Mackay DMP wrote: John Jebbia wrote: john you hit the nail fair on the head, porn pays, i drive up to a studio in vegas that boasts a 40 motor home, a 21ft motor home, a mustang, a hummer and assorted toys, now i drive up in a rented pt cruiser to a rented studio, this guy shoots porn and he owns all the toys there. porn in 07 , may just be my catch cry, woohoo. If you're in this ONLY for the money, then PORN is the answer. Oct 13 06 02:08 am Link Hamza wrote: wow, well said. Oct 13 06 02:13 am Link i make money and art - which is priceless sometimes both i also started posting here on forums in the hope that a member, that introduced me here, might one day, answer any point or write to me - but that will never happen now ... posting is just an insomniac habit. Oct 13 06 02:26 am Link Leighi123 wrote: Im with her! -___- Oct 13 06 02:31 am Link Thuy Anh wrote: i said i was sorry! jeez. Oct 13 06 02:35 am Link John Jebbia wrote: Can you use any evil minions? Oct 13 06 08:53 am Link I've gotten a couple of paying gigs off this site actually. My main reason for being here is not financial though thank god because I'd starve...lol. My day job provides my funds...my modelmayhem makes the day job pass much faster! Oct 13 06 08:55 am Link I make money off this site cause I use models off this site when a client is looking for models. Oct 13 06 08:58 am Link Doug Mackay DMP wrote: Ok dammit - how do I break into the porn biz?!?!?!? I could use some of those toys...lol. I can take the pics - I can find the models - how do I get the customers willing to pay for them?!?! Oct 13 06 09:14 am Link MHana wrote: I come here (meaning MM) for the fun of it more than anything else. As for making money.....I agree..have made more $$$ on modeling photography from craigslist than anything else. Oct 13 06 09:17 am Link I don't use this site to make money, either, I do a lot of TFP/CD because it helps me improve...I make money by working a day job and then I spend it on on school and my son! Yay me! Oct 13 06 09:25 am Link I've made some money off of here. Definately more here and on OMP (more on OMP I believe) than on any other sites that I'm a member of. But then, I treat this like another part time job (geesh, one of three now....) and work hard at it to make it work for me. I have to, its funding my education! As far as the porn biz goes - don't be so quick to think that it is easy money. Its not easy to break into the porn biz anymore. It used to be, about a decade and a little more ago. That was when the internet was new and people joined sites because that was all that there was. Now they are a dime a dozen, and its not so easy. If you've got someone that you can work with, then its a bit easier. But in general, the "mom and pop" type sites set up by somebody in their own home are tough to get off the ground. Its possible... just not easy. Oct 13 06 05:08 pm Link No money for me  Oct 13 06 05:10 pm Link Lapis wrote: people are getting paid clients off of myspace???? Oct 13 06 05:37 pm Link I think I have seen $1 flying around , hmmmm I wonder where it went...... Oct 13 06 05:39 pm Link I get paid for photography? yes, all the time.. have I gotten paid for a job that came through MM? No.. Have I used it to find models to pay for projects I need models for.. yes :-) Oct 13 06 05:41 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: I have as well.....it's a good networking community as funny as it sounds.....here though, I have never gotten paid work directly from anyone.....only in the snowball or their networking....... Oct 13 06 05:43 pm Link Jay Farrell wrote: I'm just curious, what kind of work? Portfolio shots? Weddings? Portraits? Oct 13 06 06:02 pm Link Money? Na.. I first came onto MM to help promote busines. As a newbie I made some remarks that had he MODS "concerned" about me. Thinking I was a sluggo, I was banned. I pleaded my case, had a few scraps and removed my website link from MM. Long story short.. I use MM to network and blow off steam. It really isnt a place for me to make money as I work more on the production side of things and all my shoots require agency models and actors. I like the fact that my company isnt directly linked here becuase it's a blast in the forums when people make assumptions as to "whatever" because they think you are GWC. MM, is a lot of fun and a great aside from the rigors of business. I know quite a few who make it work in a revenu building way. It depends on how you use it. Me? Just fun fun fun... :-) Oct 13 06 06:27 pm Link I have made money from this site and have also met some great people. Oct 13 06 06:28 pm Link Dang... how are all you people getting into porn? Was there a seminar on it and I just missed it? To date, I haven't earned a single photography dime as a result of being on MM. I've got a couple of things in the works presently, but I'm not counting that until I have cash in hand... Oct 13 06 06:46 pm Link I don't and I'm proud of that  Art trumps money anydayOct 13 06 06:51 pm Link |
One from MySpace, and two from referrals. 
