Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: making money making content?

MistyLaraCarrara opened this issue on Jan 30, 2015 · 133 posts


kljpmsd posted Mon, 09 February 2015 at 8:22 AM

As a professional photographer and graphic artist I'm well aware of how much of a struggle it can be to stay solvent.  I latched onto a government position many years ago and have enjoyed a steady paycheck and now an indexed pension while many of my friends in the industry lamented their choice of a career in the field; and occasionally had to take other jobs to pay the rent.  It seems that making content for Poser/Daz is much the same.  This thread has been an eye opener as I've toyed with the idea of selling my clothes for a few extra bucks. After following the conversation I've decided that I'm not willing to put in the time required, I have too many other hobbies that demand my attention.  Over the years I've had the pleasure of getting to know a few content creators and this is what initially inspired me.  But between the pirate community stealing stuff (and being dammed proud of the fact) and the low return rate on the time invested, I'll keep my clothes to myself.   It's kind of a relief for me as I can now relax and just play with Poser.

Speaking of pirates, I see that KAT has just been taken down.  This was the most popular community for Poser thieves.  I remember one content artist mentioning that when launching his latest item, he had under a dozen sales over a couple of weeks with many dozens (I don't remember the numbers) of folks putting it in their wish lists.  His item then hit the sleazy Asian and Russian sites, followed by the torrent sites. Within days his sales dropped to almost nothing and the bulk of potential customers removed the item from their wish lists.  That's gotta be disheartening for an artist after investing all the time to make something your proud of.