A Concept Wherein I Request your Feedback
There’s something that I really want to do with Headless Buddha but I’m not quite sure how to handle the details of it. It’s been part of the concept of the buddha from the outset but I haven’t implemented it yet and you’ll understand why in a second.
One of the things I want to do with Headless is make it a site that’s very worthwhile for the models that appear on it. I want to give the models a percentage of any revenue that they generate. And I’d see this happening in two ways:
1) Generate money via a subscription service. I’d like for people to sign up to join HeadlessBuddha.com and I’d like to give the models a percentage of that. My initial thought was to have people who are signing up for the subscription service specify their favorite model (or the model that inspired them to signup) and then split 50% of the net with the model. Granted, for a $7.95 subscription, it would take a number of subscriptions to make the model any money. But if they buy into it, and people buy into it…
2) The other method is generating money via sales of prints. Say that someone decides to buy a print of a certain model: I’d like for her to have 50% of the net for the sale.
I realllllllllly want this to work. But I need to figure out some things about it. For example, tracking sales, figuring out disbursement schedules, trying to figure out who a whole mess of crap, what the relation is to the model when money is disbursed (by way of model release, typically any monetary arrangement for any shoot is executed one-time and paid at the time of the shoot with no further guarantee of any monies), and so on and so forth.
Then there’s the issue of approaching the models I’ve already shot (some aren’t aware of my concept, some are) and saying, “Hey, you have the option of da-da-da-da-da. Would you like a percentage?” And what kind of contract or any (if maybe these are simply donations?) I would need to draw up for older models and newer models?
It’s a lot to consider but I really, really want this to be part of the site. I want models to feel that it’s worth their while. Apart from the photos and videos being something other than porn… apart from them getting quality shoots… I want them to get something else out of it (beyond being paid up front, if that’s our agreement).
So your feedback on this would be appreciated. How can I make this work? Is there a better idea that’s conceptually the same or some reasonable way to make this happen. Any legal feedback in the bunch would be greatly appreciated.
2 Comments »
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- Priscila, October 20, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
This sounds like a great idea. And you could go about it both ways that you mentioned. Just keep in mind of the cost if you are making prints available. You could do in-house printing but if anybody would want a print larger than 8.5 x 11 you may have to resort in buying a 11 x 17 printer. Out of all the pictures that you have you could do selling prints in one of two ways: you pick which ones are for sale or ask the potential buyer to contact you via e-mail to mention which picture(s) he or she is interested in.
Just a thought,
James a.k.a. outaluck- James, October 22, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
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