He may have risen from humble performer to co-founder of a new studio, but the story now for most models is one of slashed rates and less-glamorous work.Įxclusive long-term contracts with studios are less common, while the competition for work has risen. The industry is a very different beast to the one Dubois entered even seven years ago, when he first filmed for Eurocreme after applying through their website. “It’s definitely a tougher world for everyone – the performers and the studios – in that nobody makes as much money as they used to, as there is so much free stuff going around.” “I almost feel like it’s a recession-type thing where it will filter down and there will be no money left for porn and a load of studios will shut up shop,” says JP Dubois, porn star, award winning director and co-owner of UKHotJocks. For those involved in the production of professional gay porn, it paints a grim picture. Studio budgets are dwindling, the rates of stars falling. Both are struggling against the proliferation of free online content, budget videos and piracy, as well an influx in social media-savvy amateurs, ready to do more work for less. The internet may have made accessing porn more convenient for viewers, but for studios and stars alike its arrival has proven costly.
Gay porn isn’t as profitable as it once was.
