4 Pornstars On Making Money In Porn

Four of the world’s most popular pornstars on making money in porn.

Can having sex in front of the camera make you rich? Not only rich but a millionaire?

One thing is for sure, porn is pretty much just like any other business. You go to work, do what needs to be done and get a paycheck afterward. Or something like that. But easy it sure is not.

Jiz Lee shares that pornography can be fast and good money, but it does not come even close to being easy money. Bear in mind, that promised two hours long set can quickly escalate to the entire day worth of shooting, fucking and other whatnots.

Watching a porn scene is easy and enjoyable what makes it easily forget about all the hard work and effort and even the amount of people that are on set making it happen for the porn fans.

What’s more for Jiz, while the majority of people know her for being in front of the camera, she also does a lot of marketing work behind the scenes.

Asa Akira compares having sex in front of the camera to any other freelance job. Sometimes, she is on set for two hours and the other times she is on set for 24 hours. Moreover, Asa Akira goes straight to the point, telling you that pornstars are not millionaires. Not only that, they have all the expenses to take care of all by themselves.

Asa says, “People assume that porn sets are these cocaine-filled orgies. And everyone is just having sex with everyone. And we show up and leave whenever we like. It is not like that at all.” Akira adds, “I put more hours into being a pornstar than I think the average person puts into their 9-to-5 job.”

Nikki Darling gets loads and loads of requests from random strangers to friends who are struggling to pay the bills to get them into the adult entertainment industry. Nikki also goes more in-depth on the fact how some performers charge more for doing IR which stands for interracial. And nope, although 90% percent of all shots are interracial, Nikki Darling does not charge double. That would probably be good money then, right?

Porn is not easy money

Do you know how many folks there are at a porn set? There are, obviously, performers, lighting people, PA, director, and that is just on the day of shooting. And that could mean even up to twenty or more people. What comes afterward is post-production which can involve an entirely different group of professionals. Also, every team has a salesperson, an accountant, yep, porn is a real business which everyone involved in it takes it as professional as possible.

Everyone outside the industry seem to see the money but oh are they so wrong.

Stoya wants you to understand that even if you do not get a random job soon, you should certainly not think that porn will give you all these opportunities and whatever. Well, you cannot just show up in California and think that tons of gigs will wait for your pussy and cock. Nope.

What’s more, doing all these positions for the camera takes work and practice to master. It is almost semi-athletic to be in a certain position, fucking vividly while still keeping it look appealing to the eye.

To better understand the day in the life of a pornstar, read along.

When Stoya was at the height of her career, her day started at 6 or 7 in the morning and went all the way to 3 or 4 in the morning. Yes, that is like twenty hours of work.

On top of that, many adult actresses also need to teach themselves how to edit their content, how to put together short XXX teasers and even how to make it play on their sites. It surely is way more to it than just them having sex in front of the camera.

What Jiz, Asa, Stoya and Nikki also chat about is the fact how many doors are closed for them for the fact that they are pornstars. Asa says that there is no way she could be a school teacher, working with kids, heck, even adopt a child. Asa finishes it with the following statement: “You compromise a lot to be in porn for sure, so if you are going to do it, you better make sure it is going to be worth it for you.”