I really don't watch porn much, but I am under the impression that the industry has consolidated some to fewer stars. True? When I do look at a porn site, I see the same girls over and over. Seemed to be related to getting stolen content removed. If true, could that drive rates?
Sort of. The industry has EXPANDED so that there are fewer stars. There are thousands on thousands of sites for amateurs and fetishe items, and within each community there are superstars in their own right. Someone that "everyone knows" might be "famous", and might like to demand 10k for an hour session, but with much more focused niches, I'd think anyone like me who doesn't have a problem spending bigger money would prefer to get one of these niche gals to have exactly the funtime I want.
Years ago, there is a certain porn star, I am sure she still films, I met her in a club in Miami, did not know who she was, and she took me home to her place. Banged her, had a great night, was no a paying thing, just a one nighter, and to me was not your typical porn star thing with over the top moaning and all the other shit. I just thought she was a cute Latina with a beautiful smile that I wanted to shoot a load all over. When she was making me breakfast, she asked me what my favorite film was, and I told her Godfather, Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter, Demolition Man, and so on, and she giggled, she meant which of HER films. Took a while to clear that air, she explained and then I did recognise her porno name and she showed me HER favorite film of herself and so on. For me, as much as I enjoyed, if it was an arranged meeting, I'd have paid no more than say 400 for this one.
The ones I DO like to pay for, are those niche ones and the amateur ones. The attention they crave and their various mental illnesses, is easy to talk one into being an unintentional escort, once, for a not super high price, AND you get the specific look and act and fetische you want!
All that, but I'm also the guy who loves my Honda Civic even though I have two other very very expensive cars that I don't drive very often. I like a very specific thing and I don't go for the thing everyone else puts super high value on. Someone like bigtime pornstar I dunno who is big these days, maybe Emma Hix I see her on pornos sometimes, I'd bang her, but if she asked a dime over 400 I'd pass. For 400 I can get a gal from OF who is just as cute but will do something specific that I want to have that day. And I don't get the fake moaning that would make me want to give her a pillow over the face.
The big money spend that I kind of have interest in trying, is getting a famous non-porn actress or musician to hook for a night. I love a challange. For 2 grand an hour, I want the challange!