AMA - Steven Grooby (Ask Me Anything)

[GroobySteven]

Will Daisy Taylor be shooting a hardcore in the near future?

I hope so.

[GroobySteven]

Do you know if any Laker or Clipper players have had sex with a trans adult film actress in the past?

Absolutely 100%

[TheGuard]

Odds on ever seeing Chrissy Snow put out new content?

[MoneyMan88]

Can we expect more Yasmim Dornelles films in 2019?

[horniak]

If she came across our radar again I'd take a look. Some girls age fabulously, others not so great so when we haven't seen them for a while we base it on what they look like now.

ohhh i hope she does and im sure shes more fabulous than ever , from all her shoots she seems to get hotter one by one

[Post Op Preferred]

Any plans for hardcore on T Girls Postop?

[Xxkiraxxx]

Why there is influx of Columbian tgirls on chaturbate

[Nikka]

do you believe in Jesus?

Merry Christmas! HO HO HO

[njjohn]

Why there is influx of Columbian tgirls on chaturbate

They've certainly taken over from the Philippine girls after the anti porn internet law was enacted.

[horniak]

I was wondering if maybe you are considering Lexie Beth to make a debut on groobygirls or tgirls.xxx ?? as you have had many brazilian transsexual stars before and she is a very very hot thiccc girl .
hope you answer my question , thx in advance .

[sd123223]

Being an englishman are you a cricket fan?

[iamsimplyinlove]

Any plans for an interracial Tgirl site? Like a Blacked for Tgirls?

[GroobySteven]

Any plans for an interracial Tgirl site? Like a Blacked for Tgirls?

No - I've answered this a few times, we put good performers together regardless of race.

[GroobySteven]

Being an englishman are you a cricket fan?

Footie and Formula 1.
I generally say I'm British rather than English (from Newcastle)

[GroobySteven]

I was wondering if maybe you are considering Lexie Beth to make a debut on groobygirls or tgirls.xxx ?? as you have had many brazilian transsexual stars before and she is a very very hot thiccc girl .
hope you answer my question , thx in advance .


She wouldn't be on GroobyGirls. Not impossible to feature on Tgirls.xxx - will have to see if Damazo can shoot her.

[GroobySteven]

Odds on ever seeing Chrissy Snow put out new content?

Never say never, but I wouldn't take any odds on it.

[GroobySteven]

Can we expect more Yasmim Dornelles films in 2019?

Not sure who she is off hand but if she appears on one of the sites in hardcore then it's likely.

[GroobySteven]

Any plans for hardcore on T Girls Postop?

Possibly if we find the good matches - there was a hardcore with Mia Maffia and Bonnie on Tgirls.porn

[GroobySteven]

Why there is influx of Columbian tgirls on chaturbate

Because there are a lot of Colombian transsexuals and studios setting up cams for them.

[smalltownguy]

do you believe in Jesus?

Merry Christmas! HO HO HO

Very funny...

[ThienMan]

This isn't a question but just a comment. Thank you for everything you do. Not just for all the beautiful girls, but the fact you helped introduce them to us fans. I am so appreciative of your hard work. If it wasn't for you we would never have the opportunity to see the beauty this world has to offer. Thank you for at least helping me realize what true beauty is. You truly don't know how much all the girls mean to me and how much it's shaped my life. Thank you so much.

[GroobySteven]

This isn't a question but just a comment. Thank you for everything you do. Not just for all the beautiful girls, but the fact you helped introduce them to us fans. I am so appreciative of your hard work. If it wasn't for you we would never have the opportunity to see the beauty this world has to offer. Thank you for at least helping me realize what true beauty is. You truly don't know how much all the girls mean to me and how much it's shaped my life. Thank you so much.

Thank you - I appreciate your comments and it's still as exciting and interesting for me when I see a new girl which really hits home. I think 2019 has been the best year for a while with new girls.
I was just lucky enough to fall into a job I love to do, and I'm halfway decent at doing.

[bigman9238]

Any idea what happened to Chrissy snoe in the last 3-4 years? I would go see her at her place feom time to time and we became prettu friendly but we lost touch and I haven't heard from her in years. I know she was having sort of a rough time back then.

[horniak]

She wouldn't be on GroobyGirls. Not impossible to feature on Tgirls.xxx - will have to see if Damazo can shoot her.

Best answer and one I've been waiting for thank you and hope that comes to fruition

[Nikka]

Possibly if we find the good matches - there was a hardcore with Mia Maffia and Bonnie on Tgirls.porn


so bonnie went post -op? wowww

[Bulgelover]

I see you guys took over the Futanaria site, I know its not very popular but I love it. Will there ever be new content shot for the Futa.xxx site or just the old stuff from the previous site?

PS: More bulge teasing in Grooby clips, lol

[Steezman96]

Will Megan Snow be returning in a hardcore scene any time soon?

[crxlsv]

would you consider doing a site like shemale punishers or ts kink? im sure it would be a hit :D

[GroobySteven]

would you consider doing a site like shemale punishers or ts kink? im sure it would be a hit :D

We had TransexDomination for a while but couldn't malke it profitable.
Anytime you're working with a niche within a niche (and trans porn isn't as huge a niche as people think it may be) it gets difficult to make budgets work. As this would be 100% hardcore site, even with one update a week you're looking at a hefty budget.

The other problem is, you need to find both producers and models who are REALLY into it. If they're not, the content looks non-authentic and people don't want to buy it, that's what happened in part with TransexDomination.

So probably not.

[crxlsv]

We had TransexDomination for a while but couldn't malke it profitable.
Anytime you're working with a niche within a niche (and trans porn isn't as huge a niche as people think it may be) it gets difficult to make budgets work. As this would be 100% hardcore site, even with one update a week you're looking at a hefty budget.

The other problem is, you need to find both producers and models who are REALLY into it. If they're not, the content looks non-authentic and people don't want to buy it, that's what happened in part with TransexDomination.

So probably not.

Oh that's right!... I had actually joined that site about a year or so ago for a few months..

I totally hear you on that - Its more of a unique category of porn and not a huge audience. I just love the latex/pvc/leather look lol :D
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and keep up your outstanding work, we all appreciate it!! :cheers:

[Steezman96]

Can we expect anything new from Megan snow? Particularly any hardcore scenes

[GroobySteven]

Can we expect anything new from Megan snow? Particularly any hardcore scenes

I hope so - nothing in the immediate works but will see.

[bigm25]

Hi Steven, why do so many fans also have a foot fetish?

I love seeing the bottoms of the girls feet, do you have a foot fetish?

Or any idea why so many of us enjoy that?

And have you ever thought of doing a foot fetish site, similar to grooby2020 foot fetish scenes? It seems like groobygirls has the most shoots with this type of content.

[GroobySteven]

No I don't have a foot fetish at all. I don't really understand it, but then whose to understand anyone's particular fetish.
I don't believe trans fans are more likely to be into feet, than other genres of porn.

I'm not looking to do a specific foot fetish site, but when more normality returns may do more specific scenes. But lots of scenes on GroobyGirls, Tgirls.xxx, BobsTgirls.com and Femout.xxx are shot with plenty of barefeet, soles, etc.

[noisnot]

I dont know if you have seen "The Deuce", but if you have, could you imagine a similar show maybe limited to your company or transexual porn / scene? How would it start?
Anyway, just thanks for all your work!
...have to add a question, sry..: any chance we see Vivian Sparks, Stella Vayne, Oriana Frost, Lavender Lux, Juliette Stray, Janira, Gina Hart, Danielle Loven and Alyssah Adams again? (mostly red = win)

[morim]

How many degrees do you think I have to set advance on my motorcycle ignition?
It's a 1979 H-D FLH

[Slipppy]

I’ve known Bonnie personally for about 5 years now.
She was post op when I met her and had been for a couple of years.
She is a lovely lady.

[GroobySteven]

I dont know if you have seen "The Deuce", but if you have, could you imagine a similar show maybe limited to your company or transexual porn / scene? How would it start?
Anyway, just thanks for all your work!
...have to add a question, sry..: any chance we see Vivian Sparks, Stella Vayne, Oriana Frost, Lavender Lux, Juliette Stray, Janira, Gina Hart, Danielle Loven and Alyssah Adams again? (mostly red = win)

I don't think there would be enough interest in the story of trans porn although I've always been planning a book, it would be more of an album than a biography.
Some the models you are asking about haven't appeared in 10 yrs, so that would be a likely no. Lavender we asked but she didn't want to at that time. Maybe Stella we'll have back, I don't know about the others.
Thanks

[golffool]

Hi Steven - talked to you a few times at Cobra over the years - do you hear anything about a new club offering a TS night in LA since Cobra closed??

[noisnot]

I don't think there would be enough interest in the story of trans porn although I've always been planning a book, it would be more of an album than a biography.
Some the models you are asking about haven't appeared in 10 yrs, so that would be a likely no. Lavender we asked but she didn't want to at that time. Maybe Stella we'll have back, I don't know about the others.
Thanks
Thank you for answering!
A bit of history is always interesting!
Anyway, pls be persistent on Lavender & Stella^^
Thanks

[GroobySteven]

Hi Steven - talked to you a few times at Cobra over the years - do you hear anything about a new club offering a TS night in LA since Cobra closed??

No - and I don't think it will happen. There are almost no trans type clubs left in the US. Trans has went more mainstream, and the girls don't want to go to bars/clubs where it's just exclusively that. They want to be in either gay-mix clubs or cis-mix clubs.
Dating (or escorting) is easier by phone app.

It's a shame because for the girls just finding their feet, or girls wanting a little support - or those who only dress part-time and looking for an outlet, there are less options now than 20 years ago.

[bryanferryfan2]

Hey Steve, when will we get an all Black Tgirls orgy ? I've been waiting for it for a long time.

[GroobySteven]

Hey Steve, when will we get an all Black Tgirls orgy ? I've been waiting for it for a long time.

Unlikely. Costs + dynamics in shooting just don't make it an interesting prospect for me, and it's unlikely it would return its' budget.

[Kim234]

Hey Steve. Whatever happened to Shakirah Allure

[GroobySteven]

Hey Steve. Whatever happened to Shakirah Allure

I can't recall who she is? Link? Photo?

[Rcrxjlb]

Are you a millionaire...?

[GroobySteven]

Are you a millionaire...?

Define what a millionaire is? :geek:

[Rcrxjlb]

Define what a millionaire is? :geek:

Is your net worth at least 1 million US dollars...?

[GroobySteven]

Is your net worth at least 1 million US dollars...?

I think it would be sad if the company was worth less than that.
That's a bit of a strange question.

[Rcrxjlb]

I think it would be sad if the company was worth less than that.
That's a bit of a strange question.

I was just wondering how much could be made in this business, considering that trans porn is such a niche market...

[GroobySteven]

I was just wondering how much could be made in this business, considering that trans porn is such a niche market...

That's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question. I've been running this company for 25 years. We have about 15 full time employees worldwide, and about 12-15 freelance producers. The company makes money and gives us a good living (otherwise why would we do it?) and it's afforded me a very decent lifestyle - but I work 60+ hrs a week (or does an entrepreneur ever stop working?), that's not a complaint BTW just a fact, I enjoy my work. But I don't have a fleet of cars, a private jet or multiple properties.

If you look at how many websites in this niche have tried and failed, for various reasons, it might give you a better idea. I don't know anyone successful in the adult industry who doesn't work extremely hard, but also enjoy what they do.

[holzz]

which stars have been nicest on set and which are the bitchiest?

[TempestTS]

If you could have anyone you wanted to narrate the story of your life who would it be?

[southern81]

Hi Steven, can you share any great stories about anything crazy that happen at a photo shoot or event?
Also Thank you and your great staff for everything you all do.

[jerseygirlangie]

Any chance of reviving the "Grooby Comics" of a few years ago ?

[GroobySteven]

which stars have been nicest on set and which are the bitchiest?


Most of them are pretty cool. I don't want to call our anyone for being bitchiest - but you'll see some stars that we don't ask back because they're difficult to work with. Most girls are nice and friendly on set, but some can get ornery later when they aren't offered enough extra work.
Girls who have been nicest? Foxxy always comes to mind for almost all producers, she's lovely. Morgan of course. Korra, Casey, Lena, Shiri, Nat Mars, Nat Chen, Lianna, Melanie B, Aphrodite Adams, Ivory M, Daisy T, Natassia Dreams, the list goes on. Treat people with respect, and they'll usually give it back.

[GroobySteven]

Any chance of reviving the "Grooby Comics" of a few years ago ?

They're a bit dated and out of touch with today. I might work on something else but most of the stories would end up offending or triggering someone or other.

[GroobySteven]

If you could have anyone you wanted to narrate the story of your life who would it be?

Ian McKellan ... or Ian McShane.

[GroobySteven]

Hi Steven, can you share any great stories about anything crazy that happen at a photo shoot or event?
Also Thank you and your great staff for everything you all do.

Thank you.
There will be a book eventually full of the funny or crazy shit. We had a girl who came to a shoot claiming to be a postop trans girls. Photos came in, I thought that's the best job I've ever seen. I emailed her, talked to her, and she kept up the pretence. We googled her a bit, found out that she's been cis-female (presenting) who transitioned to trans male, and then de-transitioned back to female presenting but claimed to be trans female. Confused? We were. It's difficult because instead of me being able tell her she's either a fucking liar, or batshit crazy, I just had to dump the shoot, otherwise I'd be accused of not letting people be who they want to be (which I'm fine with unless I'm hiring you for something specific).

Lot's of comedy and horror shows surround poop or things flying out of asses.
Damazo slipping on cum and breaking his toe.
A model stealing my watch and my slippers !?!? - and then faking her death a few years later. I won't give her name but her initials are Lisa Cage!
A very overweight camera assistant appearing on set for Allanah's first shoot with me, wearing only his giant Y-fronts 'because it's too hot' - I kicked him out of the room.
Most of the stuff we see, or hear from sets we can't really talk about but most days I'm putting out a fire somewhere.

[Kim234]

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[Post Op Preferred]

any possiblity of a Grooby take on the newhalf femboi cosplaying genre? sans the pixillation, preferably, but preferably with japanese models

[GroobySteven]

any possiblity of a Grooby take on the newhalf femboi cosplaying genre? sans the pixillation, preferably, but preferably with japanese models

Very unlikely with Japanese models unless a producer came to us from there. I find the Japanese extremely difficult to work with, their systems are very different to ours.

[rodinuk]

The fresh legislation tabled in the US Congress known as SISEA is even more draconian than SESTA/FOSTA. Your thoughts on it?

[GroobySteven]

The fresh legislation tabled in the US Congress known as SISEA is even more draconian than SESTA/FOSTA. Your thoughts on it?


It shouldn't affect us as we made a lot of changes on the sites because of SESTA but I haven't looked into this in any great depth. We've a number of other legal issues to deal with before then, including the adult verification which seems to be going to happen in parts of Europe and followed worldwide. Personally, I believe in some sort of wall before you see explicit images (like the ones on this site!!!) and I think that's the way the internet has to go. On a business side of things, the spotlight on the tube sites and their wilful ignorance in removing content when asked is going to have a positive affect for companies like ours who stay within the law. For far too long have they leeched off the producers, and while I have and do make money off some of the tube sites, it's nothing compared to what they've cost us over the years. I see what is going on now as a catalyst for change and I've told people for years, to make the best of it now, as the free porn will change on the internet in the not distant future (the future is now).

The danger is, the US is never one to see the grey areas in politics like Europe does, and so divisive that there is a real danger of freedoms being trampled and porn being forced into legalisation making it harder for legit companies to operate. With the 'woke' left claiming that it's all sex-trafficking and abusive, and the religious right using sex-trafficking as the springboard for their own twisted dogmas - neither are listening to the women and men who work in adult entertainment or the millions of people who watch it.

[holzz]

do you listen to podcasts on the porn industry? have you listened to TTBoy or Holly Randall?

[GroobySteven]

do you listen to podcasts on the porn industry? have you listened to TTBoy or Holly Randall?

No. I've no interest in what either of them have to say really, and if I had a question for one of their guests then I'd just contact them privately.
I've my own 'peer' group which includes the owners or CEOs of almost every big pay site or group of sites and we talk on the business side of things on Slack and have a monthly meetup online. This is invaluable knowledge for me as they are the smartest people in the industry that I know.
For fans/supporters, I use this site, groobyforum and social media to get the temperature of things from a viewers perspective, but more often want to get feedback from the actual members as so many on social media, have never even paid for or joined a site.
I also read the Xbiz news daily. So I'm pretty much on top of everything going on from legal changes, to marketing, to any challenges that may be coming up ... as well as what affects our company specifically and not just the overall adult media.

[serial138]

It shouldn't affect us as we made a lot of changes on the sites because of SESTA but I haven't looked into this in any great depth. We've a number of other legal issues to deal with before then, including the adult verification which seems to be going to happen in parts of Europe and followed worldwide. Personally, I believe in some sort of wall before you see explicit images (like the ones on this site!!!) and I think that's the way the internet has to go. On a business side of things, the spotlight on the tube sites and their wilful ignorance in removing content when asked is going to have a positive affect for companies like ours who stay within the law. For far too long have they leeched off the producers, and while I have and do make money off some of the tube sites, it's nothing compared to what they've cost us over the years. I see what is going on now as a catalyst for change and I've told people for years, to make the best of it now, as the free porn will change on the internet in the not distant future (the future is now).

The danger is, the US is never one to see the grey areas in politics like Europe does, and so divisive that there is a real danger of freedoms being trampled and porn being forced into legalisation making it harder for legit companies to operate. With the 'woke' left claiming that it's all sex-trafficking and abusive, and the religious right using sex-trafficking as the springboard for their own twisted dogmas - neither are listening to the women and men who work in adult entertainment or the millions of people who watch it.

I'm still lost on how tube sites make money. If they don't have subscribers and everything is free, is marketing money really that valuable? Are there actually that many people buying shitting sex products to make their dick bigger or semen thicker? Or paying to play some terrible game that promises to make them cum in 2 minutes?!?

[Fitzcarraldo]

I'm still lost on how tube sites make money. If they don't have subscribers and everything is free, is marketing money really that valuable? Are there actually that many people buying shitting sex products to make their dick bigger or semen thicker? Or paying to play some terrible game that promises to make them cum in 2 minutes?!?

As long as advertisers pay to advertise on their sites, they make money. I'm lost on how the advertisers make money.

[GroobySteven]

I'm still lost on how tube sites make money. If they don't have subscribers and everything is free, is marketing money really that valuable? Are there actually that many people buying shitting sex products to make their dick bigger or semen thicker? Or paying to play some terrible game that promises to make them cum in 2 minutes?!?


There are a number of ways. Xhamster and Pornhub both have a premium service (Pornhubs now disabled) in which they charge a fee to view the content without ads. When (like these two tubes) they share that income with the production houses, then it's actually a nice bit gravy for us all. We upload some older full length scenes from 2-4 years ago, and get a check each month.

The main income is from advertising. Anyone (yes you can do it!) can signup to get affiliate accounts to promote adult sites (eg, Groobybucks.com). The problem is, that for companies like ours who don't discount, or bang cards (see below) we only offer 50% of the sale, so a $35 sale, they get about $15 from (minus banking fees). So they end up promoting companies like Mindgeek or Gamma who pay them $40+ a sale. We promote them also, as they offer big discounts, and it's worth people joining - and we get paid. The reason they pay so much, is they both have so many sites to offer, they feel they can convert that customer into other sites, over months and years so their income is substantially more. They can offer cheap memberships for new buyers, as they will get them down the line (a different business model to Grooby who rarely discount, and when we do, we only do direct to customers and not via an affiliate).

However, the consumer going to a free porn site, doesn't convert very well. So while our usual conversions rates are under 1:150 (for every 150 people who come to the front door, 1 joins) when the traffic comes from a tube site it's more like 1:3000, so the tube sites don't make great money from us. The best money for them is dating, cam sites and pills. Both dating and cams have no production costs, and don't cost a lot to run - but take big sales. They also can't be pirated. Pills have a huge mark up and the companies who run them, often 'bang cards'. So what does 'banging cards' mean? When you join most adult sites, you will almost always see a pre-checked box offering a second site at a discount. We do that - and it's common internet marketing (not only adult, but cable subscriptions, travel companies, etc.). We are pretty upfront, and if there is a complaint as someone forgot to uncheck, we'll take care of them. The pill sites (or less legit sites) will offer a pre-checked 'free' site, or $1 site. Only after 3 days it rebills at $49.99. This doesn't show on the billing for the site, as the sneaky fuckers use a different processor. When you want to cancel, they make it as hard as possible. They can also 'bang' your card by adding purchases on it. So your tube site link to pills, may look like you are spending $30 but you get billed $150, and then the same the next month. So they pay the tube sites, for those links/banners as they can afford to pay $50-$100 a sale.

The losers are the producers who get their content stolen.

You are seeing a lot less pirated content now. Even tho our stuff can still be found, almost none of it is new, and we've software to track this. We've sued a lot of people over the past few years and won most, so got some income back that way. The days of the tube sites are very numbered, and I don't expect free porn to be around like it has been within the coming years, given the political profile it's had recently.

[Machamagal]

Can I get a job? I’m a male from London 🙂

[Nikka]

The pill sites (or less legit sites) will offer a pre-checked 'free' site, or $1 site. Only after 3 days it rebills at $49.99. This doesn't show on the billing for the site, as the sneaky fuckers use a different processor. When you want to cancel, they make it as hard as possible. They can also 'bang' your card by adding purchases on it. So your tube site link to pills, may look like you are spending $30 but you get billed $150, and then the same the next month. So they pay the tube sites, for those links/banners as they can afford to pay $50-$100 a sale.




this is TranSSensual ... I saw it the other day and I was shook

[GroobySteven]

1320656
Can I get a job? I’m a male from London 

[BostonBad]

Is there anyway to take this scene to the next level?

I want to see a Gokkun with a straight looking guy swallowing 100 cum loads from ts women. He should do an interview after to make sure he holds it all down.

[sd123223]

Is there anyway to take this scene to the next level?

I want to see a Gokkun with a straight looking guy swallowing 100 cum loads from ts women. He should do an interview after to make sure he holds it all down.

Should be easy enough to arrange 😂

[Fitzcarraldo]

Should be easy enough to arrange ��

And shouldn't cost much to produce, either.

[GroobySteven]

Is there anyway to take this scene to the next level?

I want to see a Gokkun with a straight looking guy swallowing 100 cum loads from ts women. He should do an interview after to make sure he holds it all down.

Yep.
Not a problem.
You finance it, and we'll put it together.

[corbindallas]

Name a grooby model that you expected to be a massive star but didnt take off as expected i.e. because she didn't return or some other reason.

[MELIKEYBONECAS]

Hey steven,
i loved your club/parties in the past in hollywood.
Do you think you'll ever have a weekly or monthly
club/party in hollywood or l.a. ?

[Post Op Preferred]

On Twitter I am finding numerous, stunning, Indonesian T Girls who call themselves "waria".1322577.
https://twitter.com/PijatAnisa/status/1342671781224538116/photo/1
Any prospect of Grooby opening a Jakarta branch office?
If so, can I apply to be a summer intern?

[GroobySteven]

Name a grooby model that you expected to be a massive star but didnt take off as expected i.e. because she didn't return or some other reason.

Any of the Model of the Month's who shot and then didn't come back. I can't really think of any one specific - there are a load of girls who shot once and I would have liked top return, often they're in the middle of nowhere and getting them to us, or a producer to them is a problem. Others just try it once and decide that's all they want to do.

[GroobySteven]

Hey steven,
i loved your club/parties in the past in hollywood.
Do you think you'll ever have a weekly or monthly
club/party in hollywood or l.a. ?

I think you are thinking of someone else. Buddy used to run a sporadic one in North Hollywood, but I can't recall any others, other than the TEAs.

A weekly/monthly party or night? Unlikely. A lot of work for very little reward, and most girls don't want to hang out in a trans orientated club.

[GroobySteven]

On Twitter I am finding numerous, stunning, Indonesian T Girls who call themselves "waria".1322577.
https://twitter.com/PijatAnisa/status/1342671781224538116/photo/1
Any prospect of Grooby opening a Jakarta branch office?
If so, can I apply to be a summer intern?

It would be nice - but no.
The legal situation in Indonesia (the largest Muslim population in the world) is problematic. We've had content from there before, and if a producer did go, I would like to source the content - but as a regular place to shoot, no.

[Post Op Preferred]

Good points, and thanks for the answer. Sharia law compliance and counsel costs could make shooting T Porn very difficult indeed.

[danoblue]

I think you are thinking of someone else. Buddy used to run a sporadic one in North Hollywood, but I can't recall any others, other than the TEAs.

A weekly/monthly party or night? Unlikely. A lot of work for very little reward, and most girls don't want to hang out in a trans orientated club.

I’ve seen a lot of Grooby Girls at TGirl Nights. Just recently I’ve seen Bee from Anaheim there I think she’s a regular.

Bee from Anaheim is from TS Casting Couch.

[GroobySteven]

Jamie runs that night, it's probably the only trans night in California and I've been down a few times, yes usually a few girls around that we'd recognise.

[GroobySteven]

I don't believe Indonesia has Sharia law apart from one autonomous part of the country. Practically any of the S.Asian countries it's difficult to shoot in because of local laws.

[MELIKEYBONECAS]

Yes i was referring to the teas.

That's unfortunate that it is unlikely.

Club 7969/Peanuts was outstanding for years .
Hamburger Marys in long beach packs the ladies in.

I hear that club cobra is returning,
that club was always filled with girls !
Hallelujah !

[GroobySteven]

Yes i was referring to the teas.

That's unfortunate that it is unlikely.

Club 7969/Peanuts was outstanding for years .
Hamburger Marys in long beach packs the ladies in.

I hear that club cobra is returning,
that club was always filled with girls !
Hallelujah !

"Back in the day" of the late 90s and early 2000's when I was just starting, Peanuts was Mecca. It was amazing and there were other clubs as you mention, Queen Mary was always fun. San Francisco was awesome also, and I had a few awesome encounters at Divas. NYC, New Orleans, Miami - every city had some sort of trans bar. But there are more trans girls now, and more accepted in society than before, and they're not wanting to go to 'tranny' clubs. They're women. And whether they are gay women, or straight women, they're looking to party in gay and straight clubs, not being sidelined into their own place. This is unfortunate for some of the girls who would feel more comfortable in trans clubs, and those who are looking to venture out dressed for their first time, and I wish there were more venues like that. It's also difficult for trans attracted men to meet girls in clubs. Online dating has screwed most of it.

Cobra I always thought was a shithole. They watered down the drinks, they overcharged to get it in and it seemed more cliquey then other places. The only times I enjoyed it were the days before the TEA show but even then I stopped going - they didn't support us (give our ticket holders a discount or something), they watered the drinks down massively, and hiked the prices up over what they charged on their gay nights - so fuck them.

TEAs 2022!

[danoblue]

I loved Queen Mary and Peanuts. I used to go there a lot as a boy.

I finally after many years and false starts began to get seriously dressed up. My number one issue is makeup which I'm still struggling with. It's still my secret side but I've always had an affinity toward trans girls, CDs and drag queens and more importantly wanted to be a girl [at least part time] it's still a big secret in my life but I have met some girlfriends which I am so happy about. I love this forum as well and the positive vibes given to Trans life.

Here I am from last night!1323053

[GroobySteven]

I loved Queen Mary and Peanuts. I used to go there a lot as a boy.

I finally after many years and false starts began to get seriously dressed up. My number one issue is makeup which I'm still struggling with. It's still my secret side but I've always had an affinity toward trans girls, CDs and drag queens and more importantly wanted to be a girl [at least part time] it's still a big secret in my life but I have met some girlfriends which I am so happy about. I love this forum as well and the positive vibes given to Trans life.

Here I am from last night!1323053

That's awesome - thanks for sharing :-)

[serial138]

There are a number of ways. Xhamster and Pornhub both have a premium service (Pornhubs now disabled) in which they charge a fee to view the content without ads. When (like these two tubes) they share that income with the production houses, then it's actually a nice bit gravy for us all. We upload some older full length scenes from 2-4 years ago, and get a check each month.

The main income is from advertising. Anyone (yes you can do it!) can signup to get affiliate accounts to promote adult sites (eg, Groobybucks.com). The problem is, that for companies like ours who don't discount, or bang cards (see below) we only offer 50% of the sale, so a $35 sale, they get about $15 from (minus banking fees). So they end up promoting companies like Mindgeek or Gamma who pay them $40+ a sale. We promote them also, as they offer big discounts, and it's worth people joining - and we get paid. The reason they pay so much, is they both have so many sites to offer, they feel they can convert that customer into other sites, over months and years so their income is substantially more. They can offer cheap memberships for new buyers, as they will get them down the line (a different business model to Grooby who rarely discount, and when we do, we only do direct to customers and not via an affiliate).

However, the consumer going to a free porn site, doesn't convert very well. So while our usual conversions rates are under 1:150 (for every 150 people who come to the front door, 1 joins) when the traffic comes from a tube site it's more like 1:3000, so the tube sites don't make great money from us. The best money for them is dating, cam sites and pills. Both dating and cams have no production costs, and don't cost a lot to run - but take big sales. They also can't be pirated. Pills have a huge mark up and the companies who run them, often 'bang cards'. So what does 'banging cards' mean? When you join most adult sites, you will almost always see a pre-checked box offering a second site at a discount. We do that - and it's common internet marketing (not only adult, but cable subscriptions, travel companies, etc.). We are pretty upfront, and if there is a complaint as someone forgot to uncheck, we'll take care of them. The pill sites (or less legit sites) will offer a pre-checked 'free' site, or $1 site. Only after 3 days it rebills at $49.99. This doesn't show on the billing for the site, as the sneaky fuckers use a different processor. When you want to cancel, they make it as hard as possible. They can also 'bang' your card by adding purchases on it. So your tube site link to pills, may look like you are spending $30 but you get billed $150, and then the same the next month. So they pay the tube sites, for those links/banners as they can afford to pay $50-$100 a sale.

The losers are the producers who get their content stolen.

You are seeing a lot less pirated content now. Even tho our stuff can still be found, almost none of it is new, and we've software to track this. We've sued a lot of people over the past few years and won most, so got some income back that way. The days of the tube sites are very numbered, and I don't expect free porn to be around like it has been within the coming years, given the political profile it's had recently.

Premium services pay based on the videos watched or a flat fee to host your videos?

From your end, is it better to go after the tube sites themselves, or the people downloading from them? Like how the MPAA/RIAA went after the downloaders on Napster, Limewire, Pirate Bay, etc.

Can people not pirate a cam site? Dating obviously doesn't pirate well, but I would think it wouldn't be too hard to just mirror your screen in some form to copy a cam, but I'm not a tech guy. And I'm totally guessing, but I don't see a cam site trying to fight piracy as hard since they don't necessarily care about individual performers performances like you would.

[GroobySteven]

Premium services pay based on the videos watched or a flat fee to host your videos?

From your end, is it better to go after the tube sites themselves, or the people downloading from them? Like how the MPAA/RIAA went after the downloaders on Napster, Limewire, Pirate Bay, etc.

Can people not pirate a cam site? Dating obviously doesn't pirate well, but I would think it wouldn't be too hard to just mirror your screen in some form to copy a cam, but I'm not a tech guy. And I'm totally guessing, but I don't see a cam site trying to fight piracy as hard since they don't necessarily care about individual performers performances like you would.


Xhamster and Pornhub Premium both offered a share of their premium income based on how much time people spent on a companies videos. This works because those who are too closeted to join a trans site, can join a site that shows everything, and view trans content, yet if caught, can claim they were looking at ... cheerleaders, or MILFS or whatever.

The tube sites operate just within the law. The DMCA laws were put in with good intentions (to stop Youtube for example, being sued when a user uploads copyrighted content, once informed (via a DMCA notice) they have to delete it. The tube sites abused this law, and took a long time to delete the content even when told. Most tube sites now delete the same day. Of course, the real issue here is also it puts the onus of getting your content removed on the copyright holder, and not on the site for accepting the content and not doing due diligence on it, in the first place. This is what is changing quite rapidly now, and you are going to see a lot less pirated content on legit tube sites. Of course, there are sites in places harder to reach (Russia especially) that wilfully ignore it, so you have to go after their hosts and advertisers.

It's not worth it to go after the downloader, it's a lot of work and honestly, who hasn't downloaded a tune, a scene or a TV show at some point. We go after the uploaders, and we've had a lot of success with that, with most uploaders when caught and presented with the evidence willing to settle. As long as it's not a business for them, we usually settle for a mid-4 digit number depending on how much content they uploaded, which stops them doing it again.

Cam sites don't protect their models like they should - but they're beginning to and realizing they need to protect their models, so models either hire DMCA companies or do it themselves. I think within the very near future, we'll see stolen cam content from all the big companies start to get less pirated.

[ed_jaxon]

Hey Steven.

I did a search but did not find anything regarding the TEA Awards in 2022. Any info that you can share regarding whether it will happen and if so, dates, locations, etc.?

Hope you are able to pull it off and I most definitely will be there.

EJ

[serial138]

Xhamster and Pornhub Premium both offered a share of their premium income based on how much time people spent on a companies videos. This works because those who are too closeted to join a trans site, can join a site that shows everything, and view trans content, yet if caught, can claim they were looking at ... cheerleaders, or MILFS or whatever.

The tube sites operate just within the law. The DMCA laws were put in with good intentions (to stop Youtube for example, being sued when a user uploads copyrighted content, once informed (via a DMCA notice) they have to delete it. The tube sites abused this law, and took a long time to delete the content even when told. Most tube sites now delete the same day. Of course, the real issue here is also it puts the onus of getting your content removed on the copyright holder, and not on the site for accepting the content and not doing due diligence on it, in the first place. This is what is changing quite rapidly now, and you are going to see a lot less pirated content on legit tube sites. Of course, there are sites in places harder to reach (Russia especially) that wilfully ignore it, so you have to go after their hosts and advertisers.

It's not worth it to go after the downloader, it's a lot of work and honestly, who hasn't downloaded a tune, a scene or a TV show at some point. We go after the uploaders, and we've had a lot of success with that, with most uploaders when caught and presented with the evidence willing to settle. As long as it's not a business for them, we usually settle for a mid-4 digit number depending on how much content they uploaded, which stops them doing it again.

Cam sites don't protect their models like they should - but they're beginning to and realizing they need to protect their models, so models either hire DMCA companies or do it themselves. I think within the very near future, we'll see stolen cam content from all the big companies start to get less pirated.

Thanks for the little peek into the business side of things. I've always been curious about the back of house details of how you run the business. Appreciate the insight.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Lame question, but here goes anyway: Why doesn't the current "Model of the Week" show the pictures? The image links are all bad.
http://www.grooby.com/modelofweek/current/index.php

[shella77]

will there be more scenes with kendall?
https://www.femout.xxx/tour/models/kendall.html

[GroobySteven]

will there be more scenes with kendall?
https://www.femout.xxx/tour/models/kendall.html

Never say never, but unlikely at this point.

[GroobySteven]

Lame question, but here goes anyway: Why doesn't the current "Model of the Week" show the pictures? The image links are all bad.
http://www.grooby.com/modelofweek/current/index.php


Fixed

[GroobySteven]

Hey Steven.

I did a search but did not find anything regarding the TEA Awards in 2022. Any info that you can share regarding whether it will happen and if so, dates, locations, etc.?

Hope you are able to pull it off and I most definitely will be there.

EJ

It's planned to go ahead on the usual date (will have exacts later in Aug) but we're very much expecting to do a live show if it's legally and feasibly possible. We'll be looking into what we can do to keep everyone safe, in terms of vaccinationed/distanced/etc.

[praetorian]

Hi Steven,
This might be an obvious question for some but not me. How come when I google a Tgirl pornstars name, all the search results are for xhamster & other tube sites, why don't any links to grooby sites come up. For instance I am currently very into watching Nyxi Leons scenes and I periodically have to trawl through all the Grooby sites individually to see if she has any new stuff on there and then join to get the scene etc. Is there any way to do some kind of notification where a favourite porn star appears on one of your sites where you could sign up for an alert or is that not possible? Thanks in advance for the answer.

[GroobySteven]

Hi Steven,
This might be an obvious question for some but not me. How come when I google a Tgirl pornstars name, all the search results are for xhamster & other tube sites, why don't any links to grooby sites come up. For instance I am currently very into watching Nyxi Leons scenes and I periodically have to trawl through all the Grooby sites individually to see if she has any new stuff on there and then join to get the scene etc. Is there any way to do some kind of notification where a favourite porn star appears on one of your sites where you could sign up for an alert or is that not possible? Thanks in advance for the answer.

That's a great idea but I'm not sure we'd be able to implement it. I'll put it forward. I sit in a room with some of the biggest companies in adult, and the owners and CEO's are so smart it's ridiculous, I love to learn from them. The difference between many of them and Grooby, is that they're technology companies doing porn, and we're a porn company who lacks great technology.

As far as the Googling. This is to do with SEO and it's a problem. Google ranks partially based on traffic and a company like ours has a miniscule among of traffic compared to tube sites (the difference that our traffic is 100% dedicated and PAYING members, and those companies are 100% non-paying people and lots from countries like India or the Middle East who will only search for stolen content as they can't be billed, doesn't come into it.

I just done a test 'Itzel Saenz Porn' on Google. I'm 7 pages in and found the first official Grooby site - and it's the Itzel's post on HungAngels (HA has more traffic than our pay sites). 10 pages in, and it's all just the same few tube sites on repeat. So Google fails in delivering the most relevant results for porn models.

[MrFanti]

That's a great idea but I'm not sure we'd be able to implement it. I'll put it forward. I sit in a room with some of the biggest companies in adult, and the owners and CEO's are so smart it's ridiculous, I love to learn from them. The difference between many of them and Grooby, is that they're technology companies doing porn, and we're a porn company who lacks great technology.

As far as the Googling. This is to do with SEO and it's a problem. Google ranks partially based on traffic and a company like ours has a miniscule among of traffic compared to tube sites (the difference that our traffic is 100% dedicated and PAYING members, and those companies are 100% non-paying people and lots from countries like India or the Middle East who will only search for stolen content as they can't be billed, doesn't come into it.

I just done a test 'Itzel Saenz Porn' on Google. I'm 7 pages in and found the first official Grooby site - and it's the Itzel's post on HungAngels (HA has more traffic than our pay sites). 10 pages in, and it's all just the same few tube sites on repeat. So Google fails in delivering the most relevant results for porn models.

Seems like the all Grooby site function of: "Model Search" takes care of it....no?

[GroobySteven]

Seems like the all Grooby site function of: "Model Search" takes care of it....no?

no - as he'd have to be a member of the sites. he wants notifcation of when his fave model/s has a new update on the site, so he can consider rejoining.

[bigm25]

As A Fan how would you suggest fans meet tgirls in real life? Do you recommend a dating app or going to gay bars or gay clubs? Where do you meet all the new tgirls you film?
Thanks

[GroobySteven]

As A Fan how would you suggest fans meet tgirls in real life? Do you recommend a dating app or going to gay bars or gay clubs? Where do you meet all the new tgirls you film?
Thanks

There are very few bars/clubs left - and fewer girls wanting to go to them, preferring to go to gay/cis clubs instead.

There are plenty of dating apps. Taimi is pretty good. I've seen trans girls on OkCupid.

Just don't be a weirdo. Don't make it about them being trans. Treat them like you would any other date. And if you don't plan on being seen with them in public on a date, then hire a sex worker instead.

Most of our models apply directly to work with us.

[bigm25]

Thank you. This is very helpful.

2 more questions, I know many users already think there is enough feet and foot content on the Grooby sites, but some customers, like me can't ever get enough. Have you ever looked into doing a foot fetish site?

Also there are lots of compilations style videos now on onlyfans and the tube sites. Did you ever look into doing a compilations style website?

[GroobySteven]

Thank you. This is very helpful.

2 more questions, I know many users already think there is enough feet and foot content on the Grooby sites, but some customers, like me can't ever get enough. Have you ever looked into doing a foot fetish site?

Also there are lots of compilations style videos now on onlyfans and the tube sites. Did you ever look into doing a compilations style website?


A foot site. If I made a foot site showing 10 new scenes a day, of every trans star and charged $2.99 - there would still be complaints and asking for more. The foot fetish guys are the most irritating and annoying bunch ever, it doesn't matter how much we show they want more - and if we do some sets without showing feet, it's almost a cardinal sin. It's also rare to find someone into feet, who understands that it's their fetish - and not everyone likes it. Also open secret, not all models have great feet.
That being said ... ;
a) yes, we've looked into it, but without a producer who was genuinely into it and does enough content to run a site then it's a stalling point.
b) I'd be gunshy about investing too much. We had people here who were desperate for a site featuring girls topping guys - swore they'd stay members, that there was so many people into it. We launched it (Tgirltops.com) with great stars, and then the complaints came - either the wrong girls, or we didn't get this girl, or more whining and complaining (more than the rest of the sites put together) and the income wasn't there, so I just tired of trying to run it and made it part of BobsTgirls.com where it sits nicely.


What do you mean 'compiliation videos'? Compilations of ?

Thanks for the input!

[kmersh]

Steven, firstly thank you for answering question from us.

My question is one that I have wondered for a long time, is making porn fun for the actresses and actors, or is it work like any other job?

Many times when I think about the actors and actresses who make porn films, I think about the Robert Frost quote, “My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.” I mean having sex is fun for normal everyday average folks, so getting paid to have sex would be amazingly fun, but then I say to myself very few jobs unite ones hobbies/things they enjoy with how their earn their livelihoods and I wonder if acting in porn is similar in that it is work and work is not generally also fun.

[GroobySteven]

Steven, firstly thank you for answering question from us.

My question is one that I have wondered for a long time, is making porn fun for the actresses and actors, or is it work like any other job?

Many times when I think about the actors and actresses who make porn films, I think about the Robert Frost quote, “My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation,
As my two eyes make one in sight.” I mean having sex is fun for normal everyday average folks, so getting paid to have sex would be amazingly fun, but then I say to myself very few jobs unite ones hobbies/things they enjoy with how their earn their livelihoods and I wonder if acting in porn is similar in that it is work and work is not generally also fun.

That's not a new question, I think it's been asked throughout porn history - but it's a good question and I think it changes with the times. I'm just speaking for my experience with trans performers and cis performers we've worked with.

When we started producing it was all new and fresh. Small video cams were new - and nobody had filmed for the internet, but we were working with a lot of girls who were sex workers (prostitution) and their mentality at the time, was based on an hour rate for the most money.

So many of them would just go through the motions to get paid. Fast foward to 2010 and onwards and there are far more models who came from different walks of life and working in the sex industry (cams, photoshoots and sometimes prostitution) who wanted to work in the adult industry. In our specific niche, we also get a lot of models who don't need the income from working on scenes with us, but they want the validation of being able to be filmed professionally and get paid for a shoot that will appear on sites and promotion, and these models usually really enjoy the work.

It doesn't matter how great looking the model is, if they're not enjoying being in front of the camera, it's going to show and the scene isn't going to do as well. I'd rather take a girl who is pretty with bags of energy and wants to do a great shoot, over a girl who looks like a supermarket but is just going through the motions.

So that's the overview - so what I'd say is that the majority of the models enjoy doing to work. We get models requesting to work with other models, or ones excited to be paired with a performer. Sites like tgirls.porn we try to keep authentic and usually the girls there are really into wanting to do a shoot. There will be a few who are just great actresses and can fake it - but in my experience, the vast majority of models that we work with, do enjoy the actual filming of the scene as long as it stays safe, authentic and the producers are mindful of the time. A 25 min Grooby hardcore usually takes 2-3hrs to film, which seem's a long time. Some of our competitors who do more involved setups, multi-camera, more makeup etc. one scene can have you on set for 8-12 hrs and I think that's why they can occassionally lose a little of their passion/excitement.

Hope this answered it.

[Fiji]

A 25 min Grooby hardcore usually takes 2-3hrs to film, which seem's a long time. Some of our competitors who do more involved setups, multi-camera, more makeup etc. one scene can have you on set for 8-12 hrs and I think that's why they can occassionally lose a little of their passion/excitement.
.

Following on this answer, i'm curious how similar or different porn shoot productions are to shooting say a high end commercial or a music video. Is there much overlap between the different production worlds, do you find some of the crew you hire dip between the categories or is it if you're in the porn industry you stick exclusively to that lane? Asking as someone who works in commercial productions

[GroobySteven]

Following on this answer, i'm curious how similar or different porn shoot productions are to shooting say a high end commercial or a music video. Is there much overlap between the different production worlds, do you find some of the crew you hire dip between the categories or is it if you're in the porn industry you stick exclusively to that lane? Asking as someone who works in commercial productions

No overlap as far as I've ever seen.
We don't even hire crews - we have freelance producers and they usually only work with one trusted assistant. The dynamics to be on a porn set and the amount of things to be aware of with consent, safety, etc. are quite different.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I'd rather take a girl who is pretty with bags of energy and wants to do a great shoot, over a girl who looks like a supermarket but is just going through the motions.


Any particular chain? :) I guess that was supposed to be "supermodel."

[GroobySteven]

Any particular chain? :) I guess that was supposed to be "supermodel."

LOL.
Yes.

Athought we've featured some Walmart level before.

[kmersh]

Steven, thank you for responding to my last question, your answer was very interesting and informative.

I have a somewhat follow up question and to be clear I more than understand if you choose not to answer the question.

I have known and know two transgender woman, one is more of the traditional story and one has a very unusual story.

The first transgender woman that I ever met lived across the hall from me in the very first place I paid for myself after graduating college. We became friendly over time and to this day, we keep in touch. She is very much the traditional story, parents could not accept her, she moved out, started to transition, turned to prostitution to make money, then porn, but she was never truly happy.

Now she is mostly doing cam work, onlyfans, escorting and the money is better, but she is still very unhappy and I am afraid she will never find happiness. When I visit her or talk on the phone I can tell that she is just not fulfilled in life. I often worry that one day she will commit suicide, though to be clear she has never ever mentioned anything to give me any concern.

The second transgender woman that I know is my current wife, she is very unusual, came from a very wealthy caring supportive family. Went to college and law school, after graduating law school, she came out to her parents and started to transition with both their emotional and financial support.

She is now a partner in a mid-size law firm making very good money, living her best life.
It is in my opinion her loving supportive family and their financial means which has spared my wife much of the pain of the previous woman that I wrote about.

Which is a very long preamble to my question, in your years of experience are the actresses whom you film happy or is it merely a way to survive?

[bigm25]

Hahaha sorry the foot guys are such a pain. I think Grooby does a great job across many of the sites to feature feet and ass. Was just wondering if you had looked into it and you have. By compilation I mean for instance taking 3 videos of 1 of your models, for instance top rated Daisy Taylor and editing them down into 1 Compilation video of the model. I have seen onlyfans girls do this and just wondering if you looked into it. Also congratulations on your new VOD site. That looks excellent and a great idea.
I couldn't get behind the tgirl tops but was intrigued and enjoyed some of the sets, just not my thing. Sorry to hear the loud recommenders didn't stay on board.
Cheers and Happy Father's Day to you Steven

[GroobySteven]

Hahaha sorry the foot guys are such a pain. I think Grooby does a great job across many of the sites to feature feet and ass. Was just wondering if you had looked into it and you have. By compilation I mean for instance taking 3 videos of 1 of your models, for instance top rated Daisy Taylor and editing them down into 1 Compilation video of the model. I have seen onlyfans girls do this and just wondering if you looked into it. Also congratulations on your new VOD site. That looks excellent and a great idea.
I couldn't get behind the tgirl tops but was intrigued and enjoyed some of the sets, just not my thing. Sorry to hear the loud recommenders didn't stay on board.
Cheers and Happy Father's Day to you Steven

If you mean a video of just Daisy Taylor from across the sites, we release them in our TS Superstar series (see them on GroobyVOD), where we take good solo and hardcore scenes into a DVD compilation. If you mean just feet scenes, then no, not yet. It's been talked about but it's a bunch of extra work we just don't have the time vs reward for right now. We're expecting AI will be able to help with this.

[GroobySteven]

Steven, thank you for responding to my last question, your answer was very interesting and informative.

I have a somewhat follow up question and to be clear I more than understand if you choose not to answer the question.

I have known and know two transgender woman, one is more of the traditional story and one has a very unusual story.

The first transgender woman that I ever met lived across the hall from me in the very first place I paid for myself after graduating college. We became friendly over time and to this day, we keep in touch. She is very much the traditional story, parents could not accept her, she moved out, started to transition, turned to prostitution to make money, then porn, but she was never truly happy.

Now she is mostly doing cam work, onlyfans, escorting and the money is better, but she is still very unhappy and I am afraid she will never find happiness. When I visit her or talk on the phone I can tell that she is just not fulfilled in life. I often worry that one day she will commit suicide, though to be clear she has never ever mentioned anything to give me any concern.

The second transgender woman that I know is my current wife, she is very unusual, came from a very wealthy caring supportive family. Went to college and law school, after graduating law school, she came out to her parents and started to transition with both their emotional and financial support.

She is now a partner in a mid-size law firm making very good money, living her best life.
It is in my opinion her loving supportive family and their financial means which has spared my wife much of the pain of the previous woman that I wrote about.

Which is a very long preamble to my question, in your years of experience are the actresses whom you film happy or is it merely a way to survive?

I've known girls from every walk of life. From wealthy and priviliged to those who have far less, and the one factor in girls who seem to be happier and have better mental health, is the acceptance of family and being brought up by at least one supportive and loving parent, and that can cross any boundaries.

To answer your question - most models want to film - it doesn't matter if it's countries like Thailand or Brazil where the girls are mainly sex workers. Of course, they want the income - but also being photographed (and seeing how great you can look) is also empowering and they enjoy being in front of a camera.

The vast majority of Western models we work with are happy to film. It's something they want to do. It empowers them, and also validates them. As counter-intuitive as it may sound, we won't work with models who appear unhappy or not really wanting to do the shoots, or just for the money. We reject applications of potential models coming to us, because they 'need the money'. As much as I sympathise with them, it usually creates awful content, and apart from a short-lasting cash injection to that model, doesn't really help them long term, especially if they come to regret the shoot. We tend to find more Black models who are solely just needing the money, and this isn't really a surprise (I've talked on this before with the lack of opportunities).

I think it's fairly easy to tell from our shoots, which girls are happy and enjoying the being the center of attention - and enjoy working in this industry.

I think it's pretty easy from our shoots to

[bigm25]

Steven, you are our fearless leader, and with the state of boycotts of products like Bud Light, suicide rates of trans people, and murders, is there any message you can say to trans fans and trans models? Is there anything we can do?
It seems in some ways the best of times, because their is acceptance and publicity and recognition in more places and trans are in movies and tv shows and the news, and the worst of times with boycotts, new laws in strict states and outright violence. Do you encourage us to go to city council meetings or write our politicians?

[kmersh]

Steven, once again thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer our questions.

Over the years, I have had a question of appropriateness and I never have know the proper answer and you of all people should hopefully be able to shed some light on the subject.

Circa 2018, I was sitting in the gate area of an airport and noticed a young lady walk into the gate area, I recognized her as a one of my favorite transgender porn actresses and I started to look for a piece of paper to get her autograph and then I stopped and started to think twice about my decision.

I began to think to myself that she is there in her every day life, travelling on her real name and not her stage name and may or may not want to talk with a fan of her movies, furthermore I would not want to out her as transgender, so I decided that discretion was the better part of valor and just decided to smile to myself and go about what I was doing prior to noticing her which was reading a magazine.

Maybe 10 minutes later a very awkward sort of man walked into the gate area and sat down directly across from said transgender porn actresses and after scanning the room he looked straight at her, then pulled out his phone, did something, looked at her again and then at his phone again.

He then got up from his seat and walked over to saying very loudly saying hi using her stage name and then loudly enough for the entire gate area to hear him how much he loved her films and how is such a fan, now folks are staring at him (and her) and he continues loudly how he never imagined that he would get to meet her in real life and how excited he is and how she is just as pretty in real life as she is on film.

She had a look of pure dread on her face and probably embarrassment as well as he just goes on and on, with her finally saying maybe you could keep it down a little and then having to say much louder to keep his voice down.

He asks for a selfie and she does oblige him, then the Gate Agent announces boarding and she says, it is time to board pointing at his bags, he maybe gets the message, but regardless he does walk back to his bags still waving at her and just overall being awkward.

As I was sitting in First Class I boarded and do no know what happened after that point, I did not see him nor her again for the remainder of the flight and I presume that there were no further incidents as we deplaned normally upon arrival.

Is it appropriate for fans to meet girls in public going about their everyday normal lives or it is more appropriate for us to see them, but give them their privacy and not make contact with them?

I honestly can see arguments for either answer, but I figure that in your years of experience you probably have a good idea what the appropriate action is or is not.

[christianxxx]

this guy kmersh is my favorite fictional creative writer on this board. he puts time and effort and energy into making up these fantasy stories and scenarios and I am HERE for them all

[kmersh]

Steven, once again thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer our questions.

Over the years, I have had a question of appropriateness and I never have know the proper answer and you of all people should hopefully be able to shed some light on the subject.

Circa 2018, I was sitting in the gate area of an airport and noticed a young lady walk into the gate area, I recognized her as a one of my favorite transgender porn actresses and I started to look for a piece of paper to get her autograph and then I stopped and started to think twice about my decision.

I began to think to myself that she is there in her every day life, travelling on her real name and not her stage name and may or may not want to talk with a fan of her movies, furthermore I would not want to out her as transgender, so I decided that discretion was the better part of valor and just decided to smile to myself and go about what I was doing prior to noticing her which was reading a magazine.

Maybe 10 minutes later a very awkward sort of man walked into the gate area and sat down directly across from said transgender porn actresses and after scanning the room he looked straight at her, then pulled out his phone, did something, looked at her again and then at his phone again.

He then got up from his seat and walked over to saying very loudly saying hi using her stage name and then loudly enough for the entire gate area to hear him how much he loved her films and how is such a fan, now folks are staring at him (and her) and he continues loudly how he never imagined that he would get to meet her in real life and how excited he is and how she is just as pretty in real life as she is on film.

She had a look of pure dread on her face and probably embarrassment as well as he just goes on and on, with her finally saying maybe you could keep it down a little and then having to say much louder to keep his voice down.

He asks for a selfie and she does oblige him, then the Gate Agent announces boarding and she says, it is time to board pointing at his bags, he maybe gets the message, but regardless he does walk back to his bags still waving at her and just overall being awkward.

As I was sitting in First Class I boarded and do no know what happened after that point, I did not see him nor her again for the remainder of the flight and I presume that there were no further incidents as we deplaned normally upon arrival.

Is it appropriate for fans to meet girls in public going about their everyday normal lives or it is more appropriate for us to see them, but give them their privacy and not make contact with them?

I honestly can see arguments for either answer, but I figure that in your years of experience you probably have a good idea what the appropriate action is or is not.

I am quoting myself to make an edit because the website doesn't seem to have the option to edit my own post.

My apologies!

It should read: He then got up from his seat and walked over very loudly saying hi using her stage name...

[filghy2]

I am quoting myself to make an edit because the website doesn't seem to have the option to edit my own post.

You can only make edits within 10 minutes of posting.

The odds are the klutz you described was a HA member, though I guess they are not likely to out themselves.

[Helvis2012]

Pretty cool scene you've got Stephen.
You live your life free of BS many get stuck on.
So here it is, what would you tell someone asking
how to be free of societal nonsense to persue what they dig?

[GroobySteven]

I am quoting myself to make an edit because the website doesn't seem to have the option to edit my own post.

My apologies!

It should read: He then got up from his seat and walked over very loudly saying hi using her stage name...


I don't think it's any different from meeting any 'famous' or recognisable celeb. Judge the situation and see if it's appropriate, and then be discreet. I met Ridley Scott at last year, and I went up to him and just thanked him quietly 'from one Northern boy to another' and he was very gracious, Nikolaj Coster Waldau (Jamie Lannister) from Game of Thrones was the same and just said 'make it quick before anyone sees' for a photo. JB Smoove (Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm) does the same morning walk as I do, and was really great to talk to. And Steven Spielberg actually engaged me on football for 15 mins in an airport lounge a few years ago. In all cases, I judged their situation that it was appropriate to approach them without drawing too much attention or inconveniencing them. I would never approach someone in a restaurant (despite sitting next to William H Macy and Felicity Huffman), I wouldn't interrupt them when they appeared to be in a rush, out with their family or engaged in something else (Kirsten Dunst in a smoothie bar with her kid last week in LA). There are my humble brags on who I've met (there are many more).

So for porn stars. Yes, it's okay to approach them under the same guidelines. I'd say if they were with someone else, to not embarress them as their friend not be aware what they do for a living. To go up to a pornstar in an airport and simply and quietly say 'I really enjoy your work, I just wanted to say 'thank you', if you can clarify it further ('I love you on Groobygirls' or 'I'm on your OnlyFans'and would it be possible to get a selfie with you' is entirely appropriate. It's also fine for that person to refuse and at that point, just move on. You don't know if they have anxiety issues or whatever is going on in their life. If they are happy to chat and take a photo, then great - but don't outstay your welcome - thank them and go back to your seat and leave them be. The most common issue girls have is that they'll take the photo, and then the 'fan' takes it as an invitation to try and become pals.

[GroobySteven]

Pretty cool scene you've got Stephen.
You live your life free of BS many get stuck on.
So here it is, what would you tell someone asking
how to be free of societal nonsense to persue what they dig?

I don't understand what you mean? Is it to just to live your life how you want without people creating drama or stress because of how/who you like?

[noisnot]

dunno if this up to date, but do you know, what happend to Gina Hart?

[GroobySteven]

dunno if this up to date, but do you know, what happend to Gina Hart?

As far as I know she just moved on with her life away from the website/internet porn like most of the girls do at some point.

[Hyperb]

Hey Steven, good evening from Miami

How much of a hand do you have as far as graphic design and branding go?

Is there a particular "aesthetic" you look out for (or actively dislike)?

[GroobySteven]

Hey Steven, good evening from Miami

How much of a hand do you have as far as graphic design and branding go?

Is there a particular "aesthetic" you look out for (or actively dislike)?

That's a great question. For the site designs, our main designer is my brother who has worked with me for about 25 yrs (and known me for another 25) so he's got a pretty good temperature of what I'm looking for without having to give much feedback - and I'm not someone who gets caught on the minutiae. I'm looking for clear designs, which say exactly what they do and sometimes have a little quirkiness and playfulness about them. We're not trying to be slick, or salesy - but honest and upfront (hence the names of many of our sites Tgirls.porn, BlackTgirls, TransexPOV, etc.).

For the graphic designs for box covers and the scenes - I usually select a bunch of images for our designer to use, along with the name of the scene/dvd - and a general gist of what I'm looking for. 9.5/10 she gets it right the first time, without needing for revision or editing. Anne also did our latest pizza shirt. The idea has been around for a while to do a pizza delivery, and it was Anna's first go at a merchandise design, and a little back and forth between us to get to this one.

I like clear, fun and authentic designs.
I dislike designs which have over-touched the models and made them look something that they not, or are disingenuous to what a customer would get.

[BostonBad]

Any thoughts on doing something over the top?
(Pun intended)
Like a straight looking guy being strapped down on his stomach, legs wide open 2.5 feet off the ground and a line of 50 ts women gangbang him until his ass is broken and leaking red cumbutter?

Is that even possible or would the authorities come and crack down?

[GroobySteven]

Any thoughts on doing something over the top?
(Pun intended)
Like a straight looking guy being strapped down on his stomach, legs wide open 2.5 feet off the ground and a line of 50 ts women gangbang him until his ass is broken and leaking red cumbutter?

Is that even possible or would the authorities come and crack down?


You could do it - but you would lose money on it. Over the top usually costs money and/or does attract the wrong attention.

[FionaFortune]

"You could do it - but you would lose money on it."

That's too bad, I love the group scenes (GB's and Orgy) , but I imagine having to pony up for everyone's scene
rate doesn't work for a scene that will be only marginally more popular than a regular B/G.

I listen to the podcast of Bruce from AdultSiteBroker.com. His advice for new entrants in the market
is to niche down to an area with less competition. Kind of like Christian did with his BecomingFemme site.

What do you advise new entrants in the market?

Thanks

[bigm25]

2 Quick Questions:

1: What models really excite you in 2024 that are your favorite 2 or 3?

2: What has changed in the industry now that trans are way more in the general culture, seems like there would be a lot more applicants than 10 years ago, a lot more want to be models and more admissions, and more models fighting for camera time and video shoots.

Thanks for running a great company, don't know how you do all you do!

[GroobySteven]

What do you advise new entrants in the market?

Thanks

Apologies - I missed this. It's almost impossible for a one-person show to open a paysite now. The barrier to entry is just too high unless they've a proven money maker. I'd advise them to start with OnlyFans and clip sites like ManyVids and see if their content sells there. Ignore the feedback on free social media and tube sites (tho it's good on premium tube options) because people getting content for free aren't worth listening to. And then the advice is the same as it's ever been. Don't try to compete on what people are already doing - what's unique to you as a model or as a producer, whether it be your location and availability of models, your own fetishes, etc. Secondly, only do what you love - someone trying to promote and shoot content that they're not into, will almost always fail.

[GroobySteven]

2 Quick Questions:

1: What models really excite you in 2024 that are your favorite 2 or 3?

2: What has changed in the industry now that trans are way more in the general culture, seems like there would be a lot more applicants than 10 years ago, a lot more want to be models and more admissions, and more models fighting for camera time and video shoots.

Thanks for running a great company, don't know how you do all you do!


Good questions.

1. Avery Lust is a big star. Others that I've loved this year, Alyssa Bale, Eris Jolie, Paige Turner, June Ferrari, Iris Kiss, Ana Acker, Grace Iris, Cache, Lana Eclipse, but there are just so many. And then lots of girls over the past few years who are still awesome. I just wish there was more budget and more buyers to show more of them, we've girls lining up wanting to shoot.

2. See above. It's a balance between wanting to bring in new girls and test them - and then bring back the girls who have only done 1 or 2 sets as they're much in demand - and then the models who've been around for a few years and still great. Sadly, and stressfully, I get to have the say on that and the bar to make the cut for a first shoot is a lot higher than it used to be (and rising) and some returning girls have just aged out (not in actual age - but have just reached the end of the journey with us as we need to make room for new girls). I don't take that responsibility lightly. I think without question Grooby has been responsible for a lot of the visibiity for trans girls being more in general culture, and many girls having the courage to come out and transition, when they see the wide mix of similar models out there. Prior to what we did on 'ShemaleYum' by introducing different body types, styles and looks, there were only pornstar looking models for a girl to compare herself to.

thanks - we've a great team that punches above it's weight and has a love of what we do, most of our staff have been with us over 15 years.

[FionaFortune]

Apologies - I missed this. It's almost impossible for a one-person show to open a paysite now. The barrier to entry is just too high unless they've a proven money maker. I'd advise them to start with OnlyFans and clip sites like ManyVids and see if their content sells there. Ignore the feedback on free social media and tube sites (tho it's good on premium tube options) because people getting content for free aren't worth listening to. And then the advice is the same as it's ever been. Don't try to compete on what people are already doing - what's unique to you as a model or as a producer, whether it be your location and availability of models, your own fetishes, etc. Secondly, only do what you love - someone trying to promote and shoot content that they're not into, will almost always fail.


Thanks you for the response, Some great advice there, I appreciate that.

I have been posting my vids (Vids of me in action, Never anything stolen) on the tube sites for a few years now
and some of the vids were popular, I had one get 2mil views. Two years ago the tube sites started demanding
IDs and performer forms so most of my stuff got wiped. It's hard to get a 2257 and ID pic from some guy you meet on Grindr.

Now I am ready to start for real. So I put i will into practice what you advise.

If you are okay with it, I may start a thread detailing everything that is required to go from slutty amateur
to actually selling content here.

Kisses

[BostonBad]

Is it possible to set up a set with 25-35 ts women and have them gangbang me and end with a gokkun? If all are tested and still free I'll do it for free.

[StevenDavid]

Can a bottom only man be in the industry?

If so, would the bottom guy need to cum in all/most scenes? Or could him not cumming, unless it is hands free, be his ‘thing/gimmick’ for his porn persona?

[GroobySteven]

Can a bottom only man be in the industry?

If so, would the bottom guy need to cum in all/most scenes? Or could him not cumming, unless it is hands free, be his ‘thing/gimmick’ for his porn persona?

Nope.

[GroobySteven]

Is it possible to set up a set with 25-35 ts women and have them gangbang me and end with a gokkun? If all are tested and still free I'll do it for free.

Yes we can work on that. What is your budget for it - before we talk further please send a $1500 deposit.

[StevenDavid]

Nope.

Thanks for the response!

A couple follow ups:

Could a man be bottom only in the industry if he blew a huge load at the end of every scene?

Or is being verse required?

[GroobySteven]

Thanks for the response!

A couple follow ups:

Could a man be bottom only in the industry if he blew a huge load at the end of every scene?

Or is being verse required?


It's just a fantasy - go work in gay porn and you might get that work.

[truggi1010]

A good friend of mine is interested modeling for the Grooby sites. I know there is a process and it's not a sure thing that everyone interested makes it, but she's very sexy, has a great attitude, and I think she'd be amazing. How can she submit her photos to you and what types of poses/stills would you be looking for?

[GroobySteven]

A good friend of mine is interested modeling for the Grooby sites. I know there is a process and it's not a sure thing that everyone interested makes it, but she's very sexy, has a great attitude, and I think she'd be amazing. How can she submit her photos to you and what types of poses/stills would you be looking for?

Usually the first test is finding the model application ...

https://www.grooby.com/modelswanted/

[bigm25]

Thank you for the great answers.

Your answer about not enough space and there just isn't enough sites and shoots to go around has me thinking and here is my follow up question:

If you were given a gift with the intent to expand the genre and help the girls out who want to do more work, but can't would you create a few more websites or expand the existing sites?

Is there any plans for expansion and if a billionaire gifted Grooby $1million how would you spend it... It is Christmas hahaha.

Cheers and thank you again for your great production works and companies.

[GroobySteven]

Thank you for the great answers.

Your answer about not enough space and there just isn't enough sites and shoots to go around has me thinking and here is my follow up question:

If you were given a gift with the intent to expand the genre and help the girls out who want to do more work, but can't would you create a few more websites or expand the existing sites?

Is there any plans for expansion and if a billionaire gifted Grooby $1million how would you spend it... It is Christmas hahaha.

Cheers and thank you again for your great production works and companies.

$1M wouldn't go far. We've spent over $1.5M on content (probably closer to $2M adding in Franks, and the Brazilian sites) in 2024. It would be nice to think we could increase the models and producer payment some, but $1M wouldn't increase it by that much for each scene.

I believe we've covered most bases and can't really see us adding anynew sites unless something extremely interesting came along - maybe another country if they opened up to it (China, India, Australia) - and I think there is a need for a good BDSM site, but there are legal and billing complications with them, as well as cost in production and getting authentic content, so we're not really looking to create more websites. There is a fairly low ceiling on qualified buyers for this niche (people who have the ability to pay - ie; are in a country that has payment cards, and they have the income to do it PLUS people who will pay - ie; are happy to pay for getting quality). and we're pretty much at the top. Adding another site would likely just cannibalise what we have not, and not bring in extra income but create extra work and costs.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Any chance you'll start featuring some Colombian girls? They're the hottest on Chaturbate now.

[GroobySteven]

Any chance you'll start featuring some Colombian girls? They're the hottest on Chaturbate now.

Unlikely.
Personally I don't find their aesthetic very hot and they're just a bit ubiquitious across cam and tube sites.

[zorga]

Hello, sir.

Obviously security of the websites is very important. Most important, really, especially if they are within a niche of not-so-regular porn [customer data, all that shenanigans]. Have you guys had some mishaps in this area, people trying to breach in, scam, hack, etc?

[FionaFortune]

The hacks come on the side of the payment processors like Epoch or CCBill, not the content side.

[MrFanti]

The hacks come on the side of the payment processors like Epoch or CCBill, not the content side.
What the the subscriber's username and password hack to the content?

[GroobySteven]

Hello, sir.

Obviously security of the websites is very important. Most important, really, especially if they are within a niche of not-so-regular porn [customer data, all that shenanigans]. Have you guys had some mishaps in this area, people trying to breach in, scam, hack, etc?

Not to date, hacks as such.

People will try and 'guess' username and password combinations, sometimes using tools to do it, but our security software would cut off a false user pretty fast.
In the 'old days' it was more of a problem.

[GroobySteven]

The hacks come on the side of the payment processors like Epoch or CCBill, not the content side.

Utterly incorrect.
If you don't know what you are talking about - then stay quiet. I thought it was AMA - Steven Grooby.

[bigm25]

A Million dollars is not what it used to be. thanks for sharing