< Previous50September 2021 BCAMS MAGAZINE FINANCE & BUSINESS The latest finance & business news and updates that may affect your money, investments, savings and financial health! This issue we are talking to Vali Vranciuc, from Exclusive Property Manage- ment about how the Real Estate Market was affected by this diffi- cult period, both in Romania and worldwide, and how the livecam industry adapted to the new trends. Also you can read all about Finest Finance in our latest interview with Patrick Carlo Friedrich( CEO Finest Finance). BongaCams – pays models and studios from Romania up to 80% of each Token! FINEST - fully dedicated to improve your payment strategy and help you grow your business The impact of the real estate market on the live cam industry. next52September 2021 BCAMS MAGAZINE BongaCams – the #1 webcam site in the world – pays models and studios from Romania 80% of each Token! Sensational campaign on Bonga- Cams! 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AUTHOR BONGACAMS54September 2021 BCAMS MAGAZINE FINEST - fully dedicated to improve your payment strategy and help you grow your business For over a decade, FINEST online pay- ments experts have built solid relation- ships with merchant acquiring banks around the world, which enables them to offer their clients secure, innova- tive, and cost-efficient domestic and cross-border payment solutions in full compliance with the latest legal PCI standards. FINEST is fully dedicated to improve your payment strategy and help you grow your business in an ex- panding e-commerce market, filled with exciting opportunities. This issue, we are delighted to have FIN- EST’s CEO as a guest, Patrick Carlo Frie- drich, who is bringing more info and in- sights over their business model. Can you tell us a few words about FIN- EST? FINEST is located in the banking city of Frankfurt, in the heart of Europe. We are considered as a seasoned profes- sional partner for online processing. Our expertise goes beyond the aspects of credit card billing and alternative pay- ments. We also provide additional ser- vices for Risk and Fraud topics. Dispute management for example is a service we provide to keep Chargeback ratios on a low level along with great savings on the cost side. Although we are constantly growing, we do not lose our character as a boutique solution, combined with German pre- cision and integrity, which is especially important when you are responsible for your customers’ money. Like this Finest has built solid relation- ships with merchants and acquiring banks around the world which enables us to offer our clients and partners se- cure, innovative and cost-efficient do- mestic and cross-border payments solu- tions in full compliance with the latest regulations and policies. What does a typical FINEST customer look like? We work with small growing merchants up to large merchant groups. Which verticals can FINEST serve? Finest specializes in the so called high risk business which includes verticals like Cam sites, Dating, Adult, Gaming, etc. What is your core competence? As mentioned, we act like a boutique solution. Therefore we can support high potential merchants of any size with the development of their business , and also complement large established mer- chants or networks with our expertise in the area of payments. We adapt ourselves to their needs. How do you see the live cam industry in Romania? We know that Romania is leading as one of the largest markets, driven by the motivation and intelligence of the current generation of smart young local professionals. We expect to see far more successful ventures arising from this market. How was the 1st half of 2021? Business wise it was outstanding but a bit poor in terms of direct meetings and conferences we usually attend. We hope to return soon to get the chance to meet our business partners and the potential as we used to. I think we share this sensation with anybody in our com- munity.55www.bcams-magazine.com PHOTO Patrick Carlo Friedrich What brings FINEST new on the market? We are constantly developing new services to keep up with the dynamic development of our industry. Currently we released a new service with Novoky, our new company. Novoky cooperates as a preferred part- ner of ethoca (mastercard) and Verifi (Visa) for Dispute management and CB control.Furthermore, we have cre- ated a seamless and easily accessible payment product for crypto curren- cies. A new product will be released shortly to meet the new Mastercard regulations for the adult industry Thank you Patrick for your time and for the insights, it was a pleasure! Thank you for having the chance to in- troduce ourselves in your magazine. It was a pleasure, and we look forward to seeing everybody at the B-Cams soon! FINEST’s CEO FINANCE & BUSINESS56September 2021 BCAMS MAGAZINE The impact of the real estate market on the live cam industry Webcamming is one of the fast- est-growing sectors of the online adult entertainment industry, and it shows no signs of slowing down considering the increasing number of new studios on the Romanian market. The business idea of opening a web- cam studio isn’t new anymore but it’s still very popular. In this article we will discuss one of the most important step to take in order to set up a web- cam studio : location. So, with the help of Vali Vranciuc, from Exclusive Property Management we got into the nitty gritty of how import- ant the real estate side of this kind of enterprise actually is. Vali, from your experience as a bro- ker, can you tell us what is the differ- ence in the renting price on the real estate market for Live Cam studios? Well, considering the domain we are talking about, in order to motivate the owners, as they may encounter prob- lems with the building administration or even with the neighbours, or maybe changes will be brought to the loca- tion, I would say there is a 20% renting price increase above the average mar- ket price. Which are the most searched-for property locations for rent in Bucha- rest? The most important aspect that studio owners have in mind when renting out a place is accessibility, the area has to be well connected with all means of transportation, it has to be central po- sitioned or at least semi-central. The top searched-for property locations in Bucharest are: Unirii Square, Universi- tatii Square, Victoriei Square, Muncii Square or Tineretului. Which is the most popular property type among studio owners? If we are speaking about experienced studios, they will always go for houses, villas or office spaces, while newcom- ers go for apartments. What would be the minimum re- quired usable area in this field? Usually my clients look for no less than a 100 sqm property. And here we are talking about new studios, or even stu- dios reducing their full capacity, due to various reasons. And what can you tell us about the optimal number of rooms per prop- erty for newcomers? Generally, for a webcam studio to get return of investment in an adequate time, the optimal number of rooms to start this business with should not be less than 4 rooms. That should be a good start. How important is the distribution of rooms in a building for a studio in or- der to sign the contract? Nowadays, no matter the type of stu- dio, detached apartments are the most searched-for. The privacy of the models is the most important thing in this business. Are customers willing to invest in a property for an advantageous rent? Yes, that is a very attractive point, and a lot of my customers are looking for this advantage, with a rental contract for a minimum of 3 years time. How did the price of the rent fluctu- ate during the pandemic? Well, as it was expected, it hasn’t. The requests on the market in this field are and always will be constant, there- fore the prices do not fluctuate much. There were some cases where a few webcam studios reduced their work- ing spots, but nothing to influence the market on a larger scale. How did the relationship between landlords and tenants go during this period? Were the landlords will- ing to make certain concessions in terms of rents to support tenants? Absolutely not! Landlords never make any type of concessions when it comes to tenants involved in this business. As long as the work is online, they consid- er the business can’t be affected finan- cially by the pandemic. Do landlords require a higher depos- it than for other usual tenants? Usually landlords ask for a 3 months deposit, especially if the property is recently renovated or if it’s at least semi-furnished.57www.bcams-magazine.com FINANCE & BUSINESS What would be the percentage of customers who prefer long-term contracts? Well, 100% of the newcomers prefer to sign a 1 year rental contract, as they are at the beginning and uncertain of how things will evolve in their business. As for the experienced webcam studios, most of them go for long term rental contracts, especially if they invest a lot on the property. On the international market, the pan- demic has forced the Live Cam Indus- try to come up with new solutions for the safety of cam models. CamSoda has launched pop-up studios for cam girls so they can have a workspace where they won’t have to worry about bothering housemates or family with their potentially loud and erotic work. The concept was firstly introduced in Medellin, Columbia and CamSoda took advantage of the hard-hit real estate market and converted one of the city’s many empty warehouses into studios featuring individual sanitized pods. Camming has been one of the select few professions to be able to contin- ue and thrive during the coronavirus pandemic by nature of being prime for remote work, making it among the only forms of adult entertainment able to safely produce new material since March 2020. But for cam girls who don’t live alone, quarantining has posed a unique challenge to work-life balance. Before the pandemic, the company hosted sex workers in its CamSoda House. Due to the social setup of the space, with performers often mingling between shifts, CamSoda decided to try the new pop-up pod model. Following its success in Colombia, CamSoda is preparing to launch cam co-working pods in the US, starting with states hard-hit by COVID-19, in- cluding Florida, California, Texas and Arizona. 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