This is why every indie filmmaker needs their own business. Amazon pays as low as 1 cent PER HOUR in royalties. The other platforms are nearly as bad. There are so many ways to turn a healthy profit with your movie, but dumping it on Amazon is not it. (THREAD)

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The only reason I release my films on Amazon is to reach wider audiences. I don’t expect to make any real money with them there. Instead, the films generate interest in other things I’m doing that are far more lucrative - releasing products, courses, educational material, etc.

The screenshot I posted is from my first feature film, shot for $12K. To make that money back on Amazon at .01 cent/hour, I would need 1.2 million hours of the movie to be streamed. That’s close to a million full views, and even then I would just break even.

Conversely, I could generate that same amount ($12K) with only 48 sales of my filmmaking courses, most of which run $250. What’s easier to do, sell 48 products or 1 million products?