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Originally Posted by Webby
Simple example which was produced by the finance world a few years back is the "Big Mac Index"
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That's not a new concept and it is applied across just about every market. An extreme example is that I can buy a Californian-grown lettuce cheaper in London than here in Kansas. But everything from cars to liquor are not only priced differently, but sometimes presented as premium products in one country and regular ones in another.
The next wall that online porn will run into however, is that the internet is global. People are not walking into stores in a physical location to buy and walk out with a physical product.
This isn't an issue so long as the
majority of sites which deliver access or downloadable products are charging the same rate to everyone. But if it becomes commonplace for membership of a porn site to cost $30 in the US and $60 in Europe, how long before someone comes up with a workaround?
We are talking a potential $360 a year saving. That's plenty to challenge the nerds out there and also enough for it to be worthwhile someone offering a commercial solution. There is plenty of room to charge a fee and still pass on a significant saving. Bear in mind too, the weakness of the US dollar is unlikely to be a temporary phenomenon: we could easily be looking at another 10+ years of it.
People who already have multi-currency solutions, have a breathing space, but no more than that. The more who follow suit, the more likely it is that a response will appear. It would be extremely naive to believe anything else.