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Originally posted by BRISK
latinasojourn, you made some interesting points until you started talking about sending members DVDs instead of letting them download the porn instantly.
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You are correct that much porn on the net is purchased to be masturbatory, and instant gratification is that specific business model.
But much porn (I'll call it erotica) on the net is not specifically masturbatory in nature.
There are many people that use erotica to get them in the "right mood". There is a growing trend of couples watching smut together to enhance their sexual experience. These people have high tech video right in their bedrooms. My wife has NEVER looked at a computer monitor with me while I look at smut---but she loves to blow me in bed while we both watch a girl/girl video. The point I make is this: adult video rentals are strong, and many are watched at home by both men and women, in bed at night, prior to doing their "thing".
And this particular demographic is slightly more mature, has more $, recurs better, and is a slightly different sale than the solitary jerker who is splattering his monitor.
There are many permutations to the erotica market, and I believe the business model I'm suggesting is viable, and the websites I currently own are not necessarily masturbatory based, but couples based, and they recur well.
There is also a growing trend of women buying erotica, the demographic of women internet users is growing. An erotica sale that can encompass BOTH men and women, intrigue and excite them both, enhance their JOINT erotic experience, enrich their JOINT lives does sale...and sells very well.
Unique, niche type high quality DVDs (the type of stuff you can't rent at the local video outlet) sent monthly by fedex will command a PREMIUM monthly fee.
And this is something that the small webmaster with a DV cam and DVD burner can actually do, for not very much $.