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Originally posted by EmporerEJ
In my opinion, the problem with content producers is inflexibility and 2 dimensional thinking.
Everyone seems to think they have something so unique, so perfect that it's worth a ridiculous amount. The reality of the adult world is something quite different.
The video world knew this all through the 80's and 90's. The "web people" will "get it" after a few of them flame out.
There are more ways now to sell, and re-sell your content than ever before. You need to get parallel thinking. I would mention one, but it would sound like a sales message, and that's not why I'm posting here. I genuinely believe the message. So I'll leave it at the statement.
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No I don't agree. Few providers think that. some of us think we are better than some of the producers, me included. But how can you say we overprice content when a set like this is $5?
Or a set like this $35.
I think the overall message has come that the slashing of content prices
AND the willingness of people to buy on price has hurt the whole business.
There are many people, both webmasters and paysite owners, who can pay $50 a set or more. Yet they have forced the price down by buying from cut price merchants. Yes a lot of providers have appeared over the last two years, but it needs a buyer to purchase from them to survive. So the price has been forced down, the sales spread and the end result is a lowering of the return on the set. So low it no longer becomes profitable to produce.
So you have more buyers, again paysites and TGPs, more producers and a lower quality. Which just leads to a lowering of standards and more people able to open sites and compete. As I said the big producers shooting here pushed the prices UP, to keep out the competition. On the Internet the big buyers pushed the prices DOWN, allowing the little guy in to steal their clients.
Soon I will be releasing limited distibution sets, 10 licenses will be sold on some sets for $70. Lets see if paysites are willing to pay $70 for a set like this knowing it will not be everywhere.
But I'm sure some will come back and tell me they can buy a set EXCLUSIVE for $70 and there is the problem.
IMHO