I'm curious, are other paysite operators considering membership price increases in 2006?
I opened my site in spring 2001 and increased my price once, by 10%, in spring 2004. It didn't seem to affect sales noticeably.
I'm considering another 10% increase in 2006. Members want more and more high-quality exclusive content. And the legal risks have increased considerably now that the far right has ramped up it's war on personal liberties - I think I need to increase the size of my emergency legal fund. And I think one of the biggest mistakes business owners make is to undervalue their own product. It would also put more money, another 10%, in the pockets of my affiliates - assuming that sales don't drop as a result of the increase. I also think it might be wise to save at a greater rate in case the world as we know it comes to an end and Visa stops taking adult transactions or something nightmarish like that. And to top it all off, the US-to-Canadian dollar exchange rate is killing me. So I am seriously thinking of increasing my prices again, sometime next year.
Will we see price increases from other paysites in 2006? Or is all the free porn out there, and other market factors, going to hold prices down? What are other paysite operators thinking for 2006?
I opened my site in spring 2001 and increased my price once, by 10%, in spring 2004. It didn't seem to affect sales noticeably.
I'm considering another 10% increase in 2006. Members want more and more high-quality exclusive content. And the legal risks have increased considerably now that the far right has ramped up it's war on personal liberties - I think I need to increase the size of my emergency legal fund. And I think one of the biggest mistakes business owners make is to undervalue their own product. It would also put more money, another 10%, in the pockets of my affiliates - assuming that sales don't drop as a result of the increase. I also think it might be wise to save at a greater rate in case the world as we know it comes to an end and Visa stops taking adult transactions or something nightmarish like that. And to top it all off, the US-to-Canadian dollar exchange rate is killing me. So I am seriously thinking of increasing my prices again, sometime next year.
Will we see price increases from other paysites in 2006? Or is all the free porn out there, and other market factors, going to hold prices down? What are other paysite operators thinking for 2006?
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