Originally Posted by JerryF

From the consumer standpoint, I don't think so. As a consumer and as a site reviewer, sites with that kind of pricing usually make me a bit skeptical by default about the quality/quantity of the content... and I don't think it takes much for someone to hand over $30 instead of $10 when they want the product and know its going to be good.

I always wondered if meeting the tubes half way would be a good idea - - like a good name network offering a streaming-only version of membership for less (no photos, no extras), with maybe a few downloads as a perk that get changed every week or month. If you knock off $10 and have a tube-like version of the members area as a browser I'd like that, as I rarely download anymore now that streaming video in members area is often HD or damn near it. Beats the hell out of tubes in terms of quality.

I'd think something like that would be good for bringing in the fence-riding crowd that dont want to commit to a membership but willing to pay something for the quality of a membership in a familiar format (tube)... eventually they may upgrade. Or offer cheap downloads, charge $1 per scene or some crap, so they can save the scenes they like best. That'd probably be the best way. Cheap streaming only + $1 scene downloads or $1 gallery downloads. Better for the consumer that pays for their porn, harder to have your content ripped off en masse?

Someone is probably doing it already. And of course i have no idea what I'm talking about