10-09-2009, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbie
notime, you are absolutely correct about the VOD section. It's purely CC Bill only on that section. The VOD section accounts for less than 1% of sales on Claudia-Marie.Com by the way. It would be nice to be able to have that in a translated manner. But God knows that getting NATS and billers to be able to correctly function together isn't always as easy as they make it out to be.
Mo or Lulu from www.translationsxxx.com can handle that I am sure.
Bill built PhantomFlicks to go with CC Bill...so it's easiest and most productive to just have CC Bill in that cascade. So there's no option for language translation. But you are absolutely correct about that being a weak spot for non-english speaking customers.
Here lies a challenge...
It's just not enough of an income to justify the time and effort and higher processing fees that it would take to bring the VOD section up to speed.
Lower processing fees I was talking about with better payouts, not higher ones or less pay outs.
Either you want something done or you do not, that is a personal choice and focus of things you deem to be important for you (or not). That's a matter of choice IMO
In all reality...since piracy has gotten so rampant, I have considered many times eliminating that VOD section completely. But after reflection...I realized that it still makes a few grand so I just leave it as is and never update the VOD section with any new scenes.
Maybe I'm Mr. positive but I truly believe that blaming others, everybody and the rest of the world doesn't cut it. Maybe you leave money on the table without realising it or haven't tested/tried it yet.
Our VOD does 1:50 to 1:100 average/daily in our vod in Holland/Belgium and where we charge people $1,40 per transaction to pay with a billing method that is 100% charge back proof and where the money comes in our bank account the next day. And people pay it just BECAUSE they want to use that method since they trust their own bank.
So the only scenes that they can download from the VOD section (and potentially upload to a torrent or tube) are all older scenes that were already out there before. 
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This is about fear. What could have been or what might, possibly, etc. It's better just to go your own way and trust your instinct. Go from your strenghts, not your weaknesses or fears. And rely on good product, service, after service, marketing and press. Mouth to mouth. Niches. Honesty. People WILL come back. They do. Trust me. Sometimes they cancel a join just to see if they get spam or still get rebilled. If they feel safe, they will come back if the product is unique and "hot" for them.
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