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i considered this and even dropped my monthly membership to $9.95 to see what would happen. besides, it's pretty hard to compete with "free". my bandwidth/hosting is pretty cheap and i don't have to pay model or studio fees so it doesn't cost much to run my site. right now my hosting is the biggest expense and it works out to be less than a buck per member.
anyway, the sales were good at first so i left it for a few weeks because i was going after a larger member base. after a few weeks the new sales started dropping quite a bit. maybe if i let it go for a longer period it might have done better but i pulled the plug on it.
i think the big difference between mainstream and porn is when someone buys a membership to sites like netflix they pretty much know what they are going to get. with porn, i think new traffic to a site might wonder why the price is so low. it's the "too good to be true" mindset.
also, i don't think netflix has ever wacked a member's CC with a x-sale.
after i got rid of the $9.95 membership i raised it from the original $24.95 to $29.95 and sales are better than ever...go figure!
i don't think affiliates would mind as long as they got 3 times as many joins than before to make up for the lower price. i ran this test a month ago and the rebills are coming in pretty strong so i'm going to keep an eye on it.
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