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Originally Posted by dig420
Farrell, tell us how you really feel lol.... I'm assuming at some point you've tried dealing with the adult bookstore chains directly. Do they shut you out of direct distribution of your own material to preserve their relations with the established distributors, or do the distributors jsut own most of the stores?
What's your experience with the overseas guys?
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We did our own distribution for years. Dealing direct is tough because many stores are partners at least or are owned entirely by distributors. The mom and pops that aren't typically are a pain in the ass and chasing them for receivables is even more of a drain on resources, plus they all want that dollar product. You could have the best content, the best selling, best looking but to them it is all the same and all they care about is getting the price... and terms.
You can potentially find overseas buyers and they are a bit better to deal with but hard to get a relationship with since they already have steep and deep relationships with well established brands.
There are companies that give away dvds if stores will take their novelties/sundries. Just like online, beating "free" is hard.
I don't think the big online companies that do dvds really care that they are losing money in dvd because they regard it more as an advertising tool to drive offline consumers to their online properties.