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Originally Posted by OneHungLo
That's interesting. I've always gone the traditional route of full paying monthly subscribers. Have you always gone the VOD route? I have 1000s of exclusive scenes myself but never really considered that.
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Since we launched for real (in 2004) we ONLY had VOD and DVDs. DVD was then about 80 % of our business, download ( there was no streaming then) about 20 %. Today it is reversed 80 % streaming and 20 % ( maybe a bit less) are still DVDs. No longer downloads.
When we launched we had about 10 movies. Today we have about 50 +. We shoot and release about 3 to 4 movies/year. These are a harder versions of what was then called " erotic thrillers". They are each a real movie with a story ( we concentrate on " chicks in chains" styled movies) , dialogues VFX and a full sound and mastering post. If we went "membership" we would soon be out of business, because we do NOT have enough material and are NOT willing to "quest" for a weekly or monthly updates. It would be impossible, since scripting, development, casting, prep etc.... takes about a month, then we shoot between 6 to 10 days ( used to be about 18 in the good old days) the crew is about 25 to 30, and the post another 30 days at least.
With your content of 1,000s of scenes, you are using a volume to keep your customers signed up. If you went VOD you would likely had to charge only "pennies" per view. The administration costs and the processor's fees would kill you. If I were you I would not change your surely established membership system.