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Originally Posted by Smart Fred
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Playboy Germany is doing fine in a country similar to France. And in the small Netherlands Playboy magazine is also a good one with beautiful models. Both offer a website for members but only in german/dutch :(
So from my point of view there's a place for a real Playboy France who could be more profitable with a website in both language, french and english. The only problem is the Playboy licence price that implies only a magazines company could purchase it and
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We're Not talking about Germany, the Netherlands or even Belgium's french, dutch and german speaking populations.
What we're talking about is France. And you being French should understand better than I that France is a nightmere of bureaucracy, regulations, incompetent know-it-alls
(les Monsieurs Je-sais-tout) and a huge populaton of the bourgeoisie qui boit du champagne
Without any disrespect let me point out that you're not Playboy.
Playboy has a solid identifiable brand that has been around for decades. Plus it's marketing resources that you can't even hope to match. And despite the size of the French market Playboy does not appear to be willing to commit the resources on any endevor.
Listen opinons are like assholes... everyone has one including me.
So don't let me stop you from trying to do what you want. After all I'll be the first to admit that I'm often wrong on many things. But just the same if you ask me the amount of work involved in trying to squeeze a euro out of the French market just isn't worth the effort. In my experience the only way you can make money in France is if you can get subsidized by the government, like I believe Hot Video is.
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Originally Posted by Smart Fred
(Post 20493233)
unfortunately french magazines companies run websites so badly that the situation has no issue.
That's why I'm thinking running a Playboy like adult site with french models.
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Like Vcom ?? Or perhaps XXL France??? LOL
Ok I'm not going to say anything against Vcom but one of the biggest problems with the webmasters in France is too many of them are too busy trying to fuck the models. Add to that they engage in the gossip and politics to a level that's unimaginable. Plus the moment you complain or there's a problem they literally just vanish with your money and your content
You just can't do business with 95% of them.
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Originally Posted by Smart Fred
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You're right on this point, unfortunately for the french consumers but it reduces the cost for export.
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From what I've seen and from what I've heard they're not doing that well even on export. Even in Québec the videos are ending up in the 3 DVDs for $5 section.
If you want to make money in France here's the only advice I'll give you.
Do some sort of Salon de l'érotisme. In fact get a bunch of Algerian woman and do a naked belly dancer show of some sort. The Algerian and African men are a little more rowdy and difficult to control but no where near as bad as American men can be. Plus they'll spend more money and a hell of a lot faster than "les français de souche" will.