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Originally posted by Dianna Vesta@May 26 2003, 09:23 AM
Trust is an issue but why does it have to be a card only to buy porn. Maybe a protection vehicle of some sort. It’s simply what Pay Pal does but a card you charge with a Visa or MC. Like Token Systems the surfer would need to get trained to use it. You offer it to them in clever way- Protect you billing info, etc. Give them free credits for signing up.

I don’t know, I’m dreaming. I think we’ll eventually be forced into this. I think it’s better to do it, offer incentives now and at least be ahead of the game later.

I am trying so hard to write today and my brain just won’t cooperate. I’ve got a shit load of stories and articles on deadline. I don’t get writers block that easily. Maybe I’m supposed to take the day off.

Why fight it?

It had to be a card/tangible/hard good because thats how it worked in the distribution channel that we had all arranged. Without getting into too much detail --it was necessary in oder to sell it not only to the consumer but the retailer.

As Hell Puppy and I keep saying...we worked the good part of last year on this thing from top to bottom and given the marketing plan that we developed we both feel it had/has a decent shot. Problem is you have to have investment to market the thing.

And I totally agree...you will be forced into using something like this in the future but ponder this for a sec....

We all compete essentially for the same pool of porn buyers that purchase on the web. Imagine being able to increase the size of that pie to include "NEW" buyers that cant or wont purchase porn on the web because they dont have a credit card, they dont trust a credit card or they dont want momma to know they are buying porn on the card.