Don't blame the newbies! Your thoughts?

[SabrinaDeep]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

There's a simple truth that has always applied going back as far as electronic commerce of any form has been around...and even applied to other things such as copy protection on CD's.

You CANT force anyone to buy anything. If someone is hell bent on not paying, they'll either steal it or do without. Never will you hear them say "oh, ok, you got me, your copy protection rules, here's my money!". Just doesn't happen...or if it does, it's a tiny percentage.

It seems everytime we have a new form of media we have to go thru this learning curve. Companies get their panties in a twist because someone is getting some for free. Then they slap copy protection and other things on it which does nothing but piss off the people who are actually paying money for it.

Spend your time giving your paying customers what they want instead of feuding with people who'll never pay you a dime. And never do anything to fight the thieves that is at the expense of costing you paying customers. It'll all work out in the end.

There's a balance you have to strike to not be robbed blind, but also not
hinder your paying customers.

Hell, forgive me, but you cannot compare a mainstream CD or DVD with online porn. I can find the complete content of Raven Riley's members area for free, today and her only revenue come exactly from that content. There must be something wrong when you have free access to the car park of a car dealer and the keys are inserted in the lock. I was reading of someone complaining about the raising monthly membership prices: wouldn't you raise the price of your cars if you bought and paid for 20 of them and 18 went stolen? Wouldn't you try to compensate your loss trying to sell the two cars left for a higher price? Don't you think that giving away less free content, we could lower the prices, having more customers and therefore making more money? We make the market, not the users. If we are unhappy, it's just our fault. If you don't like it, change it! My 2 cents

[gonzo]

Go to the trouble of locking down your content with DRM protection and report back to me again this time next year.

Ill give you a tip. Members joining your site will HATE it and you will feel it in your pocket book.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by SabrinaDeep

Hell, forgive me, but you cannot compare a mainstream CD or DVD with online porn. I can find the complete content of Raven Riley's members area for free, today and her only revenue come exactly from that content. There must be something wrong when you have free access to the car park of a car dealer and the keys are inserted in the lock. I was reading of someone complaining about the raising monthly membership prices: wouldn't you raise the price of your cars if you bought and paid for 20 of them and 18 went stolen? Wouldn't you try to compensate your loss trying to sell the two cars left for a higher price? Don't you think that giving away less free content, we could lower the prices, having more customers and therefore making more money? We make the market, not the users. If we are unhappy, it's just our fault. If you don't like it, change it! My 2 cents

The analogies wont work. But the bottom line is still take care of your paying customers and dont punish them just because some people steal content. There are many reasonable things you can do that will keep losses to a minimum with no impact to your paying customers.

I'm talking basic stuff like blocking brute password attacks, totally blocking IPs from countries that you know will never pass a credit card scrub, etc.

[SabrinaDeep]

I was talking about free content, guys, not about my members area content.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by SabrinaDeep

I was talking about free content, guys, not about my members area content.

Why would you ever give hardcore away for free?

I rarely give away a nipple.

[softball]

I used to get upset about free content until I realized it is kind of like getting upset with the weather. You can hold your breath until you turn blue, but it is a fact of life. Deal with it. You either sink or swim in the content cesspool. I prefer the latter. There is only one defense against free content. It is the same defense against rising fuel prices. Make more money. Howling at the moon does nothing. I should know.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I used to get upset about free content until I realized it is kind of like getting upset with the weather. You can hold your breath until you turn blue, but it is a fact of life. Deal with it. You either sink or swim in the content cesspool. I prefer the latter. There is only one defense against free content. It is the same defense against rising fuel prices. Make more money. Howling at the moon does nothing. I should know.

I agree with that, but it doesn't mean I'm gonna give my own shit away just to have it smeared all over TGP's.

I give galleries away, but my galleries tease and make the user want more. And yeah, I know there are TGP's out there that wont post shit unless you have 20+ pictures showing shots that are so high-res a good gynecologist could perform a full examination. And nothing I can do about that, but I'm not going to help him feed all those surfers all that free content by supplying him with mine.

[softball]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

I agree with that, but it doesn't mean I'm gonna give my own shit away just to have it smeared all over TGP's.

I give galleries away, but my galleries tease and make the user want more. And yeah, I know there are TGP's out there that wont post shit unless you have 20+ pictures showing shots that are so high-res a good gynecologist could perform a full examination. And nothing I can do about that, but I'm not going to help him feed all those surfers all that free content by supplying him with mine.

I never give away anything unless I think it will produce revenue. Why else are we here. It ain't for the naked women. Well I guess it kind of is, but that is just a perque.