Does anyone else on here think that $29.99 a month for a membership is just a little bit too much?
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$29.99 was a viable price point back in the 90's when internet porn was just starting out and there was only a handful of sites with only a "handful" of people in porn. Nowadays tho paying $30/month for porn is just a fail. I think they try to justify the price point by throwing in a shit ton of sites (get access to like 20+ sites for the price of 1), but how often are people looking at all 20 of those sites. They give you access to them but the majority of people are probably only actively checking out at the most 5 or 6. All I'll say is, Netflix cheapest package is like $8/month and they're the leading site in movie rental/streaming out right now, and personally speaking now, out of all my friends that have NF subscriptions, I don't know any of them that have any other package other than the $8/month.
For $29.99 a month those sites are probably just trying to attract as many 1 and done subscribers as they possibly can because I do not know anybody who would pay $29.99 to the same site for an entire year.
$29.99 a month is $360 a year.
If I had $360 a year to spare I would subscribe to a different site each month and then cancel.
A site could have hourly updates and I still would not renew after my month is up.
Hell yeah.
There are tons and tons of free porn easy to get, why bother paying for something that won't even be better?
I paid 3 or 4 times on a website, and I did not have for my money. Before you pay, it is "2 to 3 updates a week!" And when you pay you realize it's an average between 2 to 3 a month... The quality wasn't even good (shitty image), some pictures were just blurry, some videos were posted and then deleted and re-posted (as a part of the 2-3 updates a month of course).
And when I just talked about it on their forum, saying that is was not too nice to do that, I got banned (and insulted if I recall well)
I'll never pay again. Never ever.
There are tons and tons of free porn easy to get, why bother paying for something that won't even be better?
I paid 3 or 4 times on a website, and I did not have for my money. Before you pay, it is "2 to 3 updates a week!" And when you pay you realize it's an average between 2 to 3 a month... The quality wasn't even good (shitty image), some pictures were just blurry, some videos were posted and then deleted and re-posted (as a part of the 2-3 updates a month of course).
And when I just talked about it on their forum, saying that is was not too nice to do that, I got banned (and insulted if I recall well)
I'll never pay again. Never ever.
You could probably do that now without having to spend $360 if you just sign up for the $1/$2 trials.
Supafly
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This is a pretty interesting discussion, and I hope OCSMs and content owners will take part.
I have been subscriber to several adult sites over the past years, and some take that much.
These days, I would say, a fare of 20 dollas / euros is a fair trade.
The argument about the sheer mass of more or less legal freebie sites is one aspect, but if you become a subscriber, you become a member, too. At least at high-quality sites, take private.com, for an example. VERY active customer contact, and they absolutely listen to you.
Plus - you do the right thing if you subscribe. You know, all the girls don't actually do it just for kicks, and studios like to pay their rent, too
I have been subscriber to several adult sites over the past years, and some take that much.
These days, I would say, a fare of 20 dollas / euros is a fair trade.
The argument about the sheer mass of more or less legal freebie sites is one aspect, but if you become a subscriber, you become a member, too. At least at high-quality sites, take private.com, for an example. VERY active customer contact, and they absolutely listen to you.
Plus - you do the right thing if you subscribe. You know, all the girls don't actually do it just for kicks, and studios like to pay their rent, too
I guess it depends on how much content they have, how often they update or if at all, how much time you have to use it, etc.
Bottom line, If I'm willing to pay $29.99 then the price isn't too much. It's the old adage that something is as valuable as what someone is willing to pay for it.
Paying $29.99 for a whole year is almost never necessary. Most sites when you go to cancel will give you a discounted offer (sometimes a ridiculously good offer) to stay on. I'm a member of one of the premium porn sites (Starts with "T" and rhymes with "wistys") and I got a deal where I'm basically paying around $8/month for 6 months. Sweet.
Also, www.videobox.com has a membership for like $15/month where you have access to pretty much their entire library except one or two studios. That's a damn good deal.
Bottom line, If I'm willing to pay $29.99 then the price isn't too much. It's the old adage that something is as valuable as what someone is willing to pay for it.
Paying $29.99 for a whole year is almost never necessary. Most sites when you go to cancel will give you a discounted offer (sometimes a ridiculously good offer) to stay on. I'm a member of one of the premium porn sites (Starts with "T" and rhymes with "wistys") and I got a deal where I'm basically paying around $8/month for 6 months. Sweet.
Also, www.videobox.com has a membership for like $15/month where you have access to pretty much their entire library except one or two studios. That's a damn good deal.
lol, cheap ass. you're crying about thirty bucks, lol. back in the days when vhs ruled the world, porn movies were like eighty fucking dollars, and you were lucky to get 120 minutes out of it. so, no, thirty dollars is not expensive. I've been a member to jessicajaymesxxx for seven years, and before that a member to clubjessicajaymes for a couple years till a fallout with her webmaster. now jessica offers a year subscription for a hundred and sixteen dollars, but if you push the back button, they're give you a discount. lol, fucking cheap ass harry cox. in the long run, i can afford thirty dollars going to some ho i'll never fuck, cause i can afford it. i have a friend who spends a hundred dollars on comics, i have another friend who buys sixty dollar games, lol. thirty bucks, lol! i bet you cry about razor blades being expensive too dont you, you little bitch.
If you are going frequent a site all year your bill would not be $360.
I only pay $120 for 21st Sextury for the year. But you are right that the high monthly price is to get revenue from one and done customers.
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
If you have $30 just get $70 more and rent a whore. 5 20s bring the honeys.
The last time I spent money on pornography was at Jungle Video on Lincoln Bl when I rented 3 VHS tapes in 2002 and copied them onto my own blank VHS tapes.
The last time I spent money on pornography was at Jungle Video on Lincoln Bl when I rented 3 VHS tapes in 2002 and copied them onto my own blank VHS tapes.
I don't really consider whether something is "too much" in general terms to be that relevant, I only really consider whether I am prepared to pay for it, in my current financial position and compared to what other content is available at certain other prices. I have no qualms paying for my porn, but not including one-off purchases from clips4sale or similar sites, I've never paid more than an intro / discount / offer price (like £5 a month, $7.77 according to today's Google rate) for any one "studio"/multiple girl site membership, because while I am a big consumer of porn, I simply never feel enough loyalty to hold onto anything longer than simply paying for "whatever's cheap this month." It's a system that allows itself to be exploited in such a manner, so I do so. I only pay £5.49 a month for New Japan World (wrestling fans) and get far more usage out of that than I would a porn site, so I'm not extending to double digits for new content when I could happily rub one out for free to what's on my hard drive for the rest of my life. Purchases made to support individual performers that I like, as and when I can, an acceptable exception.
Surely it's all relative to your income, how much of that is disposable, and how much value you place on pornography as something to spend said disposable income on, in comparison to other hobbies, purchases, interests?
Good for you.
Good for them.
Any need for that, really?
Surely it's all relative to your income, how much of that is disposable, and how much value you place on pornography as something to spend said disposable income on, in comparison to other hobbies, purchases, interests?
Good for you.
Good for them.
Any need for that, really?
Ace Bandage
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If people weren't willing to pay $30, the price would be lower.
I would never pay that, but I don't watch porn. I spend $8 a month on Netflix though, and I think that's reasonable.
I would never pay that, but I don't watch porn. I spend $8 a month on Netflix though, and I think that's reasonable.
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
With all the crazy, junkie hookers that desperately try to flag cars down in the middle of traffic so they can gnaw on your wiener for fifteen bucks why pay for porno? Even if you bump them off by accident no one will care. Merry Christmas.
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I've subscribed off and on to a lot of different sites over the years, but I've never had a membership for longer than a couple of months, with the exception of Score, and the reason I've cancelled my subscription has always been because I couldn't justify the ongoing cost versus the value. That's not to say there's no value in membership to porn sites, there certainly is value, just not $29.00/month $300+/year. I might subscribe for six months to a year at under $10/month, but cost would soon outgrow the value even at that price point, well, except for maybe Score, but even still, I'm not currently a Score subscriber so take that for what it's worth.
As a member of Evil Angel, I feel like the sheer amount of high profile content is easily worth $30 per month. Personally, I only pay $15 per month and I feel like I'm getting away with some kind of theft.
Personal insults and personal attacks are immature.
Sites can charge whatever they want.
Consumers can choose whether they want to pay that price or not.
A site I may think is worth $20 a month may not be worth it to someone else.
I will not insult them because of their opinion.
It's their money. They are entitled to spend it however they choose.
I think some of the nude modeling sites with daily picture updates and weekly video updates with a deep back catalogue of content are the only sites worth being near the $30 a month price point.
A site with only pictures and videos of people fucking is not worth $30 a month at all.
Especially with all the free content available in this day and age.
But this is just my opinion.
A site with only pictures and videos of people fucking is not worth $30 a month at all.
Especially with all the free content available in this day and age.
But this is just my opinion.
Anyone who thinks that $29.99 a month is too expensive must be a very young person. Porn was way more expensive in the pre internet days. And it wasnt until the early 2000s that the industry developed the model of unlimited downloads for $29.00 a month and being able to cancel anytime. For me this was like when VHS came out and you were finally able to OWN your favorite mainstream movies, instead of having to go to the movie theater. Now I was able to download an entire porn store into my computer without actually having to go to a porn store!!! for $29.99!! I could now create my own porn star compilation videos!!!
Yeah, maybe its time for the industry to further improve and update its model. For instance, instead of charging you $29.99 a month for thier entire site, maybe brazzerz could charge you $14.99 for only their Lisa Ann stash. Or maybe charge you $10 for five total scenes. But lets not pretend that the industry is acting like the RIAA did in the pre napster days. The industry as a whole actually did a surprisingly good job of adjusting to the reality of the internet.
Yeah, maybe its time for the industry to further improve and update its model. For instance, instead of charging you $29.99 a month for thier entire site, maybe brazzerz could charge you $14.99 for only their Lisa Ann stash. Or maybe charge you $10 for five total scenes. But lets not pretend that the industry is acting like the RIAA did in the pre napster days. The industry as a whole actually did a surprisingly good job of adjusting to the reality of the internet.
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