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I think by releasing the sales figures he actually runs the risk of decreasing sales. I think there is probably a segment of the population that would feel bad

by po 15y ago

I think by releasing the sales figures he actually runs the risk of decreasing sales. I think there is probably a segment of the population that would feel bad about not paying for the video but now that he announced how much money he made their guilt over stealing from a poor artist will subside. It's a bit hard to keep people sympathetic if you've announced that you just made a nice profit. I'm sure at this point he's satisfied either way but it's a thought I had.

wdewind 15y ago
You're missing the price aspect: at $5 it's hardly even worth it to torrent it when I can have a zero hassle download experience.
- jahmed 15y ago
  People pay for convenience. I wonder how many people used their two streams and would pay another $1 to stream it again.
- the_cat_kittles 15y ago
  exactly! also, when its that low, the good feeling of actually buying something is not overshadowed by the bad feeling of spending money, since its so little money, at least for me at 5$. In response to the initial comment- I was indirectly prompted to buy this because of the post he made... I don't know why, but after I read it, I bought the show. Probably because I want the experiment to work.
- paulhauggis 15y ago
  You would think that, but in an interview I heard, he said it's already been torrented. I would be interested to see if the increase in torrents over time has a correlation with a decrease in sales. This also might depend on who the artists is. Some demos aren't that tech savvy.
  - arketyp 15y ago
    I bought it and then downloaded it with torrent because it went faster that way. I think the server were overly busy, so maybe the correlation you speak of is negative.
nzoschke 15y ago
My anecdotal response... I read the post, and decided I finally needed to see what the big deal about this video is. I did feel your reaction -- that he won't be hurt if I don't pay for it at this point -- and actually did search for the video on a torrent site. I found it, but then realized that streaming the video right now is worth the $5. Torrents are a hassle compared to streaming. So I just clicked through to paypal and now it's paused on another tab. I'm going to watch the video now. Cheers.
asmosoinio 15y ago
Or: Releasing the numbers just made him a whole lot of new visibility, and increased his sales enormously. I had never heard of the guys before. I saw some headlines here and in reddit before, but never bothered to check it out. But raw income numbers are rare and interesting, so this headline made me check it out.
SODaniel 15y ago
On Caucasian please! Why would any significant part of the audience somehow not purchase the show knowing that he may actually make a decent amount of money from the sales? I for one am perfectly happy chipping in my $5 towards the CK family beach house. At least I know my money is going to someone that seems to be working his ass off entertaining his fans and not some nameless label that play artist and entertainers like pawns for the profit of their share holders.

by po 15y ago

wdewind 15y ago

You're missing the price aspect: at $5 it's hardly even worth it to torrent it when I can have a zero hassle download experience.

jahmed 15y ago
People pay for convenience. I wonder how many people used their two streams and would pay another $1 to stream it again.
the_cat_kittles 15y ago
exactly! also, when its that low, the good feeling of actually buying something is not overshadowed by the bad feeling of spending money, since its so little money, at least for me at 5$. In response to the initial comment- I was indirectly prompted to buy this because of the post he made... I don't know why, but after I read it, I bought the show. Probably because I want the experiment to work.
paulhauggis 15y ago
You would think that, but in an interview I heard, he said it's already been torrented. I would be interested to see if the increase in torrents over time has a correlation with a decrease in sales. This also might depend on who the artists is. Some demos aren't that tech savvy.
- arketyp 15y ago
  I bought it and then downloaded it with torrent because it went faster that way. I think the server were overly busy, so maybe the correlation you speak of is negative.

nzoschke 15y ago

My anecdotal response... I read the post, and decided I finally needed to see what the big deal about this video is. I did feel your reaction -- that he won't be hurt if I don't pay for it at this point -- and actually did search for the video on a torrent site. I found it, but then realized that streaming the video right now is worth the $5. Torrents are a hassle compared to streaming. So I just clicked through to paypal and now it's paused on another tab. I'm going to watch the video now. Cheers.

asmosoinio 15y ago

Or: Releasing the numbers just made him a whole lot of new visibility, and increased his sales enormously. I had never heard of the guys before. I saw some headlines here and in reddit before, but never bothered to check it out. But raw income numbers are rare and interesting, so this headline made me check it out.

SODaniel 15y ago

On Caucasian please! Why would any significant part of the audience somehow not purchase the show knowing that he may actually make a decent amount of money from the sales? I for one am perfectly happy chipping in my $5 towards the CK family beach house. At least I know my money is going to someone that seems to be working his ass off entertaining his fans and not some nameless label that play artist and entertainers like pawns for the profit of their share holders.