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A while back, I worked for a porn company for 4 years (Kink). People bought it because they wanted to support it. They wanted to feel like they were part of a
by latchkey 3y ago
A while back, I worked for a porn company for 4 years (Kink).
People bought it because they wanted to support it. They wanted to feel like they were part of a community and get access to stuff hot off the press. There were people who were fans of the directors and models. Similar to how people go see movies by a certain director when they are released.
There was definitely a high rate of churn (people who would only pay for a month at a time), but there were also the whales who would buy up subscriptions to all of the sites we had.
We also innovated live pay per minute in HD. No other way to get it without paying for it.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> No other way to get it without paying for it. Other than waiting for someone to record and upload it on xvideos
- latchkey 3y ago"Live"... people want to be able to write messages to the model and have them perform actions "just for them". Recording it isn't the same.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoTrue, fair point.
- tetris11 3y agoIn some ways, the ultimate loot box.
- justinator 3y agoI had no idea that there were star directors.
- latchkey 3y agoSome of them were also models. The whole AVN Expo world is all about this. Awards, shows, etc...
- thomastjeffery 3y agoI don't think it's necessary to categorize whales as addicts. Some people simply have more disposable income. Sure, there are a few with obsessive and unhealthy habits, but are they addicted to the porn or the spending? Either way, "addict" is such a loaded word - especially in the context of porn - that it's just not really useful.
- latchkey 3y agoAgreed. Edited to remove the word addict.