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This looks great, congratulations. That said, the one takeaway I got from exploring your site is that almost all the interesting movies that I picked were only

This looks great, congratulations. That said, the one takeaway I got from exploring your site is that almost all the interesting movies that I picked were only available to rent for $5 or buy for over $15. I'm not even in the US, but those prices seem a little far-fetched for watching a movie at home. Netflix has been a step in the right direction but as the studios wake up to this model, it seems the catalogues are becoming fragmented making it cost-prohibitive for consumers to buy multiple subscriptions.

endymi0n 12y ago
Actually, while building the site we noticed a quite different feeling. As it's much easier to change subscriptions (usually they are not longer than a month), it's much easier to rotate through different providers with often widely different and interesting content. A lot of the newer and more odd contenders I didn't know before building JustWatch. I personally discovered Mubi with a sexy business model of just 30 hand picked movies, which is just 5 bucks a month and it's cool people see there are actually some good choices other than Netflix out there. Really curious to see how the market will react.
xur17 12y ago
If it was a dollar or two to rent a movie, I'd rent a lot more. $5 seems excessive when I can buy the blu-ray version for a few dollars more.
- iamthepieman 12y ago
  most movies I only ever want to see once. Actually, most movies I don't even finish. I watch fewer and fewer movies since I don't want to take the chance that I'll turn it off half way through or even 15 minutes in. I can't imagine wanting to fill up my physical or digital movie shelf with things I might not even like. I'm much more likely to buy a blu ray or dvd if I've already seen it and enjoyed it. That and kids dvds for the car are the only movies I ever purchase. Because I know that I am extremely unlikely to buy a movie I am happy to pay anything less than the purchase price to rent it if that's the only way to see it. I paid less and got exactly the value I would have gotten if I purchased it. More actually because now it's not taking up physical, digital or mental space.

endymi0n 12y ago

Actually, while building the site we noticed a quite different feeling. As it's much easier to change subscriptions (usually they are not longer than a month), it's much easier to rotate through different providers with often widely different and interesting content. A lot of the newer and more odd contenders I didn't know before building JustWatch. I personally discovered Mubi with a sexy business model of just 30 hand picked movies, which is just 5 bucks a month and it's cool people see there are actually some good choices other than Netflix out there. Really curious to see how the market will react.

xur17 12y ago

If it was a dollar or two to rent a movie, I'd rent a lot more. $5 seems excessive when I can buy the blu-ray version for a few dollars more.

iamthepieman 12y ago
most movies I only ever want to see once. Actually, most movies I don't even finish. I watch fewer and fewer movies since I don't want to take the chance that I'll turn it off half way through or even 15 minutes in. I can't imagine wanting to fill up my physical or digital movie shelf with things I might not even like. I'm much more likely to buy a blu ray or dvd if I've already seen it and enjoyed it. That and kids dvds for the car are the only movies I ever purchase. Because I know that I am extremely unlikely to buy a movie I am happy to pay anything less than the purchase price to rent it if that's the only way to see it. I paid less and got exactly the value I would have gotten if I purchased it. More actually because now it's not taking up physical, digital or mental space.