Ticket prices out of control?

[aeolian43]

I've been a fan of LegalPorno from the start and I've spent a lot of money purchasing >150 scenes. I think now it's got to a point where every single video is worth more than 3 tickets, while the cost of tickets remains the same. This is a hidden extra cost. When it gets to the point where you have to pay $1000 to be able to get ~200 scenes, I think it's getting out of hand, no matter how good the content is.

Either tickets need to get cheaper, or the ticket costs per scene need to go down, in my opinion. What does everyone else think?

[magizi877]

yeah, we all think this.

[aeolian43]

yeah, we all think this.

It's kind of sad, I've bought 250 tickets lots of times but this time I think it isn't worth it because when scenes are going for 6-7 tickets it's going to run out in no time.

[dap-addict]

Something with memebership has to be done.
I get 40tkts allocated each month, but they are spent within 5 days.
Dont expect them to last all month, I always needed to recharge with the additional 120tkt buy option, but not that soon.
xxx promised to think it over.
How advanced are we here?

[xxx]

We are discussing changes internally.

[matthias.speich]

Yeah, this is madness! I pay for example 120 EUR for a whole year access to dpfanatics with thousands of high quality scenes and the same amount won't last a month at LP! I know LP is the only website which is updated with 2-3 scenes a day but sorry this is pure greed.

[VisceralVenom]

O-kay
I'm really starting to getting frustrated and pissed with these Part 1 and Part 2 movies recently on top of the already inflated prices. Why are you separating movies during mid-scene? Why have you released two scenes like this in two days? Just charge the correct amount for one movie. Why are you separating them? I haven't regretted buying a scene lately, but the recent Angel scene was disappointing.

[Kriss1986]

Yeah, this is madness! I pay for example 120 EUR for a whole year access to dpfanatics with thousands of high quality scenes and the same amount won't last a month at LP! I know LP is the only website which is updated with 2-3 scenes a day but sorry this is pure greed.

Sorry but dpfanatics isn't even close to LP quality .

[kidloco2]

but sorry this is pure greed.

Sure it is. First of all, scene splitting has to be banned, it not only makes scenes immorally expensive, but also adds to much hassle to
keep track of them, joining them together to one video etc.

Secondly, we really are getting so much less content for the same money to the point where competition networks starts to offer reasonably
comparable content, especially anal and DP (not so much DAP/TAP of course) for the same or less money, so xxx must do something ASAP.

[Giorgio Grandi]

Im annoyed and bored of nonsense and I decide to answer. This answer is about my production only

First of all the production cost of "Clockwork Nightmare" for example is over 3 time the production cost of "Amina Danger DAP", and Im not counting location, my personal job as a director, and the cushioning of the costs of the employees of my company. I could also add that with 1 dollar you buy actually about 22 czk and few months ago you bought about 26. I could also add that thanks god the price we pay the performers (female) are finally increasing after 10 years without any change. For the boys we will have to do something as well with that course USD/CZ (but I found a internal solution, so I wont increase the price of the content).
I add also that to make money on LP is hard, very very hard.

Said that, even if the actual system of LP doesnt allow it, image I had released only a single movie for the same total price. In this way it really became expensive (did you ever think about that many people buy only the part they like?). Release a single movie would force interested people to do not buy or will force people interest only into one part to buy all. Its actually a way to make it more affordable. Also, several people asked for multi part movie (anal endurance with groups of boys for example.

Here we are not talking about greediness of me or LP, we are more talking of greediness of few users: lets dont consider the "Clockwork Nightmare" (where Im myself not satisfied), but lets consider for example "Angel Perversions" or "Jureka degrading", the "belle factor", do you really think in general you can find anything even similar to these scene on other website? I do not really think so, really not even close. Im pretty sure at now Im member of more websites than several of you together. I dam know everything other websites release, EA, JJ, Kink, 21s, PG even ZZ, RK and Mofos and even Babes and Hard-x: for many different reason I check these websites daily and I make my home-works (the member area, not the trailers). There is nothing as the "multiple part" scenes I release on LP (even if in the past someone released stuff that can be on same level, but no fresh content).
Just go on the new releases at EA and you find a list of BG, few GGB and 1 DP, now open the last releases of LP and you cant disagree on the fact that it cant cost the same money for fuck say. It make sense (even if you do not know) the market of EA is different, the content are not producer for internet but also on DVD, TV, hotels and even soft version on normal TV (most of TV do not want anal sex of the anal needs to be soft) for few movies. LP is focused on internet, all is secondary.

Even on simple scenes: I can list you many scenes you cant even compare with what competitors of LP released. Take Monsters of DAP with Angel Smalls and compare with her performance on other websites: comparing to this, the others are almost vanilla porn. Take the 7on1 BBC with Kira Thorn, she begged every single producer she met for a black gang bang and who dam release it? LP.

You should thank XXX that invented a system that doesnt limit the fantasy of the director and doesnt every time keep him thinking about the budget but let him free to finally let his fantasy going without chains. Also allows the user to buy only what he likes and allow to support only who produce the porn he likes.

Also, and most important think:
- if you do not like, do not buy
- if you think its too expensive, work harder and make more money to spend (someone already wrote it, and I never though about before) or simply accept you cant afford it.

Now really attack me from ever side specially for the last sentence, but remember that Im not going to Lamborghini to complain about the price, I simply accept that I can not afford it or eventually I work harder for afford it.
Tell me that Im arrogant (as someone already did), but please before go to check the websites I listed: click on videos and order by last updates, after open the same page on LP and make a calculation of cost and also check out the level of "extreme action", play the trailer, check how long are the videos and how long is the intro, check with what camera they shot, check everything... really I know what Im talking about, this is my job.

Most of double part scenes hits the TOP100, so you are basically asking on this topic (and who post of forum represent a minority of the users) that we should stop to produce and release what sells the most.

But really does it make sense to even tell something like: "XXX ban the multiple parts scenes" are too expensive but they every time hit the top 100.
Next will be: "XXX ban the DAP and gangbang, we do not like it and it doesnt matter if it sells good, we want you to release only DP with 2 boys for cheap price because to spend 20 usd on 21S is to expensive, we would like just buy the DP for 2usd on LP.

Came on guys, lets be serious instead they every week have someone complain about the price.

- you dont need to join multiple part video into a single video, just use a player where you load as much scenes you want and he will move to the next one hitself.
- less content for same money? for fuck say, do you want us to do what? fuck in the ass a girls for 3 days and pretend we all do it for free? Average there is over 20 minutes DAP every 45 minutes video (exclude welcome in porn, where it can be less), in average my intro are under 10 minutes, what the hell do you want more?

Really guys... but reallt guys... are so depressing these topics

[mistress_cindy2008]

^Well said.

Like I said in another thread, People want their fine steak with McDonalds prices. That is consumer behavior.

I look at the Jureka Del Mar / Dominica scene..... for less than 20 bucks I got 2 parts and there is nothing (at least based on my interests), that can compare to that scene.

If LP lowers the costs of the scenes by two tickets; there will be a change to the quality. Less guys, less DAP, less fisting, etc. Perhaps shorter scenes and so forth. Do you really want a McDonalds burger from LP instead of the fine steak of DAP scenes?

I understand the costs can be high when there is so much content on LP. My buying account spends over 100 dollars a month and I still have to make hard choices on what scenes to buy and not buy.

I dont think the per scene cost really is the issue here. The issue is there is so much great content that the customers are unable to buy it all and get frustrated.

No simple answer, but if we want these kinds of scenes, we have to pay for it . Otherwise they will disappear.

[mistress_cindy2008]

Also, I think people forget the extra costs too. Do you think Holly Hendrix, or Veronica Avluv are cheap? They are huge stars right now, they had to be flown over, put up in a hotel, fed, entertained, and paid significant scene rates.

We get what we pay for and right now i Find the prices fair for what we are getting.

[klapphatt]

I joined this site mainly for the piss content,that was banned sadly,and know i am a little bored watching same girls getting Dap/Tap banged over and over again,so
i canselled membership,maybe i renew it at some point,time will tell.Right now i joined Evilangel.For 10 dollors i can download all the Mike Adriano shit,i think
he makes the most nasty 1on1 anal there is.pretty young girls girl banged in the ass ball deep and sucking the dick with a lot of ass juice on it after,that is pretty nasty as i like it,so i dont think EA is all vanilla,
With that said ,i think u Georgio u are by far the best director on this site,i have a pretty large colection of your scenes here,so thanks for the good porn u made so far,in
moment i just want something else.The Ria Sunn scens from u are fucking amacing she is a fantastic girl,just a shame u wont be able to shoot a piss scene with her,she apparantlig
like the piss stuff.cheers my man,and stay cool

[magizi877]

Hi.

I kinda disagree with you Giorgio.

Elegant Angel and Jules Jordan sometimes release a DVD where all the scenes feature the same girl. And it's not a compilation, is all new content. It usually is two 1 on 1 scenes, 1 lesbian, a 2 on 1 and a gangbang scene.
I want that fantasy improved by LP to see the girl jump from scene to scene with as little break as possible, in one go.

All of your multi part movies cater to the orgy fans. ALL OF THEM.

Not a single one is a gangbang fantasy.
A gangbang is when one female receives all the attention from multiple males.

You don't really have to shoot the scene in one go, you just have to make it look like it was done in one go.

That newest Ria Sunn scene was kinda what I want but, the guys don't finish, they all wait until the end.

I want to see those initial guys actually fuck her until cumshot and then, and only then, new guys appear in bigger quantity or rougher style. To make each encounter feel different.

One tip about those DVDs. The ones that concentrate all 5 scenes on the same girl. They are always with a girl with massive appeal. Just saying.

[pastaga]

Then take 5 scenes Giorgio shot with Kira, Ria Sunn, or any girl you love, put them in your media player playlist, and you get the same thing.

[tekaneo]

Also, and most important think:
- if you do not like, do not buy
- if you think its too expensive, work harder and make more money to spend (someone already wrote it, and I never though about before) or simply accept you cant afford it.

It was me here Giorgio: viewtopic.php?f=101&t=15712#p143531

And thats what ppl needs to think: if you cant afford LP Memberships THIS IS NOT LP FAULT ITS YOUR "FAULT". This is a company to MAKE MONEY and scenes have costs and some are more expensives than others because lot of factors like Giorgio says (girls, location, agencies...) .

If ppl doesnt understand your really good explained answer... have a really really serious reading comprehension problem.

[matnr1]

Prices are definetly NOT out of control when quality is put in context. Only thing out of control is paying for a site like... well any of the mentioned already when theres LP.

Fake news!!

[Sweep11]

Thanks a lot for the in depth answer Giorgio. I can certainly understand your frustration.

I definitely agree with you too Mistress Cindy - there is so much amazing content that of course it becomes expensive if you want to buy every scene. But since when is too much choice a bad thing?

Which brings me back to my idea yet again about multiple edits. Giorgio, would really appreciate your insight as to the feasibility.
The point is, it's not just about how much a movie costs to make, it's about how many copies you can sell.
It's not a perfect analogy, I know but: Hollywood movies cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make but we buy them for $15 dollars each.
If you can dramatically increase the appeal and therefore sales of a scene, you can reduce the cost per unit (i.e ticket price)
By releasing different versions of a scene for different tastes, created from the same raw footage, edited to focus on different acts or exclude certain acts, I believe you could increase sales significantly while reducing ticket prices at the same time. Especially since I imagine the market for the extreme end of the spectrum may be closer to saturation than the more mainstream acts ("just" dp, regular gangbang etc).
Again, disclaimer, I have no experence or insight into this industry, I'm just exploring the basic economics of any digital product.

Last time I'll mention it...promise.

[mistress_cindy2008]

^ It is VERY difficult to get people to pay for porn these days. Its mostly us older types that got used to buying stuff before the ease of torrents came a long, that feel like we should pay and contribute to keeping the business going. Most people under 30 think it should be free and openly mock someone if during a conversation they mention they pay for porn. For scenes like Georgio puts out to even make him a small profit is very hard. THe ticketing system allows them to make more per scene and produce this. Why to US companies not do much Double Anal anymore? Costs, costs, they don't sell enough to make it viable. 10 - 15 years ago DAPs were coming out daily from the US companies and they were putting out hundreds of DAP per year. The sites with flat monthly rates can not afford to do a whole bunch of DAPS so they keep it very minimal.

LP fills the DAP and multiple guy niche better than anyone and that comes with a cost. It is what it is.

[DStair]

One quick and simple way to cut down some costs is to only make scenes with one girl rather than two! Most scenes these days seem to feature two girls. This is such a distraction, ruins the scene and is completely unnecessary. And fewer people buy the scene because they often don't like the 'other' girl and LP and GG end up losing out when they could have earned more!

Before LP came along I used to be a member of PG and Woodman but since I discovered LP I became hooked. Unfortunately, all my favorites scenes are in pre-4K era and I'm still waiting for LP to repeat the magic of old in Ultra HD. But at the end of the day, no one makes hardcore like LP and although they have been hugely disappointing of late, they are still much better than all of the competition! I know quality costs money and I'm happy to pay but videos need to be done like they were a few years back!

[dap-addict]

Im annoyed and bored of nonsense and I decide to answer. This answer is about my production only

First of all the production cost of "Clockwork Nightmare" for example is over 3 time the production cost of "Amina Danger DAP"

Same here.
I dont understand why it is so difficult to understand that LP GIO and gonzo have the most transparent and completely fair pricing system:
- if a girl costs more than the scene costs more tickets
- if there are more boys, than the scene costs more tickets
- if its more than 1 girl, than the scene costs more tickets
- the more demanding acts cost more to produce and later also more tickets, i.e dap is more expensive than dp, dp more expensive than single anal.

And now what we get?
3 DAP orgy scenes in Clockwork Nightmare for just 14,5 tkts - and users still complain! WTF!


Only problem I see is that that on LP memebership you cannot get more than 40tkt monthly allowance.

[mistress_cindy2008]

One quick and simple way to cut down some costs is to only make scenes with one girl rather than two!

then people would complain there are no scenes with two girl
this is not a viable idea lol

[Bummer-Harris]

Surely there's a middle ground here and a potential business opportunity.

I understand Gio's point about production cost recuperation. I see him fulfilling the ever more fantastical requests made on these boards.

These requests are not to my tastes, but the competition don't seem deliver a slightly harder content on a regular basis. As dap-addict describes "Vanilla DAP".

So I speak to LP producers in general as business people in an effort to keep ticket prices down.

Fewer performers, performing and releasing regular strong material. Something like the old NoRestForTheAss stuff.

There must be a gap(e) in the market here between other sites and where LP content in general is heading?

[kidloco2]

Im annoyed and bored of nonsense and I decide to answer. This answer is about my production only

First of all the production cost of "Clockwork Nightmare" for example is over 3 time the production cost of "Amina Danger DAP", and Im not counting location, my personal job as a director, and the cushioning of the costs of the employees of my company. I could also add that with 1 dollar you buy actually about 22 czk and few months ago you bought about 26. I could also add that thanks god the price we pay the performers (female) are finally increasing after 10 years without any change. For the boys we will have to do something as well with that course USD/CZ (but I found a internal solution, so I wont increase the price of the content).
I add also that to make money on LP is hard, very very hard.

Said that, even if the actual system of LP doesnt allow it, image I had released only a single movie for the same total price. In this way it really became expensive (did you ever think about that many people buy only the part they like?). Release a single movie would force interested people to do not buy or will force people interest only into one part to buy all. Its actually a way to make it more affordable. Also, several people asked for multi part movie (anal endurance with groups of boys for example.

Here we are not talking about greediness of me or LP, we are more talking of greediness of few users: lets dont consider the "Clockwork Nightmare" (where Im myself not satisfied), but lets consider for example "Angel Perversions" or "Jureka degrading", the "belle factor", do you really think in general you can find anything even similar to these scene on other website? I do not really think so, really not even close. Im pretty sure at now Im member of more websites than several of you together. I dam know everything other websites release, EA, JJ, Kink, 21s, PG even ZZ, RK and Mofos and even Babes and Hard-x: for many different reason I check these websites daily and I make my home-works (the member area, not the trailers). There is nothing as the "multiple part" scenes I release on LP (even if in the past someone released stuff that can be on same level, but no fresh content).
Just go on the new releases at EA and you find a list of BG, few GGB and 1 DP, now open the last releases of LP and you cant disagree on the fact that it cant cost the same money for fuck say. It make sense (even if you do not know) the market of EA is different, the content are not producer for internet but also on DVD, TV, hotels and even soft version on normal TV (most of TV do not want anal sex of the anal needs to be soft) for few movies. LP is focused on internet, all is secondary.

Even on simple scenes: I can list you many scenes you cant even compare with what competitors of LP released. Take Monsters of DAP with Angel Smalls and compare with her performance on other websites: comparing to this, the others are almost vanilla porn. Take the 7on1 BBC with Kira Thorn, she begged every single producer she met for a black gang bang and who dam release it? LP.

You should thank XXX that invented a system that doesnt limit the fantasy of the director and doesnt every time keep him thinking about the budget but let him free to finally let his fantasy going without chains. Also allows the user to buy only what he likes and allow to support only who produce the porn he likes.

Also, and most important think:
- if you do not like, do not buy
- if you think its too expensive, work harder and make more money to spend (someone already wrote it, and I never though about before) or simply accept you cant afford it.

Now really attack me from ever side specially for the last sentence, but remember that Im not going to Lamborghini to complain about the price, I simply accept that I can not afford it or eventually I work harder for afford it.
Tell me that Im arrogant (as someone already did), but please before go to check the websites I listed: click on videos and order by last updates, after open the same page on LP and make a calculation of cost and also check out the level of "extreme action", play the trailer, check how long are the videos and how long is the intro, check with what camera they shot, check everything... really I know what Im talking about, this is my job.

Most of double part scenes hits the TOP100, so you are basically asking on this topic (and who post of forum represent a minority of the users) that we should stop to produce and release what sells the most.

But really does it make sense to even tell something like: "XXX ban the multiple parts scenes" are too expensive but they every time hit the top 100.
Next will be: "XXX ban the DAP and gangbang, we do not like it and it doesnt matter if it sells good, we want you to release only DP with 2 boys for cheap price because to spend 20 usd on 21S is to expensive, we would like just buy the DP for 2usd on LP.

Came on guys, lets be serious instead they every week have someone complain about the price.

- you dont need to join multiple part video into a single video, just use a player where you load as much scenes you want and he will move to the next one hitself.
- less content for same money? for fuck say, do you want us to do what? fuck in the ass a girls for 3 days and pretend we all do it for free? Average there is over 20 minutes DAP every 45 minutes video (exclude welcome in porn, where it can be less), in average my intro are under 10 minutes, what the hell do you want more?

Really guys... but reallt guys... are so depressing these topics

In general I think it's not wise or useful to bash or put dirt on ppl of LP on its own forum, so I was about to refuse to react to your post, but I'll take this one personally since it's not the first time you are attacking me or other users with underlying arrogant tone.

You know, I'm a big fan of your style of shooting, but I'm annoyed and bored of your all the time same arguing against anybody who says anything that is not 100% the way you like or if your fans are not hill climbing up your butt. But even then, to illustrate, I sent you two times appreciation PMs a while ago and get zero response not even a simple "Thank You". I can assure ppl here, this is the real Giorgio.

Regarding the TKTs, for me, it's not really about the fact I can't afford the scenes so I'm complaining about the price. Hell no, I can assure you, I could easily buy every single scene LP has released (actually that would be my dream, if they would be all tailored to my taste), so it's not the point. But surely there are many people around (maybe the most?) who can't afford what they like or in the amount they like.

My point has deep social aspect. I see porn ultimately doing a great job for our society, period. Im deeply convinced porn should be easily available to anybody who feels the need of it and it should be affordable regardless of the kind of porn. Everybody has different taste, why the hell for example hardcore anal porn like LP should be available only to a limited range of customers who can afford it?

IMHO porn plays a very important role in our overdeveloped society, I think it's good for us. No matter if you watch it recreationally, if it's a "drug for you", or just relieves your stress after work or even help protect us from individuals conducting illegal sexual activity in real life.

Someone mentioned a stupid comparison with luxury cars. Hey, unlike car and lifestyle preference, neurochemical processes that influences sexual behavior are in each of us. They are all +/- the same regardless of what social class we belong to.

I complete disagree with "scientific" researches that says how porn is harmful and dangerous for our society, they describe it as a pathological behavior and so on. Im very aware of chemical processes involved when consuming porn and how it influence our behavior and I agree with that technical part, but I completely disagree on the negative impact on us.

For example, it will make no harm for regular people that have well sorted out personal or sexual life. It can even help a couple to enrich their sexual life or might help overcome a sexual crisis due to maternity, a decease etc.
And for those who have kind of shifted sexual life or mind or are just struggling to find a partner for various reasons, it's a relief. Porn probably won't help their ability to find a partner, but they might not find them anyway. Without porn many of them might have more serious problems.

Porn is fun, entertainment, a safe harmless drug and a medication at the same time.

Apart this I hate wasting of available resources or not using them to full their potential and since I personally know production costs of a porn scene like LP, I agree with xxx that content is not in good relation with the membership cost (not even talking about price / individual scene without membership (and you know it very well, Giorgio).

Please, don't react to my post, I won't respond, I think I said all regarding the topic why I'm complaining about continuous unreasonable scenes' price increase.

[mistress_cindy2008]

^is it really unreasonable for a scene to cost 8 dollars US instead of 7 dollars US? Is that really an issue for you?

Angie Moon by herself with DAP and TP.... 3.4 tickets, or 5.10 US Dollars
Clockwork Part 3 with 4 girls, including May Thai, DAP, anal fisting, lots of guns.. - 5.5 tickets or 8.25 USD
Isabelle Clark - huge name in porn - 3 guys DAP, 5 tickets or 7.50 US

Do you really think this is out of line for the content? WOuld it make a difference if every scene was one ticket less? Scenes with one girl are lower price than with 2 or more,so there is selection

I really dont understand this complaining over what amounts to a dollar a scene. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

If you think porn should be cheap as possible, and the girls should get paid half of what they make now, do you know the consequences? The better performers will quit, not enough money in porn.

Majority of the world refuses to pay for porn, we cant get porn like this if we dont pay for it long term.

[HwtOxc8K]

Porn is a drug. Legalporno is the best new drug in town. In fact it's the best thing to ever come along. It's a little pricey but you need it cause nothing else comes even close to giving you that high. Not in quality or quantity. Unfortunately monopolies are bad for the customers. Hopefully they find the sweet spot to keep customers coming back and also keep the train going.

LP Bosses:

[magizi877]

IMO calling prices out of control is completely justified.

Giorgio says it's because production cost was increased due to actors earning more money, rent price increasing, better camera, etc
but not even 3 years worth of increases would justify a 50% increase.
5% of increase per year is already considered a stiff increase.
I work for the power company in my country and the increase from 2016 to 2017
was less than 2% and it made it to the newspapers, simply because we increased the rates.
If we were to increase the prices by 50% we would get murdered on the streets, just saying.

50% increase is insane. And some of you think this is good practice. ROFL.

I was doing gifs for the "scenes where high heels stay on the entire scene" thread
and because is such a rare occurrence for the bloody heels to stay on the whole scene
I had to go back to scenes released 1, 2 and 3 years ago
and realized that scenes that used to cost 2.5 tkt with DAP, it's equivalent now cost 3.5 to 3.9 tkts.
Mostly Gonzo scenes, as Giorgio has always been 4 tkt or more.
From 2.5 to 3.9 the increase is around 50% in case math is not your forte. Also scenes are shorter than before.
And I'm mostly comparing 3 on 1 scenes with other 3 on 1 scenes.
Giorgio scenes don't even include pictures anymore and gonzo downgraded the quality of pictures IMHO.
I'm old fashion and pictures are important for me.
And some of us complain that scenes are softer now and I think is because the studs can't penetrate the girls as hard
when there is another dude poking the same hole.

I'm a fan and I love LP porn, but I'm not blind. I been paying the 3 month subscription plan for years and years,
And all I know is that I can purchase less than before with the same plan. And also because of all this tip fucking DAP
content I feel less compelled to buy scenes. It's gay and it's softer, basically.

I'm also gonna say that if you want to increase your market share, therefore increase your profit,
you offer your product cheaper than the competition. That's how you lure in new costumers and keep the old ones happy.
The only way to make it cheaper is to split the production cost
among more costumers and as far as I know, the last time XXX talked about LP growth, he say they are bigger than ever.
yet they make scenes more expensive, so basically, splitting the cost among less people.
Because people avoid expensive stuff, that's just the nature of people.
It's a snowball effect that will continue to increase the prices of scenes.

[magizi877]

Actually if XXX answers this, I'll shut up about this once and for all.

According to the best seller scenes page
The 2016 XMAS orgy scene is the number two best seller scene of all time

and I wonder:

Was it profitable while it costed 2.5 tkt?

[xxx]

Actually if XXX answers this, I'll shut up about this once and for all.

According to the best seller scenes page
The 2016 XMAS orgy scene is the number two best seller scene of all time

and I wonder:

Was it profitable while it costed 2.5 tkt?

Not profitable at all at this cost. It is very much a christmas gift.

[xxx]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

[kidloco2]

It's a snowball effect that will continue to increase the prices of scenes.

Exactly and possibly it might eventually lead to the point when TKT price will be so high that LP won't be competitive anymore even with the content they make and the golden vein will be cut for the studios. LP will survive but dependent studios will go OOB.
Giorgio thinks he makes the best gonzo porn now and whatever bullshit, I say it's a dangerous mindset invention (no wonder why scene suggestions feature was made), he produces all the same scenes like a year ago.
If LP will go OOB, it will leave a big dark hole again in porn industry and it will take a few years again to build something same again. Stefano basically brought hardcore gonzo porn shooting in Czech Republic back to life and give work for lots of talents, all for viewer's pleasure (and company profit as well). I deeply believe that Stefano made LP with passion and loves porn as much as we do .

[Sweep11]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

Exactly.
Use your tease, warm up and cutting room floor content to create more "generic" versions of scenes "for free" to attract more mainstream consumers. Will still be as good as anything out there today. Avoids alienating haters of DAP, TAP, prolapse, piss that like the girls but are put off paying for acts they don't like. Use that additional revenue (contribution to fixed costs) to subsidise the more niche elements of a scene that us true perverts love. Everybody wins.

[drevokocur66]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

Can we get a status report on wet content? It is a niche product but a very popular product. My 3 moth is coming up for renewal, would like to know which direction you are leaning so I can make a decision myself.

Thank you.

[tekaneo]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

Exactly.
Use your tease, warm up and cutting room floor content to create more "generic" versions of scenes "for free" to attract more mainstream consumers. Will still be as good as anything out there today. Avoids alienating haters of DAP, TAP, prolapse, piss that like the girls but are put off paying for acts they don't like. Use that additional revenue (contribution to fixed costs) to subsidise the more niche elements of a scene that us true perverts love. Everybody wins.

If you do that LP is directly dead. Why im going to pay for every scene when im going to get the same "generic" scene for 10$/m with EA/JJ or other USA website?

It will be a "Thats all folks!" for me and for 95% real scene buyers here DONT DO THAT NEVER!.

[tekaneo]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

Exactly.
Use your tease, warm up and cutting room floor content to create more "generic" versions of scenes "for free" to attract more mainstream consumers. Will still be as good as anything out there today. Avoids alienating haters of DAP, TAP, prolapse, piss that like the girls but are put off paying for acts they don't like. Use that additional revenue (contribution to fixed costs) to subsidise the more niche elements of a scene that us true perverts love. Everybody wins.

If you do that LP is directly dead. Why im going to pay for every scene when im going to get the same "generic" scene for 10$/m with EA/JJ or other USA website?

It will be a "Thats all folks!" for me and for 95% real hardcore scene buyers here DONT DO THAT NEVER!.

[mistress_cindy2008]

well, if all these guys bitching about saving a dollar a scene get their way and the content gets more generic, that will be a sad day. Comon guys, you are literally bitching over something that might add up to 20 bucks a month if you buy enough scenes. Is it really worth the cuts in order to save you all a buck a scene?

[tekaneo]

well, if all these guys bitching about saving a dollar a scene get their way and the content gets more generic, that will be a sad day. Comon guys, you are literally bitching over something that might add up to 20 bucks a month if you buy enough scenes. Is it really worth the cuts in order to save you all a buck a scene?

To the owner XXX and studio directors: Giorgio, Proxy, Joakim and these ppl that wants save 1$ dollar in every scene: Im going to remark it if some ppl didn't read it yet: IF YOU LOW THE QUALITY TO SAVE MONEY, LP IS LITERALLY D-E-A-D.

[Sir Noel]

I generally don't mind the cost and the split scenes but I find IV ticket prices over the top. They just seem to split scenes so they can charge double

[kidloco2]

Use your tease, warm up and cutting room floor content to create more "generic" versions of scenes "for free" to attract more mainstream consumers. Will still be as good as anything out there today. Avoids alienating haters of DAP, TAP, prolapse, piss that like the girls but are put off paying for acts they don't like. Use that additional revenue (contribution to fixed costs) to subsidise the more niche elements of a scene that us true perverts love. Everybody wins.

If you do that LP is directly dead. Why im going to pay for every scene when im going to get the same "generic" scene for 10$/m with EA/JJ or other USA website?

It will be a "Thats all folks!" for me and for 95% real scene buyers here DONT DO THAT NEVER!.

I fully agree, LP going mainstream would be like Apple putting Android on their phones. Ughh.
LP succeeded being a kinky anal/gonzo niche website. I just don't share the the idea that it should make the price go up like crazy.

I just stumbled on a scene by IV not even a year old for 1.1TKT. Sigle girl scenes were from 1.1 to max. 2.5TKT, double girl was from 2.9 to 4. Now it's usually 4TKT for single and 5TKT for double respectively, but they started to split the scenes, but production cost remains the same, so it's double income.

[Sweep11]

I would love to lower the prices to attract more people, but it's easier said than done. Anal is already a niche, but DAP with group sex is even smaller (anal cream, for example, is even smaller too, to the point it's not even worth producing).

Ultimately, when your goal is to have more customers by using more attractive prices, you kinda need to go with more generic content.

Another issue is that this type of content costs a lot. Lot of actors every time and high fees for models. Model prices are currently at the highest I have ever known.

This said, we might try and make a change anyway, but it would come with a lot of risks. Still thinking.

Exactly.
Use your tease, warm up and cutting room floor content to create more "generic" versions of scenes "for free" to attract more mainstream consumers. Will still be as good as anything out there today. Avoids alienating haters of DAP, TAP, prolapse, piss that like the girls but are put off paying for acts they don't like. Use that additional revenue (contribution to fixed costs) to subsidise the more niche elements of a scene that us true perverts love. Everybody wins.

If you do that LP is directly dead. Why im going to pay for every scene when im going to get the same "generic" scene for 10$/m with EA/JJ or other USA website?

It will be a "Thats all folks!" for me and for 95% real scene buyers here DONT DO THAT NEVER!.

You have completely missed the point of my post.

I do not propose that lp produces only generic or vanilla porn.
As xxx says, to attract more customers you need to provide more generic content.
My point is that this does not need to be new or additional content.
The scenes lp make today already include the generic content automatically...they just go on to harder stuff after.
My idea is to create separate versions of a scene that could be sold at a discount to a broader market that do not want to see or pay for the harder elements like DAP, TAP, PROLAPSE, PISS, MANHANDLE etc
Those scenes could be priced competitively against EA/JJ - the pay per scene model makes it even better value.
They still have beautiful women, great camerawork, hot action but would exclude the harder acts. (Personally, I like everything except TAP and prolapse)
By generating more sales from the same footage with little additional cost (more editing, maybe longer filming to ensure both 'hard' & 'softer' versions have long enough running time) it might enable lp to lower the ticket price for a full strength scene.

As I said before, only time and personal taste limit how much I buy so I don't care too much. But demand for high quality porn is not perfectly price elastic. If prices keep rising this quickly, there will come a point where it is too high and lp suffers. I prefer to look for ways to avoid that since this is the greatest porn site in history!

Respectfully,
Sweep