To allow downloads or not

[deisystar]

I disallowed downloads on my site (http://new.furpassion.com) a few months ago after getting the itching gut feeling that my content had been stolen, and after receiving alot of hate from anti-fur people. I got a bit paranoid, for good reasons, needless to say!

However, since doing that, I've gotten negative feedback from current members and NO new joins to my site... though my sales on clips4sale are back up.

I am considering allowing downloads again, except with a different pricing plan (tentatively $60 to join recurring at $30/month or $240 for the year or $180 for 6 months). I think the higher initial price point will discourage the haters and pirates from frivolously joining...

I have around 150 unique clips, and updates scheduled 2-3x per week for the next 3 months.

I know and hate that it's "standard" to allow HD downloads. Just wondering if anyone has any perspective on this. I really prefer to NOT allow downloads, even if it's a cheaper price, because they can go order from clips4sale if they really want to keep the clip forever and ever. I put the question out on my Facebook page and got NO comments from my fans either way.

Thoughts, ideas?

 

[jullyenn3]

Ya, I've thought of even lowering the price of my members area since it's streaming ONLY. $20 for streaming unique clips, to me, seems fair... but when similar sites are charging $20-$30 with HD downloads, I can see why guys complained when I disabled downloads. However, maybe at a lower rate like $12 a month for streaming only, I wouldn't be perceived as being comparable to the sites with downloads.

Ideally, I would be exploiting the luxury end and allowing downloads with a higher price (so that I'd need fewer members to make my goal of XXX). But, there are a lot of nutty anti-fur PETA people out there, and I am not 100% sure that even a high price tag would discourage them. I work in the mainstream with alot of people who would probably agree with the militant PETA types, and hearing them talk casually just has made me even more nervous.

.... IDK. I am the ONLY site with fur coat destruction and burning clips, so you'd think that $20 a month to stream wouldn't be perceived so poorly. It's not 1999 or even 2005 anymore - people access from their cell phones and ipads etc, and streaming is more cross-platform compatible and higher quality than it used to be. Ultimately, I don't think that I need to change, I think the industry needs to quit giving away so much, and that the mindset and expectations of buyers/consumers/clients needs to change! Men have this entitled ownership attitude, which pisses me off.

I am probably hungover and over thinking this, and a bit freaked about some cancellations and no new members in 2 months.