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| Pornophile Member So Cal, CA 66 Posts 2/00 |  Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 5:19AMBoth are now available on DVD exclusively through KristenBjorn.com. Hopefully they will both appear at other e-tailers in a couple months. (Hopefully at much lower prices!) :-) [Link] |
| ken Member In Transit 72 Posts 5/00 | Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 4:46PM [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 5:21PM We are in their affiliate program (see [url=465107]Shop</A), but that doesn't make it an easier to find what they have and at what price. If there are any stores that you'd like us to approach about the price search just say the word. [Link] |
| Pornophile Member So Cal, CA 66 Posts 2/00 |  Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 7:43PMAt the local video store here in West Hollywood, CA they are sold at MSRP, which I think is $60 plus our 8.25% sales tax. TLA is in Penn. so they don't charge me sales tax and they offer free shipping over a certain dollar purchase. It seems that when Kristen Bjorn ended his distribution through Atomic, he is trying to self distribute through selected retail stores and e-tailers. I guess he is trying to position his DVD line as a premium product and does not want his titles being sold for $29 each like DVD Advantage is doing to the Atomic DVD line. Maybe it cheapens the image he is trying to maintain for his DVDs. On a personal note, I do like Bjorn's exotic looking men and locations. My favorites are Comrades in Arms and the Vampire of Budapest. But when I have to pay $50 each, I am starting to think twice about it when I can get high quality Titan and Studio 2000 releases from Atomic that are be sold for only $29 at DVD Avantage. (I have ordered from them twice and have had quick service.) Hope this helps! [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 8:58PM I guess the key is to build the gay DVD market enough that more retailers keep inventory on expensive titles like Kristen Bjorn ones. They can always buy 'em through distribution. But with the current costs it's a major inventory risk. I'll work on TLA  [Link] |
| alanbenson Member Lompoc, CA USA 156 Posts 11/99 |  Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 11:30PMPornophile: As for Kristen Bjorn's DVD strategy -- I think he just doesn't have a real "distribution arm" the way Atomic does. Atomic's parent company is one of the biggest mainstream porn distributers. KB Productions is pretty much a two-or-three-man operation... Bjorn DOES keep the discs exclusive to his website for a short time, but I think he's ready and eager to sell them through any store which wants to carry them... (Though--as you say--his pricing may be steep enough to prevent much discounting...)<small> [This message has been edited by alanbenson (edited June 28, 2000).] [Link] |
| ken Member In Transit 72 Posts 5/00 |  Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 11:30PMFor his movie, if I could not get $29 deal but $39, I still think it deserve it. However, $50 really make my palm sweat. I agree what Steph said gay dvds for most of stores are still a niche market. No one wants to take the risk. They can certainly do a promotion like dvdadvantage, but if the purchase cost is already prohibitively high, no stores are interested in making this kind of promotions. Those greedy producers! I think their stategy is nearsighted. The more expensive of dvds, the less people to buy. With less people to buy, the inventory cost is high, hence the districution cost, which makes the cost of making dvd even higher. It's not a healthy cycle and they really need to learn the Scale of Ecomony! Ken [Link] |
| ken Member In Transit 72 Posts 5/00 | Posted - Jun 28 2000 : 11:48PM However, traditional magazine in turn becomes a better advertising channels. We only have no more than dozen of gay porn magazines out there. I still regularly go to the stores to buy some issues if I like them. So if we can exchange ads with one magazine and the result may be powerful. I buy "Manshot" monthly and do find the web links on their ads useful, at least I would try some links to find out what's going on there. Manshot is de facto gay porn magazine that have the most complete gay video reviews. Ken [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 29 2000 : 9:20AM as far as TLA - it could also be that we are an adult site - they may prefer to promote their mainstream side and not get too involved with adult sites. [Link] |
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