Wow! Thanks for everyone sharing their thoughts/experiences. It's so much easier when it's a black and white decision tho.

Our original thoughts were the monthly payment of $xx for everything on the site. Believe it or not, I'm not a consumer. I had no movies or pictures on my computer for a long time (well at least before our business plan was hatched a year ago.) I've purchased a member ship maybe three times in my life. All three were with the same website. Did I stay up very very late for a few nights in a row to grab everything...you bet I did...do I still have the payed for movies...nope. The reason I went back was because they put up more content of exactly what I liked. Paying the $29.95 one month and the same again 3 or 4 months later was worth it in my opinion.

The idea of pay per download...I'm not convinced because of my above statement. I'm open minded enough though and listen when many many people are saying the monthly membership is a dying business model. Another reason I'm open to pay per download is we think it's a pretty good bet that people purchase memberships because they see one model/scene that really turns their crank. The rest of the site is a bonus.

derek, can you please elaborate on a few things. You said...

Quote Originally Posted by derekt View Post
the videos are downloaded in DRM.
does this mean your are using both Phantom Flicks AND some form of DRM? I thought Phantom Flicks was purely a method for pay per download. Or does it also come with some form of DRM included. If it doesn't and you're using your own DRM'd files...what is it...Object Cube? Also, how can you tell by the logs who cracked one of your videos and uploaded it somewhere? The watermark just tells you it was yours...how do you know who purchased it or uploaded it? I'm sure you've sold the same video hundreds/thousands of times. What differentiates one file from the next (of the same download?)

Thanks again to everyone sharing!

Jake