joezabel opened this issue on Aug 23, 2005 ยท 119 posts
joezabel posted Tue, 23 August 2005 at 7:13 PM
Wow, lots of responses! I certainly didn't mean to make anybody angry, I was just expressing my honest opinion. I think my remark was interpretted too negatively, as well. Just because I would be reluctant to spend $29.95 for something doesn't mean I think it stinks! The best favor we can do for content providers is give them our honest opinions. What good does it do to praise something to the heavens if nobody's going to buy it? That's just setting the creator up for disappointment! I think Miki will do quite well because of clever marketing, and because she fills a signifigant nitch in the market that the white anglo-saxon supermodel figures have left open. But I think in the long run, for the market as a whole, the best strategy for content providers is to sell works that have a high and consistent quality. No embarassing fright-wigs. No poses that show off flaws in the figure construction. Quality will turn your loyalists from a tiny mob into a teaming throng.