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Last 2 (August) Weeks a Show Desaster ( a Critic) ??!

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Sashimono
Joined in Dec 2007

33 글
August 30, 2020
Let me first of all say , that I am still sure , that I am convinced that I-Stripper - still is the very best Erotic Show Side - respecitively Program in the Internet - most of all in total and it is " mucho sympatía " ! BUT - I think - especially after the last (warm to hot) Summer Months of August in my Opinion - and MOST OF ALL during the last 2 weeks of Shows (second half of August) I think I witnessed a more than less stronger/strong downfall on behalf of the Shows Quality in total - with some exceptions - Kitana Lure, Audalove, Celia Clay and Stella.... On the other Hand - however - I also know that I-Stripper and many others still have to deal with the Impact Desaster of the "Neverending Story" of CORONA/Covit-19 and so far - after my - Impression I-Stripper dealed with this Problem VERY well and GOOD in total ! - Nonetheless I think that the Show Quality did fall downward during the last Month of August - and especially during the last 2 weeks. - NOT so much on Behalf of the Perfomance within the Shows and maybe also not sooo much on behalf of the Models - Girls and Women - Most of ALL in my Opionion on behalf or in regard of the OUTFITS and as well as in TOTAL - most of all compared to the recent Years 2019, 2018 and 2017 - I think that has to be stopped and turned again towards the better again - by some ***** (small) new Show Performance Rules and partly better feminine and/or Erotic Outfits - again. What I mean by that I will explain somewhere around the Middle to the End of September - in a - perhaps - not too long " Show Improvement Suggestion Comment " by me . So, the Conclusion is - I do have the Impression that I-Stripper Shows had especially during August ( and especially during the last 2 weeks) reached a new Low Point - after some Years with a lot of ***** and good Improvements and has to get better again (compared to this August - most of all.). Although I need to say that I do have the "unspecific" FEELING that this is ALREADY in the Making - BUT - perhaps - also not - I don't know yet - so , let's also wait and see what the entire SEPTEMBER 2020 will bring in total - will it be better than this August - most of all on behalf of Outfits in total or not ??! - I don't know yet - but I hope stongly for the better again - also due to some very fine - real good looking erotic new Models who still had been in the Studios recently. 💗😊👍
pantalone
Joined in Nov 2010

224 글
August 30, 2020
Show quality comes and goes and judgements are very subjective. We need to give Totem a break...the Ukrainian border is closed, their strategy of using girls from there is unworkable and they're using whatever performers they can find in France. I have no idea what the make-up and costume people do about social distancing, but it can't be easy.

If everybody else agrees with you, it'll show in the sales figures and they'll get back to the standards we're used to as soon as circumstances allow. Personally, I reckon we've seen a few very good shows in recent weeks and I certainly don't regard August as a disaster. More like a breath of fresh air....
zzmaskers
Joined in Mar 2011

608 글
August 30, 2020
Most of ALL in my Opionion on behalf or in regard of the OUTFITS and as well as in TOTAL
What are good outfits is very subjective: what the one likes, the other doesn't like, but outfits are very important to me in the buy/not buy decision.
A great outfit of last Friday was for me Takha in the ***** outfit, which corresponded with her girlish face and supple way of moving.
When I buy a show the following decision process is taken:
1. Do I like the model
2. Do I like the outfit (preference for normal clothing)
3. e-card or f-card (preference for e-cards)
4. Is the model a reasonable dancer
When buying a show it's always a kind of compromise. The last years I have become more selective with buying shows, which feels good. A week without buying a new edited show: no problem.

I didn't participate in the August pre-order. Still one point of critisism: too many shows of the same models, so lack of variation. There were three shows of Takha!
In the Advent of 2019 there were far more different models; maybe one or two shows of the same model.
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 30, 2020
It's hard to read the OP due to poor formating but in general I agree that the recent crop of shows - the girls filmed during COVID - was not that interesting for me. I don't mind the lack of nudity, I just don't find them too attractive. Celia and Audalove are fun for me, but that's about it.
Sashimono
Joined in Dec 2007

33 글
August 30, 2020
Reply to Pantalone - To approx. 60% I agreee with you to approx. 40% - I don't ! - Please note and remember I didn't speak here about May/June - nor about February/March - or even 2019 or 18 - JUST about last month and most of all about the last 2 August Weeks of Shows - which had been somewhere between quite dull to very dull. But also YES - there had been also a few REAL GOOD Shows - like (for example ) also Clara Rene's erotic Police Costume Show - which had been in Truth or objectively seen a real good Show in total - as well as on behalf of the Outfit ( including Stockings and Shoes - basically very good looking Half-Boots btw..) as also on behalf of the Performance. Also this Show proofs in my Opinion - just for example - that a good Outfit can increase the Female Erotics pretty much and makes it all much more powerful as well as joybul. But I also know that their are a lot of "ALL NAKED/NUDE " Fans in the Ordiance of I-Stripper and the Majority should be more than less young Men - mainly below 35 yrs. of Age - but also several Women - mainly Bi-Sexual Women and Lesbians are ALL-NUDE Fans ( to avoid further misunderstandings -I personally love Bi-sex. Women and even Lesbians - the later however most of all when they love Classic Erotics and Fetish as well). Important to me with my Critic is only - or most of all - that despite the ***** Covid-19 issue and problem - I-Stripper will get back to the better again and recognize ( and is aware of ) also the Quality reduction during August - apart from a few good Shows also in September - no matter how high the Rating turned out - a basically and/or generally good Show (including a more or less - but good - Outfit) STAYS to be a GOOD Show - no matter how low or high the Ratings turned out ! - Therefore I-Stripper should also be and STAY (!) OPEN minded for "Experiments" coming from them no matter if those Experiments come from the I-Stripper Team itself, from the Models or of course also from I-Stripper Fans like me.💚💜😉😄
orclover
Joined in Jun 2012

744 글
August 30, 2020
Show quality comes and goes and judgements are very subjective. We need to give Totem a break...the Ukrainian border is closed, their strategy of using girls from there is unworkable and they're using whatever performers they can find in France. I have no idea what the make-up and costume people do about social distancing, but it can't be easy.

If everybody else agrees with you, it'll show in the sales figures and they'll get back to the standards we're used to as soon as circumstances allow. Personally, I reckon we've seen a few very good shows in recent weeks and I certainly don't regard August as a disaster. More like a breath of fresh air....

Keep in mind that totem has also been accumulating extra profits for the last two years through somewhat nefarious gambling methods and "special events". They haven't appreciably improved the product technically with these extra proceeds, with the 4k being a tiny upgrade and being paid for by subs. They haven't opened new studios, or added new features, props, or even costumes for that matter. So I don't think they deserve a free pass because from the customer point of view they are supposed to be reinvesting these "non-service" profits back into the models, so we can get better performances. It is clear they aren't willing to pay full price to get a parisian girl to do a full show, and are treating 2020 as an isolated event, while ignoring the massive amount of money they made in 2019 and 2018 while not providing an improved product. It does appear as if they adjusted in the middle of the summer as Audalove shows more than anywhere else on the internet, and Fanfan ld, a glamour model, appears to do some level of xxx. This seems to mirror their american experience where they tried to save money by limiting the models, but the shows were so poor that they had to increase investment. The good thing is totem is still building a catalog, so if the girls do not make their money back immediately they can still be used to market the product and eventually they will turn a profit.
ComteDracula
Joined in Aug 2017

1319 글
August 30, 2020
For my part, what bothers me the most about the shows in August are the shows that are too modest, with the level of "nudity" hotness.

I find that in a show, the minimum must be "full nudity".

For my part, I am 58 years old, and I have no problem with XXX shows. On the contrary, the more I see, the better.


Pour ma part, ce qui me dérange le plus dans les shows du mois d'août, ce sont les shows trop pudiques, avec le niveau de hotness "nudité".

Je trouve que dans un spectacle, le minimum doit être "nudité complète".

Pour ma part j'ai 58 ans, et je n'ai aucun problème avec les spectacles XXX. Au contraire, plus j'en voit et mieux c'est.
orclover
Joined in Jun 2012

744 글
August 30, 2020
For my part, what bothers me the most about the shows in August are the shows that are too modest, with the level of "nudity" hotness.

I find that in a show, the minimum must be "full nudity".

For my part, I am 58 years old, and I have no problem with XXX shows. On the contrary, the more I see, the better.


Pour ma part, ce qui me dérange le plus dans les shows du mois d'août, ce sont les shows trop pudiques, avec le niveau de hotness "nudité".

Je trouve que dans un spectacle, le minimum doit être "nudité complète".

Pour ma part j'ai 58 ans, et je n'ai aucun problème avec les spectacles XXX. Au contraire, plus j'en voit et mieux c'est.

The main problem is people continue to buy shows even if they do not like them...lets say they only pay $1000 for nudity or slight full nudity model .vs...$1500 for a true open leg or xxx show...they can make same profits for 33% fewer sales. The normal supply/demand model is broken on istripper because so many people just buy cards to fill a collection or they treat totem like a patreon or donation site. I actually thought this was fine before the gambling and SE but totem doesn't need the donations because they can hit their profit goals via a slick SE or gambling promotion.
Sashimono
Joined in Dec 2007

33 글
August 30, 2020
REPLY to ZZMASKERS - First of all let me say to you that I do really APPRECIATE you and - of course - mainly your Opinion and Erotic Judgements very much ! - EVEN SO - this is NOT the Reason when I say to you now - that I do agree with your Opinion somewhere between 90% - 95% - and this is - of course as good as 99% - lol.. So I agree to almost anything you wrote ! - I also love Takha for example as she is very natural and also a quite good Performer in Truth and I also agree with your Opinion that her latest "***** Show" ( "Sunshine of your Lives") - this Show and the Shows " Duchess of Desire" and "Come on in" had been her 3 best Shows ( so far). Last not least - my main Intention with the more or less small Critic - mainly just for this August - and the last 2 weeks of Shows most of all is that I-Stripper itself is aware of the Fact that THIS August was by far NOT the very Best Show Month - they have ever had and this is mainly all ! - However, even despite the awfull and ***** and very anoying COVID-19 Problems and Issues - I-Stripper had in total - just easy going - to work on improving the Shows - also by improving the Outfits - not for every Show - btw. - just only in allround total. For example - I would like it to see - from Time to Time a Show in which a Girl is dressed like a GIL ELVGREN Pin-Up Girl ( including Garters and Stockings) including also "real" or look-alike Retro Style Lingerie. All due to this I hope for a more or less better or noteable better September and October in regard of the Shows - compared to August 2020. BUT - For the moment - also due to Corona btw. - let's wait and see..... Last not least I think my Critic was in total really justful and true. I do think that I have basically the same Interest that I-Stripper becomes and stays as good possible like REX itself ! 👍💕👍😉😊
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 30, 2020
The main problem is people continue to buy shows even if they do not like them...lets say they only pay $1000 for nudity or slight full nudity model .vs...$1500 for a true open leg or xxx show...they can make same profits for 33% fewer sales. The normal supply/demand model is broken on istripper because so many people just buy cards to fill a collection or they treat totem like a patreon or donation site. I actually thought this was fine before the gambling and SE but totem doesn't need the donations because they can hit their profit goals via a slick SE or gambling promotion.

I agree. If people do not demand a better product, we will simply be served an average one.

Bottom line is, if sales drop, we see a change n businessp ractice, because the company wants to make money. It's simple.
Sashimono
Joined in Dec 2007

33 글
August 30, 2020 (edited)
(Short) Reply to Alkasyn ! - Alkasyn that is a GOOD Opinion - I agree to you ! - Good is also that you don't mind "the Lack of Nudity" - majorly in the NORMAL Shows ( not the XXX-Ones) I guess. I am only a (true) Layman Erotics and Allround Fetish Expert - but this Opinion - if you like it or not - is correct , because it means that you are basically more OR approx. equally interested in the (Female) Erotic and Fetish Aspect of I-Stripper Shows - rather the pure sexual/pornographic - all naked - Aspect ! I am - personally - MORE interested in the Erotic and Fetish Erotic ASPECT/Issue/Impact of the I-Stripper - Shows. And I know that REX tried to increase this Aspect especially for the normal Shows - but also for several XXX-Shows ( but by far not all XXX-Shows) and the Rex and the Team also react to my truthful note/remark that the Full Erotic (Power) of a Human and of course a Wo(w)man can be best seen in a Standing Position and not stitting and even most less in a crouched position - and to react to this was righteous. - Nonetheless there are still in the MAJORITY of Shows - most of all in the majority of XXX-Show ( but also the most Normal Shows) - very many of all-naked/nude Minutes left for all the All Nude and Porn Lovers in the majority of all Shows ! - So - all in all - I-Stripper did the right thing so far or until the Present - in both Directions - Erotic/Fetish and also All Nude/Porn - in total it had TRULY become quite good balanced ! - And this is the Truth as well - at least in total.
ComteDracula
Joined in Aug 2017

1319 글
August 30, 2020 (edited)
For my part, I think that covid19 had a great influence, because it reduced the supply of girls, and that there are probably more local girls in France, who prefer to expose their genitals less.

The next few months will tell us exactly what it is.

Because great collectors, there have always been on iStripper. It's really more this month, that we see it more clearly.

In addition, Totem took the opportunity to offer a SEC card, to attract more people to buy all the cards for the month of August.

For my part, I am not *****, because it is the way I recommend for obtaining the SEC.


Pour ma part je pense que le covid19 a eu une grande influence, du fait que cela a diminué l'offre des filles, et qu'il y a probablement des filles plus locales en France, qui préfèrent exposer moins leurs organes génitaux.

Ce sont les prochains mois, qui vont nous dire, ce qu'il en est au juste.

Car des grands collectionneurs, il y en a toujours eu sur iStripper. C'est vraiment plus ce mois-ci, que l'on constate cela de façon plus évidente.

De plus Totem en a profiter pour offrir une carte SEC, pour attirer plus les gens à acheter, toutes les cartes du mois d'août.

Pour ma part, je ne m'en plaint pas, car c'est la façon que je préconise pour l'obtention des SEC.
pantalone
Joined in Nov 2010

224 글
August 30, 2020
Keep in mind that totem has also been accumulating extra profits for the last two years through somewhat nefarious gambling methods and "special events". They haven't appreciably improved the product technically with these extra proceeds, with the 4k being a tiny upgrade and being paid for by subs. They haven't opened new studios, or added new features, props, or even costumes for that matter.

We don't know that they have been accumulating profits. They replaced the studio after the fire, including costumes and camera kit, and we don't know how much of that was covered by insurance. I've never known an insurer to pay out in full. But you're right, Totem don't get a free pass on any fall-off on quality.

I'm not convinced that models get paid significantly more for open leg shows - what they are prepared to do is part of the package, like their dance skills or looks. The French girls that they are hiring at the moment don't do it, because they can make a living without it. The Ukrainians need to justify the cost of visas and flying to Paris, so maybe they'll be prepared to do more for the money.

I also disagree that the supply/demand model is broken. The collectors aren't numerous enough to justify making shows. I vaguely remember that Totem have said that about half of their revenue comes from "new users" and also many contributors to this forum pick and choose what they buy. Both these groups must be a significant part of the business model and attrition amongst new users will be ***** for Totem, as will no-buy decisions from established but picky users.

So I think that, if the prevailing view on this thread is representative of the user base as a whole, it'll return to the way it was. Eventually.
Sexy3DBoy
Joined in Jun 2011

480 글
August 30, 2020 (edited)
Pour ma part je pense que le covid19 a eu une grande influence, du fait que cela a diminué l'offre des filles, et qu'il y a probablement des filles plus locales en France,

Je suis du même avis,

qui préfèrent exposer moins leurs organes génitaux.

Il est possible qu'en France, les filles soient plus axées sur le nu version on va dire "artistique" à l'instar des filles de l'Est telles que Margo Dumas et Anastasiia mais c'est pas sûr :)

De plus Totem en a profiter pour offrir une carte SEC, pour attirer plus les gens à
acheter, toutes les cartes du mois d'août.

C'est pour cela que j'ai accepté pour la première fois le pre-load du mois car il y avait une SEC. Autrement je préfère de très loin le teasing de la demo avant tout achat.

Pour ce qui est du contenu moins "sexe" c'est peut-être un choix du studio...
HansSachs
Joined in Mar 2016

989 글
August 30, 2020
girls in France, who prefer to expose their genitals less.
More precisely, they want to be paid more than East Europe ones, in order to do it.
pantalone
Joined in Nov 2010

224 글
August 30, 2020
More precisely, they want to be paid more than East Europe ones, in order to do it.

Cynic! I quite liked @Sexy3DBoy 's suggestion that they're orientated to the "artistic nude" end of the market and wouldn't normally want to be associated with porn. But they're all self-employed, so they all need the $ after Le Confinement, so maybe the cynicism is appropriate.
Sashimono
Joined in Dec 2007

33 글
August 30, 2020 (edited)
A Word about "Business" etc... Business is NOT the Main Aspect of I-Stripper - it's ONE also important Aspect - but it is by far no the only One - the main ASPECT of I-Stripper and Virtual Girl however was and is - real good ALLROUND EROTIC Entertainment and to be in total as fair to everyone as possible and to Show also real Humanity - because EROTIC - also of Males btw. - is basically an all good and natural Subject. Therefore is had to be said.: Almost all Female Erotic and/or Porn Models are mainly and mostly real good Female Humans - I did know and know still a few of them personally. With their Work - and it is Work but also Joy - they do really spread some - majorly Visual/Virtual - mainly Erotic and SEXUAL Love and Warmth around and basically it is an all good Subject and very many of them are generally like good carrying and loving Nurses and really want to share their Erotic Beauty, their Sexuality and also their "POWER" with - when possible many other - good and also carrying , human - but also Erotic and Beauty and Sexuality Loving Peoples - even when this is mainly in a Virtual-Visual Way. And this is however - in this Regard an all GOOD Subject - not to show and share the own Erotic Beauty with just ONE MAN behind closed Doors ( and Walls) but to share and show their Erotic Beauty and Power at least visuell with many - hopefully - good Peoples - Males as well as other Women , who love Female Erotics as well. With their Work they also ease , reduce the ***** of good Lonesome Peoples, spead some good to perhaps wonderful Erotic Joy around to many and to create some Erotic and Fantasy - if possible - in all Directions and basically to EVERYONE who is interested . Their are also many Erotic and/or Porn Models who love also Erotic Fetishes of all Kind ( including also Femdom-BDSM etc.) most of all and want to remit Message in this regard, others like it really to be naked as often as possible, others want to show mainly the Power of Female Erotics - and others love all Aspects of these or two or three Aspects .. - But despite of that almost all want and have the urge to do and to deliver a real GOOD and JUSTFUL work - and this is also the MAIN Ambition of I-Stripper/VG to support also this basically and in many ways also general good Ambition - for the Benefit of Everyone - ! - And EVERYONE that is the Ordiance/Customers, the I-Stripper Team and of course the Models - who send an Erotic Gift and Blessing out to Everyone who love Love, Erotic, Fetish and Sexuality. This is all the Main and First Aspect of I-Stripper ! Business - however - comes also, but it is not the First Aspect - it is only the Second and it is also a necessary Aspect- without also this Aspect I-Stripper /VG wouldn't have been possible ! But the main Aspect of I-Stripper is to spead positive, good Love, Erotic, Fantasy, Fetish and Sexuality and to share it with - if possible - many good Humans - Males as well as Females. - When an Erotic Model performs in I-Stripper and is doing her best to make a good Erotic-Sexual Show - they don't PERFORM for the "Worse, Bad and Ugly" among the Viewers - they think at and do it for all the GOOD Peoples/Humans in the Ordiance, for those who really love what they show, who love their Erotics and Beauty and the postive Warmth they also spread around by doing so ! And this ALL POSITIVE Aspect is the First and Main Aspect of I-Stripper ! - And last not least.: The WORLD needs good and kind Erotic Models as Erotic , Sexuality and also Fetish and Fantasy is a VERY important and positive ART for the World and where would Humanity be without Art ??! 👍❤️👍
Dorsai6
Joined in Apr 2013

1033 글
August 30, 2020
Just a data point: I normally buy about 20 of the newly released cards each month. So far this month I've only purchased 15. The others just weren't what I'm looking for.
x26638184
Joined in Oct 2018

189 글
August 31, 2020
I guess the software bases its show structure on market preferences or trends, which we see I guess reflects that. I think that when you stop consuming something, you stop being a target market for that brand. For example, I cancelled my Netflix subscription and I prefer HBO Go. I love Nike, but I don't like their current line and I prefer Merrell, that's what happens with this. Brands change, consumers change. Everything changes.
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 31, 2020
I guess the software bases its show structure on market preferences or trends, which we see I guess reflects that. I think that when you stop consuming something, you stop being a target market for that brand. For example, I cancelled my Netflix subscription and I prefer HBO Go. I love Nike, but I don't like their current line and I prefer Merrell, that's what happens with this. Brands change, consumers change. Everything changes.

Yes and no. There's no HBO to change this Netflx for, and most of us who post here still buy cards, but at a reduced rate, sometimes much so.

You're right that tastes and consumers change, but we haven't changed enough to stop being a consumer here.

I do think that the current sales tactic is devoting too much time to milking whales without caring for the middle of the pack.
x26638184
Joined in Oct 2018

189 글
August 31, 2020
@Alkasyn: mmhhh...you are right, there is no prime amazon either 😂. and it is true that this is quite unique.
The problem is that the percentage of discard. is so high in the triple diamond or antique users that it does not manage to sustain the maintenance costs.
Deep down, you ***** the golden goose with that strategy.
To be able to continue to maintain yourself you have to look for a young market and adjust to that and that causes what you see today. The old market that consumes and is faithful, doesn't like the new format. While the young market does, but it is short lived. The average market age of this of how much will be 45 to 50 years ... and what happens, you have users from 30 to 65 years ... is too broad! You have three generations in the same bag with extrapolated tastes.
A generation that grew up with Playboy magazines and another with PornHub on the cell phone and there is a radical difference.
A market was loyal...and today the market is captivated. Excessive discounts are a bad strategy.
It is better to improve the product without touching the price, make special promotions and all that.
But if you touch the price on the basis of discounts that you can't withdraw, you're dead. It's a short range curve...bread today...hunger tomorrow.
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 31, 2020
@Alkasyn: mmhhh...you are right, there is no prime amazon either 😂. and it is true that this is quite unique.
The problem is that the percentage of discard. is so high in the triple diamond or antique users that it does not manage to sustain the maintenance costs.
Deep down, you ***** the golden goose with that strategy.
To be able to continue to maintain yourself you have to look for a young market and adjust to that and that causes what you see today. The old market that consumes and is faithful, doesn't like the new format. While the young market does, but it is short lived. The average market age of this of how much will be 45 to 50 years ... and what happens, you have users from 30 to 65 years ... is too broad! You have three generations in the same bag with extrapolated tastes.
A generation that grew up with Playboy magazines and another with PornHub on the cell phone and there is a radical difference.
A market was loyal...and today the market is captivated. Excessive discounts are a bad strategy.
It is better to improve the product without touching the price, make special promotions and all that.
But if you touch the price on the basis of discounts that you can't withdraw, you're dead. It's a short range curve...bread today...hunger tomorrow.

Good analysis - maybe they're fishing in a different pond, and it's simply not targeted at forumites who actually participate in the discussion on the forums.

Interesting you'd think that discounts and the fact that there ARE whales is what drives the company into a corner. Definitely something to think about.
pickle1
중재자
Joined in Mar 2019

1353 글
August 31, 2020
@7171al71 - an erudite and well-thought out presentation.

Thank-you.

👍
HansSachs
Joined in Mar 2016

989 글
August 31, 2020 (edited)
Interesting you'd think that discounts and the fact that there ARE whales is what drives the company into a corner. Definitely something to think about.
I, instead, totally disagree on the subject.
First of all, we should keep in mind that "Istripper credit" is not a real currency - its value is decided only by the company itself, and it even do vary according to how many credits a person do buy; so the discounts are - rather obviously - modulated in a way that makes the company to gain even from purchases done by members of upper levels.
Let's keep in mind, also, that company earns money when we do buy credits, not when we spend them in the Is store: and so called "whales" are going to purchase credits more often than the average member does.
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 31, 2020
Interesting you'd think that discounts and the fact that there ARE whales is what drives the company into a corner. Definitely something to think about.I, instead, totally disagree on the subject.
First of all, we should keep in mind that "Istripper credit" is not a real currency - its value is decided only by the company itself, and it even do vary according to how many credits a person do buy; so the discounts are - rather obviously - modulated in a way that makes the company to gain even from purchases done by members of upper levels.
Let's keep in mind, also, that company earns money when we do buy credits, not when we spend them in the Is store: and so called "whales" are going to purchase credits more often than the average member does.

Indeed, credits hae a value set by the company, but you also have to remember they are bound by the existing situation.

I.e they can't simply say that all cards now cost 45 credits instead of 25 (or whatever the price is for a newuser) without facing some major goodwill hit.

Second thing is, that they need to make whales spend more credits so they keep buying - the fix to that seem to be the gambling games which waste people's credits (although in many cases make the veteran users earn a tiny bit when fishing for SEC).

What other ways to spend credits coudl there be? I know people would deinitely buy different forum display themes, maybe professional skins or avatar outlines - it's what Steam is doing and it seems to pay off as they're introducing ever new content.
HansSachs
Joined in Mar 2016

989 글
August 31, 2020 (edited)
they are bound by the existing situation.
They still earn 49,90 euros by each and every credit purchase. Which is the only things which really matters.
I don't see their situation being so tragic - apart just the fact they are not able to hire East Europe models (cheaper to shoot) at the moment. Which will be, sooner or later, eventually fixed.

By the way, it's true that the user base of Istripper is 30+ (since younger adults tend not to use laptops anymore); but this also is not totally a problem, since older people is more willing and likely to spend for such a product.
Anyway, the company is of course already trying to get an audience of people of 20-30 also, via the developing of a mobile version.
Alkasyn
Joined in Apr 2008

727 글
August 31, 2020
You mistunderstood my intention or I wasn't clear enough.

By the existing situation I meant the pricing system and struture of discounts that they have introduced and the customers are used to at this moment in time.

Also, something came to my mind right now - I wonder if and at what point having a studio in Eastern Europe could be profitable for the company, like what they did with the studio in the US.

HansSachs
Joined in Mar 2016

989 글
August 31, 2020 (edited)
the pricing system and struture of discounts that they have introduced and the customers are used to at this moment in time.
They are smart people, the current pricing structure is of course made in order to get profit also from high level members.

I wonder if and at what point having a studio in Eastern Europe could be profitable for the company,
At least until the situation gets back normal, this might be quite a good idea...
batavus
Joined in Nov 2019

218 글
August 31, 2020
What is a good model for istripper ? It's different for everyone, we don't have the same taste. Some people like big boobs, some like small tits, like me.
The best girls in the last months are Takha and Talia Mint for me. Some other girls like Fanfan LF, Stella, Polly Pons or Kitana Lure : not for me. I have some girls with big boobs, but most of these cards I got with a (booster) pack.
And generally I don't like enhancement breasts either. Some people dislike tattoos, but it doesn't matter for me.
Some girls with a high average score don't do anything for me.
So, discussing about someone's taste is useless
dolphins109
Joined in Feb 2011

794 글
August 31, 2020
😶😶😶😶

아직 참여할 수 없습니다.

iStripper の無料ユーザーはフォーラム内の주제に参加したり新しい주제を作ることはできません。
でもベーシック카테고리には参加できコミュニティーと接することはできます!