Japanese market
 

Do you make money with the Japanese market?
They seem to have a good potential but not sure how they pay on the web and what type of content they are fond of...

there is a JCB card that they use, that discovery seems to support

they like their toons..

Thx a lot for your reply ! Yeh JCB is what we have set when launching our JP version :)
I thought Japanese people were "saturated" by the Hentai, happy to see they are still a big consumer cause the hentai niche is one of our most reactive market !
BTW do y ou have sites round the striptease universe ?

The most popular methods for Japanese to make purchases on the on the net often do not include cards. Nihonjin are conservative with cc use.

You may wish to contact this company, https://www.unionbank.com/personal-b.../eng/index.jsp -- they can give you a feel for the landscape.

They are the American branch of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Bank. In a recent poll of Americans using banks, Union Bank received the highest rating in an industry with lower overall ratings than US Gov/Congress and Wall Street. lol.

We work with many Japanese adult companies providing a wide range of services from DVD and blu-ray sales to translation work and membership site promotions.

Send me a PM if we may be of assistance.
JAI

Hi, Celine
I responded to Jeremy.

Yes he told me !
Thx a lot for your help and feedback !

Japanese is very solid

Are your sites designed for the JP market ?
Are your customers mainly from there ?

There is a Japanese shemale site that does well, I don't promote it much at all, I honestly am not sure where to find the traffic for it or even how much traffic there may be for it. Japanese porn is something I can't seem to get a handle on, I have a guess it's quite popular in Japan, but again I don't know for sure how to promote it here in America.

My landlord is Japanese, half of the residents in my building are Japanese. He rents to Japanese tourists on a nightly basis (illegally of course), and subsequently I have different neighbors every night. There's only been one instance over the last ten years where I've heard them having sex, they're a quiet group of people which bodes well for me.

One thing is for sure, Japanese people have money, they've always been well off through my experiences dating back to my college days. I'd be interested to know how the adult market is for Japan

The Japanese niche has been treating me very well over the last 4+ years. We promote content sites and live cams too.

Are these sales in America or abroad? There's no questioning there's a large Japanese population living in the US, I'd be wise to promote it more.

This is a very interesting question ! I have the feeling that there is more to do with Japanese people living in Japan and sharing their preferred sites with their Japanese friends, but I don't live in the U.S. so not sure I'm right :)

There was a great program on the french "Travel" channel yesterday regarding sex in Japan.
Did you know that they have shops where young (!!!) girls come and resell their worn panties, school uniforms etc ?

They also explained that there is no legal age for sex in Japan and erotism is most of time associated with young girls images.

Any picture of REAL people having sex is not allowed, this is why the hentai is so strong over there.

I'm gonna try & directly get in touch with webmasters living in Japan :-P

Most of our sales are from Japan. Over the last few years, I've been translating and marketing Japanese sites to the English speaking market.

Japan has one of the biggest adult markets in the world. Rivals consumer spending with countries that have 3 to 4 times the population.

We sell Japanese uncensored DVDs, membership based sites that are fetish niche including shemale/newhalf content.

In the process now of moving back to Tokyo by sometime in October. We provide translation and marketing services via our site http://acmenippon.com. We have several projects in the works including shooting content in Tokyo. It is fetish content in different niches.

About 40% of our traffic is Japanese.

I think LeRoy's company does well with Japanese market because they can handle the billing services that Japanese prefer. A Huge plus. They also shoot much of the popular content through their production teams which helps.

Another helpful note is a large segment of the Japanese market prefers mosaic (censored) porn.

I think that show was a bit off. Especially about the young stuff. These days that is more fantasy than reality. Penalties for underage content are increasingly severe. People still talk about the panty vending machines but they have not been around for years. Used panties that is.

There are fairly big populations in US and other country but many Japanese are returning home these days if they can.

Still, a 1st ever Ramen Yokocho Fest this past weekend was a huge success in Torrance, south bay of Los Angeles. Demographic was a marketers dream, young to 50's, tattoos, upscale and the girls were smoking hot all ethnicities.

We ate at this place, silverlakeramen.com - They were among the vendors. Absolutely delicious. A new thing is ramen burgers. Can't wait to try. I guess Japan's answer to Krispy Kreme burgers, lol.

Hentai is also censored. Plenty of pics and images of real people having sex are available, just pixelated.

It is definitely a complicated business both culturally and economically.
We have been working with Japanese content since 2005. Still learn something new every day.

Thx soo much, JAI-LING, for sharing your knowledge of this so particular market :) I think the best thing is to have someone over there...

I'm gonna run a few campaigns with our very specific product and see how it goes... I really wonder if Japanese people are attracted by non asian girls... I suppose I'm gonna use a young brunette first, like Little Caprice !

I'll keep you posted here !

Edit: I would pick another girl, maybe a blond, with softer lines.
Slender and super cute east Euro or Russian girls are well liked.

You are welcome. Japanese do like non-Asian girls but only a small percentage can make the grade. I have not seen Little Caprice. You get one shot so make it great!

Best thing is to have an experienced person who speaks, reads and writes Japanese and of course English and has experience in the market and with businesses there.

BTW, I'm not pitching you for work. We are booked solid. In fact I've got some ADs up on Japanese language boards looking for help.

I think she'll do well :
http://toshare.toteme.com/4Celine/caprice.jpg

Or do you think this one would do better :
http://toshare.toteme.com/4Celine/pussycat.jpg

I think you are better off with alternate selections. Caprice is pretty but after seeing your content of her I think she will be a mild sell if at all. The Asian girl looks too rough.

I'll be honest, we have your banners on some of our Japanese sites that get fairly high traffic, for the niche. We get next to 0 click throughs.

Which bums me out.

Thats why I told Jeremy, who never got back to me btw, that you should hand pick the girls and set up tours just for the Asian markets.

Asian customers, not farang or gaijin, (foreigners) are very picky and often not in line with foreigners taste.

Japanese always have a laugh at the "wide net" foreigners cast when looking at/dating/fucking girls.

I myself like all women. Especially those who will fuck me. ;) But Japanese guys have their taste refined to a science.

Your competition

http://www.kabukicho-girls.com/galle.../PT53AD-15.jpg

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