Why's content buying such a FRUSTRATING experience?

[Far-L]

As primarily a stream provider, but with the perspective of a buyer of content for HG Video, I can certainly appreciate a great deal of what is being said here.

With regards to registering... Please stand in our shoes for a sec... tons of surfers come into Homegrown Content and they think that they are entitled to a megasite of free porn... not just a demo of our products. These people are not webmasters but rather savvy surfers out to take advantage of our goodwill. They have no intention of buying anything but just want to get access to free movies.

You simply cannot let these hordes, and mind you I bet quite a few should not even be seeing porn at their age, into wreak havoc and have unlimited access to the content. The bandwidth they consume does cost money.

There are in fact a number of mainstream businesses where registering is required before purchase.

You cannot drive a new car off the lot for a test drive without showing proof of insurance and a license. You cannot purchase at many auction houses unless you register first. You cannot get certain software licensing unless you register first. We don't send out new releases of our videos and dvds to wholesalers that have not been first qualified with a biz tax id, name, address, etc.

The reasoning is simple. It is an attempt to reduce fraud and qualify the buyer.

It may take a few minutes and be a pain in the ass to register, but I think it is a bigger pain in the ass to get ripped off by some con artist that has no intention of being an actual customer.

I hope you see where I am coming from.

In the final analysis... at least with our stuff... we are worth five minutes of hassle in order to put our 20 years of BRAND building to work for you....