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Originally Posted by Preacher
Like you said, surfers do not like it in the members area as the only option. I know this because I promote a sponsor that had DRM movies and they never rebilled and they removed DRM and all of the sudden I started seeing consistent rebills. Like you said, both options would be great, but more time consuming to create.
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I blame those FUCKING REVIEW SITES for making DRM and watermarks seem like a horrible thing. They should be making judgments based on quality and quantity on content, not on site owners not wanting members to download everything and upload it to an illegal tube. They may as well hand out chargeback instructions while they're at it, the unwashed pricks. (I have an entire rant about review sites if you want to hear it. And yes, I know they're traffic converts very well. That doesn't mean we have to like them.)
It is time-consuming. Especially when you have your members area videos almost completely uploaded before realizing that you didn't watermark them.
I do think it's worth the time, even if it's only purpose is to make it seem like you have more up-to-date gimmicks for the members to play with. One of the many, many useless ideas I have is to convert a bunch of movies I purchased (the ones Preacher wishes he had) to Flash, and stream them as bonus content, rather than paying for 3rd party feeds. I don't want to offer those for download.
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Originally Posted by Preacher
And for flash vids on freesites/galleries, those offered by the sponsor would go quick, because to not only cut a clip from the members area and then have to encode it in flash is just one more time consuming step, maybe.
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SWF clips are pretty handy on hubs and such. I use them as advertising directly on some of my link list pages. I sort of like encoding my own because I can make them the correct proportions for a given spot and put my affiliate link inside so that if the surfer mistakingly clicks the movie and not the play button, they end up at the tour. Oopsy!