Are we taking a wrong approach here?

Element115 · 2008-10-29, 02:06 AM

Is there any real data to support that this industry is even affected that much by economic downturns? I honestly don't see why it would be. Obviously more people losing their jobs would have a little bit of an impact because that's less potential customers. But unlike buying a car or a house, people don't think logically when they spend money on things like alcohol, condoms, sex toys and even porn. They are all impulse buys and the nature of an impulse buy is that people often spend money on them whether they can afford them or not. We're in the business of instant gratification. If people acted logically while they were buying porn than most of us would be out of job.

Unless someone has some hard numbers that show definitively how the sale of online porn goes down during a recession I think it's a little early to be switching gears.

2008-10-29, 02:06 AM	#4
Element115 I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 86	Is there any real data to support that this industry is even affected that much by economic downturns? I honestly don't see why it would be. Obviously more people losing their jobs would have a little bit of an impact because that's less potential customers. But unlike buying a car or a house, people don't think logically when they spend money on things like alcohol, condoms, sex toys and even porn. They are all impulse buys and the nature of an impulse buy is that people often spend money on them whether they can afford them or not. We're in the business of instant gratification. If people acted logically while they were buying porn than most of us would be out of job. Unless someone has some hard numbers that show definitively how the sale of online porn goes down during a recession I think it's a little early to be switching gears.