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Originally Posted by RawAlex
The marketing issues are these:
- Zip codes (don't ship to those bad zip codes, don't ship to any place that sex toys are outlawed or restricted or require a special permit to sell).
- Anonymous status of users broken - not only are you getting their credit card, but you are sending the postman to their door with something.
- Timing: It takes X days to get the item to the end user, in which time they have lost their boner and they just don't spend.
I am confident there is a solid number of people out there willing to pay for these things and willing to recur, but I see this way more as something that is sold in sex shops and such, pretty much cutting the affiliate out of the deal.
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The only state left where it's illegal to sell sex toys is Alabama. OWNING them is perfectly legal. Toys don't have the same issues as DVD's, where you do still need to be careful about what zip codes you ship to, but that's an easy list to get.
The postman has been bringing sex toys to peoples front doors for decades. People that WON'T go into a sex shop, will do mail order, or order online. Most packages don't have "Orgasmitron 6000" printed in big red letters on the front.
Timing with toys is a LOT different than it is with visual images alone. The wait alone might increase their spend, because they'll be watching the content they get to feel when their package arrives. "Gee, who do I wanna fuck first?"
Affiliates should be jumping all over this. Especially now! With the US being officially in a recession, and "illegal tube site" problems - sex toys are going to be a bigger part of their programs. Toys are tangible, not something you can download. Affiliate promotion of this should be tremendous - because it's a tangible product that encourages the purchase of content. Why would they not promote something that's going to make them money selling content in a time when they are bitching about not being able to sell content because of tube sites?
A real, hands free fucking machine for men that allows for suspension of disbelief with their favorite content as a visual. Just that alone would make it amazing. I can imagine though, a zillion other potential applications for a toy like this, - and I know AEBN collectively is a lot smarter than just lil 'ol me. This is the beginning of the next generation of adult. Like I said before, I'd work for free just to be a part of it.