Yes indeed! In "celebration" of one of the worst-selling volumes in SlapstickStuff history (and probably the only shoot in my 11-year history that I can safely say will NEVER turn a profit).... We're running the Nichole fire sale!
* Please note that, contrary to popular opinion, Nichole's face, boobs, butt, legs, arms, and torso remain uncovered through all four scenes. Especially Scene 4, which doesn't have a wig in it at all. Also please note that Nichole gets every bit as messy as the previous 100+ models not wearing wigs... Quite a bit more than a lot of them, actually.
** Please also note that, in the future, if a model DOES wear a wig and no one notices or cares, I sure as hell won't bring it up.
Eh, every once in a while you have a dud volume. It happens. SS12, where the model wore a wig and hated every second? Dud volume. Sold WAY more than this one did, though.
And if I now have to run every set of fake breasts past you guys for approval first.... I just give up.
Wig. Schmig. As someone who did pay top dollar for the first scene with Nichole, the wig put me off not one bit. But then I like the 'clowning' nature of such scenes and a wig is not a barrier to that as long as it's feminine enough.
It will be a shame if you can't afford to have her back - she was good. But she was no Britney.
SStuff said: Eh, every once in a while you have a dud volume. It happens. SS12, where the model wore a wig and hated every second? Dud volume. Sold WAY more than this one did, though.
And if I now have to run every set of fake breasts past you guys for approval first.... I just give up.
I was trying to be more supportive, just in the sense that she's a looker regardless. And that did not work. And I can see just how stung you are by this Wig-gate situation, so i will say no more.
I could of told you that years ago no one wants wigs. Learned it the hard way LOL LOL
But also my last 2 months of sales have been the worse in my many years of selling vids.
Guess the economy is not getting better for most
Just my thoughts
Lenny
I agree with this. I expected better returns on some of my newer stuff too, and it's been real slow.
Hopefully sentiment will change and purchasing trends will improve, but economic policy here is a disaster. I'm praying it doesn't continue, but I'm not betting on recovery.
Lenny said: But also my last 2 months of sales have been the worse in my many years of selling vids.
Maybe it's that way across the board then. I also released a new volume from one of my better-selling models (Carrie) and it's had the worst sales of all her releases.
So what catastrophic financial event occurred in March that ONLY affected men between the ages of 19 and 45 into the WAM fetish???
Bishopberkley said: It will be a shame if you can't afford to have her back - she was good. But she was no Britney.
Which Britney??? (I'm serious.)
She's already cool with coming back sans wig. I basically told her I was taking a bath on this shoot, money-wise. But I also don't know if I convince her to take a reduced rate on top of that.
For those who care, the rates for models are about 2 to 4 times what they were five years ago, across the board. Meanwhile, download sales are about 1/2 what they were in the same time frame. Tough math no matter how you cut it.
Lenny said: But also my last 2 months of sales have been the worse in my many years of selling vids.
Maybe it's that way across the board then. I also released a new volume from one of my better-selling models (Carrie) and it's had the worst sales of all her releases.
So what catastrophic financial event occurred in March that ONLY affected men between the ages of 19 and 45 into the WAM fetish???
Life. It's getting more and expensive just to provide yourself with necessities, and sometimes goofy fun things have to be put aside. I don't like behaving like an adult.
JoeYoung2007 said: I was trying to be more supportive, just in the sense that she's a looker regardless. And that did not work. And I can see just how stung you are by this Wig-gate situation, so i will say no more.
JY
Ah, I took your comment to mean, "Wouldn't matter if she was naked, I still don't like her boobs." My bad. Personally I think her boobs are a little too fake, but it's not a deal breaker. Body-wise I'd put her in my top 10% overall.
I'm actually OK with "Wig-Gate" now... Once I realized that even the real hair scene wouldn't sell, I knew it was a lost cause. (This post was actually supposed to be jokey?? Maybe that didn't work either.) I'm basically doing a salvage sale... Every little bit helps, and even a price drop of a few bucks is enough for some. And apologies to those who bought these clips at full price. I hate it when something gets deeply discounted AFTER I buy it, and that wasn't the intention.
My hope is this cleans the slate for my NEXT model. (For those wanting a silver lining, SS146 is coming sooner rather than later.) She's roughly the polar opposite of Nichole in every way, so that's... Good, right?
SStuff said: * Please note that, contrary to popular opinion, Nichole's face, boobs, butt, legs, arms, and torso remain uncovered through all four scenes. Especially Scene 4, which doesn't have a wig in it at all.
Hmmmm...if her face, boobs, butt, legs, arms, and torso truly remained uncovered through all four scenes, she'd pretty much be nude the whole time, and not getting very messy either. Certainly she'd be wearing no more than a metaphorical fig leaf and a pair of shoes.
She was lovely. Stunning, comedic and did the 'indignant' acting well. She also wore full lingerie with stockings and suspenders (as we say in the UK) on more that one occasion - which is alway a big bonus for me too.
The non wig scene was awesome, great hair and face stuff, and hell i think the wig scenes were the same quality I've come to expect from you bud. Shake em off. Would love to see that Shelly messy hats, funhouse gameshow scene mayhaps?
She was lovely. Stunning, comedic and did the 'indignant' acting well. She also wore full lingerie with stockings and suspenders (as we say in the UK) on more that one occasion - which is alway a big bonus for me too.
Yep. I wish she'd come back too. She went the husband/kid route instead.
thatoneguy said: The non wig scene was awesome, great hair and face stuff, and hell i think the wig scenes were the same quality I've come to expect from you bud. Shake em off. Would love to see that Shelly messy hats, funhouse gameshow scene mayhaps?
Yeah, that one's coming. I have to space out the Shelly scenes now that's she retired. It will be quite ironic if this time next year, folks are begging for new Shelly clips (after that ship has long sailed)....
SS146 is coming sooner rather than later.) She's roughly the polar opposite of Nichole in every way, so that's... Good, right?
Is that the woman in your new profile pic? She looks intriguing.
About the "economy:" Isn't there more competition now? Every smartphone takes HD video, YouTube is free (awful quality and production, but free) so any boob can make wam vids. But I see a lotta one-vid producers here. Hang in there the market will shake out as the flybynighters go elsewhere.
SS146 is coming sooner rather than later.) She's roughly the polar opposite of Nichole in every way, so that's... Good, right?
Is that the woman in your new profile pic? She looks intriguing.
About the "economy:" Isn't there more competition now? Every smartphone takes HD video, YouTube is free (awful quality and production, but free) so any boob can make wam vids. But I see a lotta one-vid producers here. Hang in there the market will shake out as the flybynighters go elsewhere.
Well obviously... As we've discussed in other threads, 20 years ago producers could basically charge $50 for a 70-minute VHS tape with 4-5 different scenes of such widely different material (clothed wetlook, mud bathing, food in clothes, pies) that you were basically dropped a Grant on ONE scene you really wanted. Nowadays a scene specifically catered to your tastes, in full HD video, delivered immediately to your computer, is worth... 5 bucks? Maaaybe?? [shrug]
And yes, at this point there are more pie clips on YT right now than probably existed in the entire history of the world circa 1990. None of which cost anything but time.
I think myself and other producers are a bit more concerned that sales have dropped dramatically JUST in 2015 alone. It's very odd. 2014 was actually one of my best years to date, believe it or not, even though all the factors you mentioned above were clearly in place then as well.
And yes, the girl in my profile is coming soon.....
In all seriousness, the Slapstick Stuff promos were my first real introduction to sploshing - when they came up as suggested videos on Youtube when I was trying to relive some of the gunge gameshows that I remember from being a girl. They've always struck me as being awesome! Pity you're on the wrong side of the pond...
Just saw Scene 4. I didn't find anything wrong with her natural hair. In fact, for all the "hair wam" folks, Rich even included a bit of it in scene 4. Let's see you pull this off with a model wearing a wig!!
Footnote: I'm having dinner with Elle tonight, and mention "Wig-Gate." She's like, "Okay, let me see a picture of this girl... How bad can it be?" I pull up the site on my phone, she takes one look and goes....
Disappointed to hear Shelley has retired. She genuinely seemed like someone who would keep doing it for years. I loved the fact that she seemed to 'get' it.
Out of plain curiosity did she give any reason for retiring ??