How many videos does TC sell?

[Longbaugh]

Hmmmm...

I'd guess between 30 to 50. Give myself a nice 20 unit gap..... because I really have no idea. I remember reading posts by video producers in the past that said sales were never all that great... So I'm curious to hear how many tapes were sold and what amount of sales are considered succesful.

 

[ticklemonster5]

originally posted by devilscabanaboy:
The nature of the question alone indicates that this video probably didn't sell all that well - which surprises me because it looks great, and Sara is one of the best 'lees they have. I'll watch it almost immediatly if it's streamed, but I figure tape sales were probably between 10 and 20, and since I'm guessing sales weren't too big, I'm gonna say 13.

i agree w/ dcb here...most people probably guessed between 20-60 videos sold...normally a company wouldn't ask this question to gloat. If they were successful, they'd be saying what wonderful people we are and how we're saving their business... i would guess that they sold no more that 10 tapes that first month...more might have come after, but that'd be my guess

PS I wanna free copy!!!!!!I wanna free copy!!!!!!I wanna free copy!!!!!!I wanna free copy!!!!!!🙂😀 😀

 

[CDFGA]

Let me guess, he will reveal the answer and pat himself on the back, or try to get one from someone else!! (Should have at least gotten someone else to ask or something!)

 

[Deleted member 2452]

i bought b.a.p.

i hated the first parts. such a waste. all that beautifull ticklish female flesh. finally at the end i got what i bought it for, the m/f part!
steve

 

[talons]

Whats the point of this question? The real question is who cares?

 

[coolman]

Whats the point of this question? The real question is who cares?

gheez, i don't know. maybe the many tickling producers who put their own time and money into making quality products, and want feedback from the community.

maybe the community itself, who wants to know about, and be able to help, these tickling producers.

i think its a very valid and good question, and so do the 27 odd other people before me.

 

[NYCity]

It does sound as if sales have fallen, but the exact number is not important to me, so I won't bother to venture a guess. What is important to me is the timing of this video.

Since the release of this video was right around the same time a number of us said we would begin boycotting Femfeet due the recent change in business practices, I'm guessing the number was much lower than the sales figures of the video released right before they changed their policies.

I won't debate the reasons for the boycott again, that's been discussed many times, and everyone can make up their own mind whether or not they choose to do any more business with this company under the present policies, but it appears that there has been an impact. There are things that can be said on the TMF and there are things that are inappropriate for the TMF, but the impact to Real Tickling's bottom line speaks louder than any post ever could. Sometimes, unfortunately, it's the only way to get companies to change how they do business.

 

[BigJim]

It does sound as if sales have fallen, but the exact number is not important to me, so I won't bother to venture a guess. What is important to me is the timing of this video.

Since the release of this video was right around the same time a number of us said we would begin boycotting Femfeet due the recent change in business practices, I'm guessing the number was much lower than the sales figures of the video released right before they changed their policies.

I won't debate the reasons for the boycott again, that's been discussed many times, and everyone can make up their own mind whether or not they choose to do any more business with this company under the present policies, but it appears that there has been an impact. There are things that can be said on the TMF and there are things that are inappropriate for the TMF, but the impact to Real Tickling's bottom line speaks louder than any post ever could. Sometimes, unfortunately, it's the only way to get companies to change how they do business.

Amen brother!

 

[tickler_n_black]

sorry. not been checking the TMF much in the last couple days.


the sales of BAP were good for the first month.
the answer to the question is 24 sales.
for those without a calculator that totals $958.80
for those ready to become rich making tickling videos, BAP cost around $1200.00 to make, and about 5 full days of work to edit and dub to videotape. 🙂 in the past the 2nd month of sales is usually lower than 1/2 the first month. 3rd month is pretty bad.



now, some other issues to discuss. as i've always stated, im not one to turn my head and pretend people aren't attacking TC video (with definite agendas on their mind). a negative opinion now and then is normal. that's the way things should be. i have no problem with that. im speaking about people who turn nearly every post they make concerning me into an insult, a twisted truth, or a overly discussed complaint. in short, you wanna take the gloves off? i'm right here. i wont curl up into a ball and hide in a corner and pretend your posts didn't happen. just because i am a vendor does not mean i can't have opinions or run our biz how i see fit.

so without further a-doo:

NYCity - dont know who ya are or what makes you tick but our sales have stayed the same since your "worldwide boycott" of us. 24 copies is actually a GOOD number of sales for the first month of a video. so please dont get to happy with yourself, you haven't affected our overall income with your little boycott. 🙂 if the income from TC videos was actually my way of making a living, i might care a little bit about your boycott. but i do this as a side kick to my fulltime job.

CDFGA - dont know who ya are but you always go way out of your way to make a snotty comment about us and to us. (scroll up to see his latest). and people notice that you do it! your credibilty fades farther away with the people of this forum every time.

SuperTickler - haven't seen a post from you yet on this thread so you deserve the benefit of the doubt. 🙂

well this wraps up this post. take care everyone.

 

[tickler_n_black]

and how can i forget the nice folks who took part in the guessing game?

qjakal
mabus
haltickling
marcusb
Leb
BigJim
dodger
Sandrock74
maverick
Jerry67911
Oblesklk
Everlast
devilscabanaboy
coolman
areenactor
Tklbrazil
Darkknight
gig1965
UN Owen
Longbaugh
ticklemonster5

thanks for being so cool! 🙂 you are much appreciated.

 

[NYCity]

so without further a-doo:

NYCity - dont know who ya are or what makes you tick but our sales have stayed the same since your "worldwide boycott" of us. 24 copies is actually a GOOD number of sales for the first month of a video. so please dont get to happy with yourself, you haven't affected our overall income with your little boycott. 🙂 if the income from TC videos was actually my way of making a living, i might care a little bit about your boycott. but i do this as a side kick to my fulltime job.

You're ABSOLUTELY right. You have the right to run your business ANY way you want. And I, as a consumer, have an equal right, to not spend any more money with you until as long as you run it this new way and address your customers in the tone that you have taken on recently.

I'm not happy with myself TiB, just a consumer expressing his right the only way I can. Despite what you think, no "agenda" except what every consumer wants, to be treated as a valued customer.

Fair dealing and honesty and business people that care about the customers that provide them with their revenue make me "tick". Not a worldwide boycott, just my way of keeping my money in my pocket when confronted with customer service skills like this. Congratulations on selling 24. Would have been 25, at least. One more sale might not matter to you. But some business think EVERY customer/sale is important and act like it, and those are the ones I choose to do busines with. Business that say (with their actions) "hey, we don't NEED you anymore, because despite all the money you've spent, we have 2 dozen other customers who put up with us" are the kind that don't make me "tick".

Conratulations on the 24. If you're happy with that, keep posting exactly like the last one. Your last post just reinforces my decision.

I understand if you think the some people turn every post about Femfeet into an "insult". Can't speak for everyone, but I have let plenty of your promotional posts pass without comment. If I were looking to turn every post into RT-bashing contest that wouldn't be the case. This post, however, you, and you alone raised the sales question. And I answered it for the COMMUNITY, not just for you, as best I could.

 

[tickler_n_black]

Fair dealing and honesty and business people that care about the customers that provide them with their revenue make me "tick

NYCity. see? this is what i mean. twisted truths. you would have people believe that we actually dont give great customer service day in and day out, that we just turn our noses up at all of our great and appreciated customers. THAT IS SO UNTRUE!

dont confuse "bad customer service" with "not wanting people to order our tapes and start selling them for themselves."
there's a big difference between those two things!

ask around. go ahead. ask the nearly 100's of customers over the last 3 years how helpful we have been with:

fast and discreet shipping.
helping quickly with password problems online.
taking suggestions and incorporating them into our videos.
giving them as much info as we could about the models and their everyday lives without compromising them.
and so on and so on.

we are so sure of our great past and present customer service that we'll go as far as to say that 99% of people ever having dealings with us are happy as clams. the problem is its usually the one's that are pissed off that have the loudest voices on the forum. not a lot of people take the time to write and say "thanks, great job."
and we understand that. its a busy world and has busy people in it.

but dont make false statements. DONT EVEN TRY to make people believe we dont supply great customer service because we always have, and always will, with or without you.😱

 

[BigJim]

Congrats on more than breaking even with the vid Brian. I have to say I was a bit suprised I wasn't on your "black list" because I myself have made some derogatory comments about your business in the past. In response to a comment I made once you said........(paraphrasing)

"People would'nt be so bent out of shape if it wasn't for the fact that we're the best in the business and they're missing our products."

That was the gist of it anyway.

I would'nt say you were the "best" in the business, but you're certainly one of the best. Your tickling technique is always entertaining to watch. You might also have guessed that my irritation was born a little bit out of disappointment as well as genuine irritation.

I have to say that I'm horrified that a vid costs that much to make. I know that you don't have Jenna Jameson in every video, but I also know that you stly has altered a great deal in the last 2 years or so.Is that what hiked the cost up? TC has started producing a lot more videos in the "FM style"(without the crap tickling of course! 😀😀😀) with a lot more adult content. The vids I'm interested in are the ones you've been retiring.

Still, a least now I can order and have areenactor send them over to me when you bring out one I like the look of.

 

[The Last Laugh]

I won't comment on TC's customer service or videos, as I don't know enough about them to express an informed opinion. But I will support Tickler n Black's claim that 24 sales in the first month is indeed a good performance. Because it really is. I don't know that much about the market yet, but what I've learned so far indicates that tickling video companies unfortunately don't sell nearly as many copies as many people might think, no matter how good they are.

Anyway, congratulations to TC for their very decent sales of BAP. I'm impressed. I mean, personally I'd be thrilled to sell 24 copies in the first month. Hell, I'd be happy to sell 24 copies total of each of my videos.

 

[NYCity]

NYCity. see? this is what i mean. twisted truths. you would have people believe that we actually dont give great customer service day in and day out, that we just turn our noses up at all of our great and appreciated customers. THAT IS SO UNTRUE!

dont confuse "bad customer service" with "not wanting people to order our tapes and start selling them for themselves."
there's a big difference between those two things!

ask around. go ahead. ask the nearly 100's of customers over the last 3 years how helpful we have been with:

fast and discreet shipping.
helping quickly with password problems online.
taking suggestions and incorporating them into our videos.
giving them as much info as we could about the models and their everyday lives without compromising them.
and so on and so on.

we are so sure of our great past and present customer service that we'll go as far as to say that 99% of people ever having dealings with us are happy as clams. the problem is its usually the one's that are pissed off that have the loudest voices on the forum. not a lot of people take the time to write and say "thanks, great job."
and we understand that. its a busy world and has busy people in it.

but dont make false statements. DONT EVEN TRY to make people believe we dont supply great customer service because we always have, and always will, with or without you.😱

"false statements" huh?. As for whether you (or any other business in the world) have provided it, do provide, or will always provide it, that is for your customers to say, not you. Any business in the world can say they provide great customer service. It's about as meaningful as saying, "We're #1!"

So I'll say it. You're right TIB. You DO give fast and discreet shipping, taking suggestions on video content, responding to questions, etc. In my dealings with you in the past, you have always done all those things and more, and that was what always made it a pleasure to do business with you in the past. That is an important part of good customer service, and you have always done very well at that. I have never said you didn't do THOSE things well.

There is more to customer service than that though. Your recent change in business practice which precludes me from EVER having a garage sale 30 years from now (e-bay is nothing more than an electronic garage sale) is also fine with me. But when you make this policy on PAST purchases, I disagree. TiB, my point is not to re-debate that with you, it's been beaten to death. You see it one way, I see it another. Intelligent people can disagree. Fair enough. But notice I don't say that YOUR opinion is "false" or "twisted truth". It's your opinion, and I may disagree with it, but it's your opinion and you're entitled to it, same as me. By your logic, every dissatisfied customer of every business in the world is making a "false" statement, if the company disagrees.

At the time, I thought long and hard about whether this recent change was bad enough to make me ignore all the great videos (and yes, helpful customer service) you have made over the years, and I was truly undecided. When your posts started to ridicule the people who spoke out against your policy, my decision was made for me. That is NOT good customer service. Defending your business practice is one thing. Posting your opinions in a demeaning tone is where I drew the line, and decided not to do business with you for now until there is a change.

And your comment of "taking the gloves off" has not made me wish to reconsider at this time, although I hope to one day. Despite what you may think of me, I think you have made some of the best videos out there, have contributed more to this community than 99% of the people out there and in the past provided great customer service, at least the part of customer service you chose to describe. You'll notice that the statements are in the past tense. That's what makes this change so hard to accept. If you always were a pain to deal with, I wouldn't care, but the attacks on customers are a recent change and not a good one. You can post sarcastically again or stop and really think about it. Your choice.

 

[tickler_n_black]

Congrats on more than breaking even with the vid Brian. I have to say I was a bit suprised I wasn't on your "black list" because I myself have made some derogatory comments about your business in the past

lol BigJim. 🙂 i dont have a "black list." i have a "keep an eye on these names because they seem to hate your guts for unknown reasons" list. 😱

anyway BigJim yur different. you have an occasional post that disagrees with us in some ways. no big deal. you are entitled to that. 🙂 but you dont take every opportunity on every one of your posts to slander and complain at us, and try to create a full forum boycott for you're own personal gripes. thats the difference between you and some others. so you're cool in my book. [note to self - get a book. put BigJim in it]
🙂

 

[tickler_n_black]

Anyway, congratulations to TC for their very decent sales of BAP. I'm impressed. I mean, personally I'd be thrilled to sell 24 copies in the first month. Hell, I'd be happy to sell 24 copies total of each of my videos.

thanks Francois. appreciated. and best wishes on your video making. you'll find its fun, but also can be very stressing at times. 🙂

 

[tickler_n_black]

You can post sarcastically again or stop and really think about it. Your choice.

NYCity, this is text. im not sure how its coming across on your end but i am not typing these posts in a sarcastic manner. nor am i typing them in a demeaming manner. the last thing i will ever be is a person that looks down on and demeans others. i despise people who act like that and thats not who i am. and thats not who Kathy is. please understand that.

as a great scholar named Myriads once said, "reading voice inflection and personality into a post is a mistake and sometimes a flat out misunderstanding." (hmmm. maybe it wasn't Myriads. but someone said it!)

 

[ticklevids]

holy crap this thread's long...

Likes like TIB hit a nerve with this guessing game. ( I didn't post but I must admit I was only 1 off....)

TC I applaud you with your candor on sharing your numbers with the 'community'. That takes a lot of balls that you won't see others do I'll gamble. I think that your last three videos might do better in the following months than others because of the adult content. Actually, I never purchased your other tapes because they were a little too PG for me... these are much more to my liking so you have a new customer.

good luck with them....

 

[BigJim]

as a great scholar named Myriads once said, "reading voice inflection and personality into a post is a mistake and sometimes a flat out misunderstanding." (hmmm. maybe it wasn't Myriads. but someone said it!)

I remember that post, wasn't it the one where Yaqi said he had seen one of MTP's models in a pub?

Yaq kind of blew that, because he said she said she was from Boston before she came to Texas, whereas we all now know that Mary never did come from Boston, ever. She was only there to make the vid.

 

[tickler_n_black]

Re: holy crap this thread's long...

TC I applaud you with your candor on sharing your numbers with the 'community'. That takes a lot of balls that you won't see others

thanks ticklevids. i appreciate your post. yeah, lol, when i first posted "my numbers" question i must have gotten 10 emails screaming "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU DONT TELL THE WORLD HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE ON VIDEO SALES! ARE YOU CRAZY? THATS PERSONAL INFORMATION!"

so, if anything i hope this thread shows people that we are just regular people who happen to make some tickling videos and sell them. and show them that we are honest and up front about everything. im not overly concerned with hiding the numbers from the very people who purchase our products. i dont see why it should be a big secret. 🙂

 

[BigJim]

By the way TIB, did you read the question I put in a thread with "A Question For TIB" on the title? I know it was thrashing the deceased equine slightly, but I did wonder what your answer might be.

 

[NYCity]

NYCity, this is text. im not sure how its coming across on your end but i am not typing these posts in a sarcastic manner. nor am i typing them in a demeaming manner. the last thing i will ever be is a person that looks down on and demeans others. i despise people who act like that and thats not who i am. and thats not who Kathy is. please understand that.

as a great scholar named Myriads once said, "reading voice inflection and personality into a post is a mistake and sometimes a flat out misunderstanding." (hmmm. maybe it wasn't Myriads. but someone said it!)

Fair enough. And at the same time, please don't think that I live to bash you or anyone else. Some people may, but I don't. I think that you guys do many things really well, some better than anyone, and a couple of things I'm not happy with. I have no ax to grind.

It's kind of like if you have a favorite restaurant, that you love, and you've been going to for years. The food and service are always great, and you go as often as you can. Then one night you go, you order a steak, they bring it to you, but don't give you any silverware. They explain that they no longer provide silverware beacuse they have been losing silverware lately. They are quite certain that 90% of the customers are stealing it. You're sitting there with a steak (imagine you've already paid for it) and no silverware. You don't like this, but are willing to bring your own silverware on all future visits, but damn it, you've already paid for this steak.

You try to speak to the manager and he calls you a complainer and a basher that you have an agenda because it's his restaurant and he can run it any way he wants. If you don't like it, too bad, because there are other diners there who don't seem to mind. He tells you you always seem to complain about his restaurant, when in fact it's always been your favorite place in town. He tells you that they have a 4-star chef, great valet service, a cute coat check girl (with very ticklish armpits wearing a sleeveless top - where was I, oh yeah) and always take all major credit cards, (all of which is true) so if you complain, you are spreading falsehoods about their customer service.

Do you hate the restaurant? Not exactly, but you're not happy right now. Are you anxious to come right back? Not this week. Will you ever give them another chance? Maybe, based on past experiences but you want to know that they value you by their actions, and demonstrate it first and foremost by how they speak with you. You can live with the silverware policy, it's not even about that now.

 

[kurchatovium]

Well I'm going to put my two cents in. I have ordered a lot of videos from femfeet and I have not had any problems. The videos have all arrived quickly, good quality, and very discreet shipping. I do appreciate the latter very much by the way. Believe me I've dealt with places with tons of problems that I have never had with femfeet. Now not all their videos are my cup of tea as I usually like a lot more foot tickling in my videos, but I just don't order those videos. Its not that big a deal. Overall this is one of the best tickling video companies I've dealt with. As for the overseas thing and retiring of videos I may not agree with it but hey its not my business and TIB should be allowed to run it the way he sees fit. I really don't see why TIB is getting all this flack.

Note. I would also agree with TIB that BigJim has always voiced his complaints in a fair and courteous manner. Others might want to take a lesson or two from him.

OK I have put my two cents in, we now return to our regularly scheduled bickering.

 

[ticklevids]

a thought....

I
Do you hate the restaurant? Not exactly, but you're not happy right now. Are you anxious to come right back? Not this week. Will you ever give them another chance? Maybe, based on past experiences but you want to know that they value you by their actions, and demonstrate it first and foremost by how they speak with you. You can live with the silverware policy, it's not even about that now.

Thats a very interesting metaphor.... I am not speaking for TC at all by the way, but I think if complaints and such were in private email and not publicly announced on boards such as this then none of this would be happening. If I currently owned a company getting bashed unfairly in public i'd like to think i'd defend myself too.

it's kind of like taking a bullhorn into a restaurant and announcing to the restaurant when your steak is overdone instead of just dealing with your waiter/manager in a closed conversation.