Author Topic: Are Pros screwing themselves in lost DVD sales by doing stuff free? (Read 2174 times)

mwbbuilder · « **on:** September 20, 2007, 02:24:27 PM »

Discuss.

DVD sales can put some real change in their pockets. They have very few ways to make money. Once you seen a good clip, do you need to buy the DVD?

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:26:45 PM »

The clips are just "teasers"......................sh ow a little/get the audiences interest
sell the DVD

i usually buy a DVD after i have seen a clip of it first

michael arvilla · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:30:59 PM »

THe BB.com clips usually just show one bodypart being trained,a good training DVD should have a lot more to offer (the usual grocery store thing,at home etc,tanning)
id like to see a PRO going out to a nite-club on these tapes (peoples reactions),walking venice beach boardwalk,out in public more (again peoples reactions)

instead of the same ole boring stuff

Reality · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:35:26 PM »

Like this ->

The publics reaction is always funny.

mwbbuilder · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:35:36 PM »

In the "old days" before the internet and BB.com doing succh a great job bring us these videos, youtube, ect.,bodybuilders had more of a mystic. There was more a distance between the bbs and fans. Getting a DVD was something special.

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:39:08 PM »

Bodybuilding DVDs are ALL overpriced no way in hell I'm paying $40 + for a DVD ( I'm not above paying for a DVD if its worth it I paid $120 for the Ken Burns Civil War set ) they would double their sales if they sold them for $20 the content always leaves a lot to be desired I mean how original can you get with these things?

Monster81 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:41:18 PM »

heh, most my dvd's r either copied or downloaded form limewire

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:44:59 PM »

Quote from: mwbbuilder on September 20, 2007, 02:35:36 PM

In the "old days" before the internet and BB.com doing succh a great job bring us these videos, youtube, ect.,bodybuilders had more of a mystic. There was more a distance between the bbs and fans. Getting a DVD was something special.

Hell the best I could manage back in the day was taping Haney off of ESPN lol

SWOLETRAIN · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:52:24 PM »

I think bbing.com is promoting the show and athlete by adding hype and is beneficial to the bodybuilder.

Matt C · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2007, 02:55:49 PM »

Bodybuilding DVDs don't sell anymore anyway. Sales are down about 90%.

Also, how does one go about throwing $1,000 on the prize purse of the Olympia or Arnold?

Discuss.

Pollux · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2007, 04:09:10 PM »

Here is my bodybuilding DVD collection...

Ronnie Coleman: The Unbelievable and The Cost of Redemption

Jay Cutler: New, Improved, and Beyond (with the infamous fridge scene), Ripped to Shreds and One Step Closer

Flex Wheeler: Hardbody and Mass Construction

Dexter Jackson: Titans 2

Chris Cormier: The Real Deal

Dennis James: Back to Basics 2

Raising the Bar

War for the Worlds

Lee Priest: Training Camp and Career Highlights with some of his 'Reality' DVDs

Vince Taylor: Getting Pumped

Guy Grundy's DVD series Volume 1

Battle for the Olympia: '96 through '06

Kevin Levrone: Maryland Muscle Machine

And I'll continue to buy more.

mwbbuilder · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2007, 04:10:13 PM »

Quote from: SWOLETRAIN on September 20, 2007, 02:52:24 PM

I think bbing.com is promoting the show and athlete by adding hype and is beneficial to the bodybuilder.

But how about financuially?

gordiano · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2007, 08:32:33 PM »

Weren't the bbers doing the BFTO for free anyways? They got like 3 DVD's a piece as compensation, or something....

Captain Equipoise · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2007, 08:47:01 PM »

IMO there are only TWO real bodybuilding DVD's... Pumping Iron and Blood and Guts. That's it, lol..
all the other ones are just siblings to those two monster dvd's!

G o a t b o y · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2007, 09:15:35 PM »

Quote from: mwbbuilder on September 20, 2007, 02:24:27 PM

Discuss.

DVD sales can put some real change in their pockets.

How do you figure? Don't most DVD's end up on Youtube almost immediately?

Pollux · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2007, 04:22:11 AM »

Quote from: noodrin on September 20, 2007, 09:42:03 PM

my favorits is final countdown!!

Shaw Ray fan, huh? $:-\$

SteelePegasus · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:18:32 AM »

I find it hard spending $30 on a bodybuilding DVD

and besides as someone pointed out you can get them on bittorrent for free

UK Gold · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:25:51 AM »

All you need is:
Blood and guts
Cost of redemption
Made in Germany

The rest are garbage that you might as well watch on youtube.

Tre · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2007, 08:12:35 AM »

250 sales x $30 = $7500

After expenses, a mid-level bodybuilder (in terms of popularity) should expect to clear about $4000 in the first year and will then have a small residual in the years after that.

A lot of fans like buying Downloads on Demand, however, because they don't have to wait for the DVDs to arrive in the mail.

For the time being, though, DVDs are a good product for bodybuilders to sell.

Matt C · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2007, 08:16:04 AM »

Quote from: Tre on September 21, 2007, 08:12:35 AM

For the time being, though, DVDs are a good product for bodybuilders to sell.

Unless your name is Ronnie or Jay, I can say with great certainty that this is not the case.

phyxsius · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2007, 08:27:07 AM »

Quote from: michael arvilla on September 20, 2007, 02:26:45 PM

The clips are just "teasers"......................sh ow a little/get the audiences interest
sell the DVD

i usually buy a DVD after i have seen a clip of it first

I bet the RAW Unchained is selling like hot cakes

Tre · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:18:21 AM »

Quote from: Matt C on September 21, 2007, 08:16:04 AM

Unless your name is Ronnie or Jay, I can say with great certainty that this is not the case.

Assuming a mid-level pro is bringing in somewhere around $80,000/year in whatever his occupation is, an extra $4000 is pretty good money.

Andre Nickatina · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2007, 09:24:09 AM »

I remember Jay Cutler saying in FHM maybe? That his dvd stack in his garage may birng in 20,000

Matt C · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2007, 02:07:05 PM »

Quote from: Tre on September 21, 2007, 09:18:21 AM

Assuming a mid-level pro is bringing in somewhere around $80,000/year in whatever his occupation is, an extra $4000 is pretty good money.

Juice dealing.

gordiano · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2007, 02:19:00 PM »

Quote from: phyxsius on September 21, 2007, 08:27:07 AM

I bet the RAW Unchained is selling like hot cakes

I prefer to think of that DVD as the "Jackass" of bbing.....