Naughty America Direct is in Beta
Last month I wrote about the need for an adult iPhone application to distribute porn for iPhone users. While this isn’t quite it, I just read on TechCrunch that Naughty America Direct is in beta and, according to TechCrunch, is:
“…building an Adobe Air-based storefront called Naughty America Direct that is basically an iTunes for porn. The app includes full-length DRM-free scenes for $1.99 each that are available in formats compatible with the iPod and iPhone, and requires no subscription.”
Of course I raced over to the site to get my beta invite using the techcrunch invite code, but they had already run out (figures!). I’ll just have to hope my request sans invite code doesn’t take too long to go through. If anyone else is already in the beta, I’d love to hear what you think.
What I think is best about this is that it gets away from the subscription based model, so you only pay for scenes you’re actually interested in watching. As Naughty America Direct says on their website front page:
“The price per clip seems pretty much perfect: it’s less than a large coffee at Starbucks, and will provide me with several times the enjoyment.”
I like their way of thinking.
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That’s true, but they also recently released the SDK to the public. Over time I imagine the iPhone platform will continue to open up (har).
I’d have to guess that in a down market the prospect of making 30% on downloads, especially when you consider that pornography is considered to be a $4 – $6 billion dollar industry, is pretty attractive.
If I am not mistaking Steve Jobs said in one of his keynotes that porn apps would not be allowed? I guess their always available for web apps and jailbroken iphones though.