@Evaneself

So.. Now with 2728 cards and Triple Diamond, I have 45% discount from 25 credits which means 13,75 credits.
At 3000 cards and Master Diamond, I will have 50% discount from 30 credits, which means 15 credits.
I have to level up to pay more than I paid before and this is a big favor???
Wow!!!
I don't know how I ended up in an application full of rich people.

There will be a price Increase and that will affect everyone.
Everyone will pay a little bit more.
It is LONG overdue. iStripper has NOT increased it's prices in many years...

NO ONE will see a Decrease.

But the Additional Level with the extra 5% discount, will reduce the Increase seen by Members at this Level.
Yes, an Extra 5% is a BIG Favor !


In My previous Post, I showed an example of a Member with a Full collection and Premium Subscription.
who got credits in Bulk during the 20% bonus credit offers.
If this Member gets every card in a Year ( 365 cards )
The Increase for the Full Year is $27
An Increase from $302 to $329 for the Full year of cards.

I hope it goes well, others want it to fail 😟

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And just how backwards is that... Wanting the project to fail?
If it fails, maybe Totem Fails with it...
Why the Heck would anyone want to wish something like that?

Shows you how disrespectful many of the members here are.
Disgusting, absolutely Disgusting that we have members that would wish this on the company !

They are making cards and not putting them in the catalog .. the catalog is incomlete or not to full potential.

True - but that is not what you said before which was that they were shrinking the catalogue. They are not, they are making exactly as many cards for the catalog as they would do if the SECs did not exist and if they did not exist the extra cards would not have been made.

They could, of course, release more than seven cards a week but it is not obvious that that would result in increased sales.

'average' price is not what I meant. I'm talking about income or revenue.

So was I. What should be maximised is indeed, as you say, the total income which is

Income = Sum for all i ( P(i) )

where i runs from 1 to N where N is the total number of cards sold, by any method, in whatever period we want to evaluate the income over and P(i) is the selling price of the i'th sale, Note that the i'th sale may be for a different card to those before and after it, I am not limiting this to the sales of a single card. Also note that by "selling price" I am not restricting myself to those sold normally via the store but the cost to the customer of obtaining that card no matter how it was acquired. The values of P(i) will vary depending on the card,how much it was discounted and how it was acquired, but the total value given by the above expressing will be equal to N * P' where P' is the average of all the P(i) values.

@dar2112v

They are making cards and not putting them in the catalog

They are making exactly the same number of cards for the store as before.

They are making additional cards as NFTs

they are ***** the time value of the card by making them exclusive

There is a healthy secondary market to buy the cards whenever you want one. Many things that are "rare" go up in value not down.

I don't have any facts but I think the cards lose value

Maybe you should do some research. To date the average value of the NFT cards has been going up. The average value of a card from the store is.... zero... because you cannot sell them. No one knows what the future value will be... it depends on many factors.

members will be less willing to jump through hoops to get the cards

That all depends on how the NFT market evolves. Many NFT providers give the holders additional benefits which have yet to be formally announced and will most likely evolve with the product.

NFT providers often re-invest some of their income into further developments.

Personally, I think it is a very interesting project. I hope it goes well, others want it to fail 😟

They are taking many of the best cards out of the catalog
I do not think that less than 1% of the available cards can be regarded as "many". .

I believe I've heard 70 or 1.5 years worth of DOLZ plus several IS game exclusive cards a month.. That may not be many to you but to me it is.

and shrinking the catalog.
No they are not. Every week 7 cards are released for sale, if the SECs had been released as regular cards then an equal number of other cards would not have been released. .

They are making cards and not putting them in the catalog .. the catalog is incomlete or not to full potential. You are correct it is not growing smaller but ***** none the less. And I think they are ***** the time value of the card by making them exclusive. I don't have any facts but I think the cards lose value (less interest/less urgency/etc) as they get older so members will be less willing to jump through hoops to get the cards.

Totem has to figure their way on the curve selling the max number of cards at the max price.
Not quite correct but I understand what you mean. They don't need to seek to maximise either the number of cards sold nor the price per card but to maximise the product of the number of cards times their average price .

'average' price is not what I meant. I'm talking about income or revenue. As the prices go up there will be fewer buyers but more income per show sold (what I think you are calling 'price'). So what Totem wants to do is get the max price while maintaining as many buyers as possible. I think the term is price and demand elasticity. Let's look at in reverse; think of a curve graph showing more buyers coming in as the price drops. You want to stop lowering the price at the point there number of new buyers are not offsetting the lost revenue. Again using my $1 vs $10 per show you have to sell 10x of the $1 show to generate the same revenue. I would buy zero shows for $10 and as many shows as I want at $1 my personal threshold is somewhere in the middle.

I reboot the modem/ internet connection and reboot my computer,
Clear browser cookies, check fiorewall and turn off my anti-virus software,
Open browser and download www.istripper.com, I didn't unistall it
Re-download it again and still NO SOUND in the Music, but have sound in the Show,
I Only hear the Show sound, the cards voices, but not the music in the shows and the back grounds 2D.
I also hear the sound of the EVENT Twenty Five game, but still don't hear the music that I install to the 2D back ground. and or all of my mp3 files,
The cards that i place into the the Previews Column, don't stay in the column.
This the worth software That y'all ever design. The graphics is okay. But the technology within the software is insane it doesn't work.
I've been trying for weeks to get my mp3 music to play and still haven't got a solution from your Tech support team.
Tell me how the model can dance without the sound of music?

I have to level up to pay more than I paid before and this is a big favor

Not a big favour, but just the normal effects of inflation. Have you not noticed that very nearly everything is more expensive today than it was four or five years ago ? If you haven't noticed then it must be you that that is rich.

So.. Now with 2728 cards and Triple Diamond, I have 45% discount from 25 credits which means 13,75 credits.

At 3000 cards and Master Diamond, I will have 50% discount from 30 credits, which means 15 credits.
I have to level up to pay more than I paid before and this is a big favor???
Wow!!!

I don't know how I ended up in an application full of rich people.

Shes amazing!! I hope a take 2 is already planned.

I wish they'd choose another name for it.

I thought it was short for Master Baiter 😆

.. now there is the "Master" status !
I wish they'd choose another name for it.

For me the Master is an evil Time Lord. 😰

I've been watching his exploits for close on 60 years so dissociating him from a new iStripper level is not going to be easy😆

👍👍👍

For me the Master is an evil Time Lord.

Same here.

Wre you aware that before he played the doctor Jon Pertwee had previously played a villain called The Master. Like the better known Master the earlier one also had all his complicated plans thwarted.

@ColaAluka - if you are a fan of decent (or even half-decent) pole dancing , it is best to use the "pole-dancing skills" tag as we try to ensure this is only allocated to shows that merit it.

If a show does not have the tag but has pole clips, the likelihood is that the model simply walks around the pole and holds onto it to stop herself falling off her platform shoes 😊😊😊

As for seeing a list of clips prior to purchase, though this is not available in the app it is available if you go to the IS Workshop (www.isworkshop.eu).

.. now there is the "Master" status !

I wish they'd choose another name for it.

For me the Master is an evil Time Lord. 😰

I've been watching his exploits for close on 60 years so dissociating him from a new iStripper level is not going to be easy😆

I can still accept this price increase. But I hope to see the list of clips before purchasing a card, which will make it easier for me to know if this is the card I want.
Now I can only know if there is a pole dancing through categories. Some cards do not have 'pole dancing skill' in their directory, but there are still clips for pole dancing. Seeing the clips of the card in advance will help me buy the card I want more accurately.

I was getting close to Triple Diamond... now there is the "Master" status ! I've still got a long way to go. 😆

The increase is 12.5% for those of us who will be "masters"....but a whopping 20% for new customers. Will be interesting to see how that plays out as Istripper is already one of the more expensive porn options.

I have never wanted a full collection. The price increase will make me more selective in my purchases such that I suspect i will spend no more money here than before the increase.

With over 3,000 cards in my collection, I sometimes think about just enjoying those without further purchases.

I think Totem will be fine in any case as they reap profits from those who buy SEC and NFTs as well as huge gains from outfit auctions.

I highly recommend adding a "card recycling" function.

This as been requested, in various forms, several times before. It is unlikely to implemented as it would not appear to benefit Totem to do so. You could try looking for the old forum threads to familiarise yourself with the perceived pros and cons of this idea.

I highly recommend adding a "card recycling" function. I have many cards from events, but I don't like them. So I don't participate in the events now even though I really like the SEC. Because I don't want random cards anymore. The possibility to recycle a small amount of credits (10-20% of the purchase price) and remove cards we don't like from our collections would probably be welcomed by many users with OCD. And "Card recycling" could motivate users to participate in events to get SECs.😉

There are cards that have been withdrawn by the model?Is there a list?

If you want to know which of your cards have been withdrawn then go to your Collection tab, disable all filters and then use the View menu to cause them to be sorted by their Date Of Release. The withdrawn cards have no release date and are displayed at the start or end of the list depending on whether you have them displayed in ascending or decending order. Once you have identified them be sure the files for these cards in particular are fully backed up.

There are cards that have been withdrawn by the model?Is there a list?

Take a look here..........

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/40970/1?post=694432

Thank God It's Friday ! July ends soon and it's time to comfortably set on the beach with the return of your favorite promo game !


An eye on our releases this week :

• Bonni Gee / Lubric Instinct
• Carla Vyxx / Can You See My Boobs ?
• Ryana / Ready For Your Spanking ?
• Bella Angel / Belle En Bikini
• Elza / The Short Answer Is Yes
• Shania / Sheer & Naughty
• Kama Oxi / Lingerie En Fleurs

And on mobile :

• Elle Mira - Pink Polka
• Bonni Gee - Lubric Instinct
• Alice Hernandez - Douceur du Japon

And in VR 180 :

The exceptional SKY PIERCE https://www.istripper.com/vr180/detail/008db9b9f749a563 !!
A MUST HAVE (that you can get with your gift cards, remember!!!)


SUMMER SALE - Arrival

THE TWENTY FIVE is here from July 28 to August 04 !

The rules, again :

Align 3 symbols vertically, horizontally or diagonally and you win the corresponding prize:

• 3 jokers: you win a Joker Card
• 3 stars: you win a Special Event Card
• 3 devils: you win a Gift Card
• 3 droplets: you win a free card
• 3 eggplants : you win 150 credits
• 3 hearts : you win 35 credits
• 3 peaches : you win 15 credits

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And NOW, your progression bar has a new target :
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Enjoy!

There are cards that have been withdrawn by the model?

Is there a list?

They are taking many of the best cards out of the catalog

I do not think that less than 1% of the available cards can be regarded as "many".

and shrinking the catalog.

No they are not. Every week 7 cards are released for sale, if the SECs had been released as regular cards then an equal number of other cards would not have been released.

Totem has to figure their way on the curve selling the max number of cards at the max price.

Not quite correct but I understand what you mean. They don't need to seek to maximise either the number of cards sold nor the price per card but to maximise the product of the number of cards times their average price.

but if more are "sold" as a result of the SECs then that makes them profitablet. Of course if the average cost of winning a card is greater than that for buying one the effect of SECs will be even higher.

I think we agree

I look at very simply. It's not about the price of the card sold or the number of cards sold; it is about the revenue a card generates and the time it generates revenue. In other words you can sell 10x of a card for $1,000 and have $10,000 in revenue or sell 100,000 of a card at $1 each and generate $100,000 in revenue. Totem has to figure their way on the curve selling the max number of cards at the max price. I'm not sure what my max price would be but it is well below $1,000 and even if the cards were $0.01 (1 US cent) I wouldn't buy the all because I don't want all of them. That's just me, quite obvious everyone will have their own limits.

And really it has nothing to do with the shows themselves but the credits required to buy them. It's not complicated if they are adding buyers and current members are still buying then revenue is increasing organically and if not then revenue is declining or stagnant and possibly not keeping pace with increased expenses .

I don't care about the price increase; in fact if it made the exclusives go away I would welcome it. As it is for me now, it simply means I'll skip a show or two I might have bought or spend a small precent more to get all the shows I want. The exclusive cards do annoy me so I'm not buying anything right now.

Getting back to the topic, why would Totem keep doing exclusive content if it's not generating enough revenue to avoid having to raise the price which if obviously is offending more than a few members. They are taking many of the best cards out of the catalog so those of us ***** to participate in the 'games' (for lack of a better or nicer word) can't buy them at all and shrinking the catalog. Loosing members and limiting the catalog probably isn't good for revenues so one has to hope the exclusives can compensate,

I have no insight to the balance sheet so maybe loosing a few members or some members buying less but getting more per card will work out. What is offensive is the possibility they need more revenue to pay for its latest 'game'.

With a full collection, I got every card
365 cards in a year.
I got a 45% discount and the Premium Discount on top of that.
I got credits when they were $99.99 for 1100 plus an extra 20% so
1320 credits for $100
or 0.075 per credit, 7 and 1/2 cents each..

so it would cost
25 x 0.55 x 0.80 = 11 credits x 0.075 = 0.825, 82 and 1/2 cents per card
and for a full Year of cards
0.825 x 365 = $301.125
round it up to $302

$302 for a full year of cards.


Now with the Increase...
30 x 0.55 x 0.80 = 13.2 credits x 0.075 = 0.99, 99 cents per card
and for a full Year of cards
0.99 x 365 = $361.35
round it up to $362

an Increase of $60 per Year..

EDIT: Opps I forgot about the Increase from 45% to 50% for the MASTER Level Discount..

30 x 0.50 x 0.80 = 12 credits x 0.075 = 0.90, 90 cents per card
and for a full Year of cards
0.90 x 365 = $328.50
round it up to $329

an Increase of $27per Year..

If the exclusive cards are not extremely profitable then why do it?

I think that the effect of having the SECs available only as prizes has the effect of increasing the participation in the games such that although when you play the games the users may, on average, end up paying something like the normal rate for any cards that they purchase they also, on average, end up buying more of them than they otherwise would - we know thatthere are people who ***** about winning cards they would never have bought directly.

The average cost per card via the games may not be more than when buying the same cards directly, or it may even decrease, but if more are "sold" as a result of the SECs then that makes them profitablet. Of course if the average cost of winning a card is greater than that for buying one the effect of SECs will be even higher.

I don't have a problem with the price increase but the only tolerable thing about the exclusive cards was the thought that Totem was using those to crank up profits. If the exclusive cards are not extremely profitable then why do it?

I haven't bought credits in a very long time but think I will when the offer and my feelings about Totem improves; I was thinking by Christmas or New Years there will be enough shows I can't live without and a offer that compels me. It looks like even if there is a deal it will now cost me more in the future than it would today. Most of the cards I want are DOLZ cards (many are not yet released) and that's never going to happen so there is no urgency to buy now; I will pay more per card later and certainly buy even fewer cards. I plan on making my next credit buy last me at least a couple years.

Personally, I have no issue with this increase. Totem make a good, honest product that I enjoy and hope to continue to enjoy
putting cost into perspective, $50 US for 500 credits equals 10 cents per credit. (600 credit bonus is 8 cents each)
The increase (to me) will be 1.25 credits (25 - 45% = 13.75. 30- 50% = 15) so ... 12.5 cents per card

I bet you all still go and fill your car with gas/petrol even when the price increases 35 cents (or more) OVERNIGHT.

Buy what you can afford and enjoy ... dont blame Totem for passing on increasing costs, it's how business works.

I did say PERSONALLY .. I realize it will affect others more.

People are free to ***** as long as they do not get insulting or make derogatory comments about the team.

Wow! You guys are going to lose a lot of your complainers... or better yet they are going to stay and continue to pay and just ***** louder. Not me though, I enjoy your content so keep it coming.

If you can get a more cost-effective discount price over time like the games on the steam platform, then I can still accept it. Otherwise it's not very acceptable.

Do you get 40% discount on new games? You get it on new iStripper cards.

Otherwise it's not very acceptable.

And yet many many people will accept it.

If you can get a more cost-effective discount price over time like the games on the steam platform, then I can still accept it. Otherwise it's not very acceptable.

I don't think the product has fundamentally "evolved" for years.That's the thing about inflation. My beer hasn't evolved in centuries, still the price has gone up about 30% in the last year only.

Aha you beat me @mdekker ! And we never said we were increasing prices cause of quality changes... (see the first sentence of this thread)..

Plus :yes, @domino006 iStripper is a digital product but it is made by and with real people... models take the plane, taxis, etc... studio uses electricity, material, outfits, etc... post production team work on computers, etc. We all live in the same world...

I don't think the product has fundamentally "evolved" for years.

That's the thing about inflation. My beer hasn't evolved in centuries, still the price has gone up about 30% in the last year only.

OK for me too😎

Some people seem suprised that others are a bit upset at the price rise. I will qualify for one of the new levels, but I will still pay more for each card.

For mine, it's an unwelcome reality of life. I don't think the product has fundamentally "evolved" for years. That's not a bad thing - it's a great and unique product. Sure resolutions have improved, but the basic product of shows on your desktop hasn't.

I agree with some that trading cards etc. are dumb and not core product (I wanted the option removed from the UI!), so it doesn't sit well with me that the money spent on "evolving" the product into this area has contributed to the price rise (maybe?).

I'm ***** so pretty sure I will continue to be a customer. Doesn't mean I need to be happy when prices rise.

jist one questin o the sorr "poor qaiity "...message .
Can this be seen before you buy the show or only after ??

One small request though, in order to sweeten this extra cost, could you implement the reload bonus with the 1100 Cr max pack? This would lower my wishlist before September😆 Thank you😉

Good idea @Philours . Fingers crossed for that.

It is a good thing to adjust the offer.Members who possess all the cards in the catalog will be granted the honorary title of "ELITE." This status unlocks not only the 50% discount but also grants free and unlimited access to mobile shows.When you say "all catalog sheets" I assume that only active sheets are counted, not the sheets of models that have decided not to be published anymore?

As per Celine's message above:

4/ the cards removed from catalog but in your collection are taken into account in the counting. Some of you have more cards in their collection than the # of cards available, and will see for ex in their profile: 6100/5900. This will grant them the Elite title.

I read that as it being a bonus when having the removed cards in your collection. If you don't have them, you just need to get all the cards available. If you have them, you will still be ELITE as long as your total amount of cards (including the removed cards) tops the total amount of available cards at the moment. But I could have read that wrong of course.

It is a good thing to adjust the offer.

Members who possess all the cards in the catalog will be granted the honorary title of "ELITE." This status unlocks not only the 50% discount but also grants free and unlimited access to mobile shows.

When you say "all catalog sheets" I assume that only active sheets are counted, not the sheets of models that have decided not to be published anymore?

Fyi, increasing prices on the same exact product is not good business sense.

So, according to you, almost every business that I have interracted with over the last few years is indulging in the poor business practice of raising prices to counteract rising costs. It has been quite a few years since Totem last changed the price of their product during which time their costs must have risen significantly.

Thanks again to all.

I will work through your suggestions, but it might be a few days before I get back.

Aaaah, une augmentation de prix, ce n'est jamais une bonne nouvelle 😒 Mais je peux le comprendre.
Merci en tout cas de l'annonce d'avertissement et de la création du statut Master.
Une petite requête cependant, afin d'adoucir ce cout supplémentaire, pourriez vous mettre en œuvre le bonus de rechargement avec le pack maxi de 1100 Cr? Ceci permettrait de faire baisser ma liste de souhaits avant Septembre😆 Merci😉

Aaaah, a price increase is never good news 😒 But I can understand it.
Thank you in any case for the warning announcement and the creation of Master status.
One small request though, in order to sweeten this extra cost, could you implement the reload bonus with the 1100 Cr max pack? This would lower my wishlist before September😆 Thank you😉

Yes, everything is OK for me now. Thank you. 😊

Oui tout est OK pour moi maintenant. Merci. 😊

Well *****, good thing I didn't renew my Premium Status @ $60 the other day. I thought about it but this hobby is hard enough to afford as is and I'm not in the best of finacial status. I keep up my collection because I don't want it to get behind. All I'm missing of the Istripper cards is some SECs but I still have a bunch of old Virtuagirl cards not collected yet. Standard cards cost me 13.75 currently with the overpriced "special" cards costing 16.50 (many of which leave me questioning why they command the extra price). So now in order to keep up with my collection I'm now going to be paying 15 credits each and cosplay will be 17.50? Are credit card and paypal buyers going to be given a better deal than the 600 credits for $50 on bonus sales? Because this is starting to sound like something becoming unaffordable for the same standard product already being offered at a lower rate. It just seems illogical that your company costs have inflated considering there is no physical product or shipping. It's all digital and can be deleted at the push of a button. Are we getting bigger porn stars like Angela White or Lana Rhoades? Or is it because the big bosses in the company need a second yacht or a 4th vacation to Dubai next year? The 50% off thing is better than my current 45% but is it really when it will cost me an additional 37.50 credits per month? When I had premium I was paying 11 credits each so this is going to be an additional 4 credits each or 120 per month for the same product offered at current rates. Fyi, increasing prices on the same exact product is not good business sense. You should be offering a better product to match that increase otherwise you lose customers en masse. Does this seem right to you?

Insulting and defamatory messages are not permitted in this forum.Trading cards are neither a scam nor a crap.If you're not interested, that's your choice. No need to be insulting.

I agree.
Oh btw, thanks for the heads up about the price increase, but I think that is the least of my issues though.

Let me try to answer all your questions :

1/ No change for the current Premium offer

2/ your VIP levels have always taken the Special Event Cards into account. It will also be the case of the level MASTER et the honorific title of Elite

3/ For the honorific title of Elite which will unlock for free a membership to iStripper mobile : it will be re-evaluated every 10 days and cut in case you don't own max cards. It will then come back once you reach the max again.

4/ the cards removed from catalog but in your collection are taken into account in the counting. Some of you have more cards in their collection than the # of cards available, and will see for ex in their profile: 6100/5900. This will grant them the Elite title.

5/ "coming soon" shows won't be taken into account in the total shows to reach, indeed

Do I forget something ?
Cheers

I don't mind the price increase and the new levels, which means I will pay a credit or two more than before. That's fine.

I do hope that the NFT-focus will get re-evaluated and we will see exciting new developments for the core product.