We were crunching some numbers in our various databases and we came up with some interesting stats. OK, we were really wasting time avoiding doing real work, but the numbers do have some entertainment value 🙂
So if you look at just the sales of the full length videos, excluding individual scenes, clips and the more recent short story videos, here are the top 10 selling videos of all time:
1) IS03 – Bound to Bitch
2) IS68 – Let’s Tie up …
3) IS67 – A Pantyhose Bondage Bonanza
4) IS22 – Babysitter Chronicles
5) IS47 – Pantyhose Peril
6) IS80 – Bound in Leather
7) IS71 – Tape Bound Beauties
8 ) IS60 – Wrap Her Up! Mummification Tales
9) IS128 – 13 Hogtied Damsels
10) IS76 – Bound & Bundled – Mummification Tales 2
Of course, this list doesn’t take into account how long each video has been available, so it is biased toward older videos. And some videos (such as IS02 and IS13) have not always been available, or they might have also cracked the list. In terms of themes, it contains 2 pantyhose videos, 2 first person perspective videos and 2 mummification videos. Of course, Mia Chen (IS03) just dominates the list. In a way, it is a shame we met Mia so early on – i.e., back when we were shooting on analog equipment in one room of a small apartment and we were not particularly skilled with storyline development, pacing, camera work or even quality ropework. Oh, if we could work with Mia now what fun we could have!! 🙂 Of course, Mia would now now be in her 40’s and Imago Studios may not have succeeded if she had not appeared so early on!
If you look at just the more recent releases (from about IS130 on), the following lead the pack:
1) IS153 – Don’t Mess with a Dominatrix
2) IS144 – Damsels in Skirts, Heels, Blouses & Pantyhose
3) IS143 – Cooking the Books – Bound Burglar – Pounced
4) IS150 – Tightly Tied Vignettes
5) IS145 – Busty Damsel Tales #1 – Writer’s Block
Interestingly, IS153 is the most recent release of these, but it is actually way ahead of the others in numbers sold. The other 4 are relatively close, with several other videos (IS161, IS154, IS147, IS148, IS118, IS132 and a few others) just behind them. Other than possibly the dominatrix based videos, no particular theme repeats. The most interesting one to us is IS143 ranking 3rd. In general, our black models get very little positive feedback compared to our white models, which is one of the reasons we elect to work with so few black models.
The recent dominance of our dominatrix themed videos (OK – bad pun) is seen further if you look at the most frequently downloaded videos from our Bondage Warehouse site:
1) IS153 – Don’t Mess with a Dominatrix
2) IS161 – Dominatrix in Training?
3) IS094 – Turnabout is Fair Play – The Inheritance
4) IS068 – Let’s Tie up …
5) IS154 – Duct Tape Tales
What does all this tell us? Well, videos which feature pantyhose, tape, mummifications, 1st person perspective, Mia Chen and Dianne as a dominatrix do very well. So now we just have to come up with a storyline which features Dianne as a dominatrix dominating a pantyhose clad Mia Chen by mummifying her in duct tape – and somehow shoot it in the 1st person perspective! 😀
Watching 68 now. I almost forgot how cute Beth terlato was.
I would definitely fall in the demographic that loved IS60 and IS76. Mummification is a very difficult thing to shoot, but you guys always nail it! Speaking of trisha banos, she would look great after the full duct tape treatment.
Add me to the fans who would love to see Dianne as the dominatrix that gets in over her head. I know it will not happen but I think it would make a great video.
Thanks for sharing the information. It’s nice to know that the custom work you did for me that became scenes for is-60 and is-76 made the all-time sales top ten list.
Thanks for the statistics, very interesting to see. But I’m still surprised that your black models get little positve feedback. Sabrina, Cody, Josephine, Augusta, etc were/are some of my favourite models. I hope you continue to work with them!
By the way: Do you have similar numbers for the storyline video clips?
the last point made by michael is a good one and some downloads i have purchased would have been more bespoke for my tastes if the damsel was more indignant of her plight and struggled a bit more before dianne finally restrained them.
the excellent bw0049 featuring dianne as a security guard featured trisha banos appearing already handcuffed and tied. a brief struggle showing dianne tying trisha would have worked better for me, rather than seeing trisha struggling after being tied.
the gag scene in this download is possibly my favourite but a few angry headshakes from trisha trying to avoid the gag would have made it perfect.
i enjoy seeing dianne in her captor roles too much and would not favour her as a damsel!
I have to agree with JW, would love to see Dianne as the damsel, maybe dominatrix turned damsel? 😉
Those are some very interesting stats (being a stats buff myself) and I could see why certain themes are ahead of others particularly the dominatrix ones and the one with Mia as the defiant damsel. I think it makes for a much more interesting story when you have one girl dominate another or when you have the damsel being more of a bitch than passive. I think we like to see the fight in our damsels as they resist their bondage!! =)
Surprised to see that IS149 isn’t on one of those lists. The scene with Jaime Braun (my personal favorite model) is one of the greatest scenes you guys have ever filmed. Thanks for the stats.
I agree with you and have all the videos on this list, as well as most of your library. Thanks for the download versions. Pantyhose is my number one choice of theme. Thanks for using them so much. I would love to see Mia again, and Dianne as well as the damsel. Neither will happen but one can always hope 🙂 Can’t wait to see what the future holds.