Netflix Project
Netflix Project
Period 4
Zoey Early
Video Rental businesses were less accessible.Thats why it eventually died out along
with the addition to modern technology. Netflix was the revolution of its time. When Netflix was a
video rental business they made more modern ideas. Netflix offered DVD rentals by mail and at
a flat rate with no late fees. As a result, Netflix topped 1 million subscribers within three years of
being rebuffed by Blockbuster, and 6 million by the end of 2006.
As Netflix soon reached the internet, video rentals died out quickly. One thing Netflix had that
their competitor Blockbuster didn't was accessibility. You pull out your phone, go on your
computer, or tv and stream immediately from the comfort of your own home. With Blockbuster
you had to wait. And that's exactly what made Netflix so new and exciting.
Since Netflix is a subscription service, using sales during certain times of the year is an
idea that would ensure their ongoing success. Video rental businesses had those sales. If
Netflix used that to their advantage you could use Netflix as a holiday present. Their sales would
sky rocket. Just as Blockbuster once did.
Netflix doesn't have as many sales and rarely advertises their product on television as
Blockbuster did. Adding those few details makes a business as a whole successful.
Signs,commercials,email marketing, and direct mail to update their customers on what's new.
Communication is key with your consumers and that's what video rentals and Netflix both did
have in common. They are completely involved with their customers' movie experience. Video
rental businesses didn't end because they had a bad business. It was there accessibility factors
that didn't compare to Netflixes.