Blog of Japan Video World

May 22nd 2024 – Blurry thumbnails fixed!!

I noticed a big problem with the site! All the thumbnail images (small box covers) were blurry! I didn’t notice this because I need new glasses and it’s hard for me to actually see them up close. It’s FIXED and they should look great now.

The issue was that they were set to a width of 400 pixels, but my theme was stretching them out from 300 pixels! Oops.

I’ve regenerated all the thumbnails.

The software i’m using for the site is still faily new to me and i’m still learning!

BTW I’m not  sure if people know this, but no credit card numbers are ever stored on our web server.

Even when you select “Save to Account”.

There is actually no need to save your card details or even make an account.

Doing that just saves you time at check-out.

I’m going on 4 days now with no sales. It’s a bit frustrating, but I am working hard to try to recover.

 

May 20th 2024:

Added thumbnail previews for 236 DVDs added in May. You can download a zip archive of May 2024 covers and previews.

It’s only suggested for collectors on a desktop PC. Right click the link and select “Save Link As”.

 

Here is a log of new additions for May. Nearly all of them were released in Japan in May.

None of them are older additions. Lots of variety as usual.

If you don’t see enough Lesbian titles for one update, please understand that they might have not released many in Japan in May (yet). That is our most popular genre most of the time.

UPDATE LOG:

Round 7 – May 21st: 28 DVDs

Round 6 – May 19th: 54 DVDs

Round 5 – May 15th: 80 DVDs

Round 4 – May 13th: 31 DVDs

Round 3 – May 10th: 71 DVDs

Round 2 – May 6th: 60 DVDs

Round 1 – May 1st: 129 DVDs

Again, if you’re currently waiting for an order, PLEASE don’t worry!

I am doing everything possible to get them all out ASAP.

I’ve faced some incredible hardships in keeping the site going in the past few months.

I am working as hard as I can. This is a one person business.

Thank You!!

Today I added back about 12,000 JAV DVDs!

I should have listened to something that’s ALWAYS worked well for the site since 2002…”If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”.

Yes, that and “Keep it simple, stupid” have always worked well for me when running this site!

So anyway, long story short. Earlier last year I thought offering less DVDs would somehow allow me to ship orders faster. I would have less DVDs to search through. This sounds like a good idea, BUT….I did not plan for the long term effects of losing so many products.

For example, loss of Google and other search engine traffic. Plus, many customers do like older DVDs that may now be super rare and hard to find.

The DVDs I had removed were ONLY titles that haven’t sold even ONCE in a full year. It’s not likely many would have bought them.

My sales have tanked a lot recently and this could be why. I am actively working to improve everything. I’m kind of in panic mode.

I’m hoping that by bringing these all back it will boost sales a little and help me to continue to run the site for at least another 6 months to a year.

Things are extremely tough right now. I know it may be hard to believe, but physical media just doesn’t sell as well as it has in the past.

I am still a huge believer in physical media for video games, music and movies. Sometimes I like digital products, but for more expensive items I NEED a physical DISC! I don’t think I could ever get a video game console without physical media support.

This site has been running non-stop for nearly 23 years. I want to keep it going for as long as I can! Hopefully this helps.

Sometimes I forget what made this site such a success. I think back in the day it was all my products reviews, plus screenshots. I had useful info for rare bukkake DVDs that nobody could find elsewhere.

I now need to almost consider this site as like an archive for very old JAV movies. Some titles i’ve offered that were removed were probably not found anywhere else on the internet due to rarity!

I also would like to bring back the old bloated HTML picture galleries for bukkake videos. I have 30-50gb of them and they are not mobile friendly and quite ugly. I think it will be worth it. I think it’s better than no preview at all! It’s nearly impossible to convert them to a more modern format. I’ll try though.

If you are considering an order, please place one ASAP if at all possible. It would really help us out. Large or small is very helpful! Every order helps.

If you get a few minutes, please also check on all those old DVDs I added back. They’re kind of mixed in unfortunately and there was no good way to specify which ones were added back. They were previously set to “private” or “hidden” on the site.

The Lesbian area definitely got a massive ton more DVDs! That’s our #1 most popular area these days. I just wish they had more new releases in Japan for that genre every month. They are rarely produced anymore. Maybe less than 10-20 per month, if that.

I still can’t believe it’s been nearly 23 years already since I started this site! What has kept us going is all the loyal and repeat customers. Without you we never would have survived. I still remember the days when I was processing my orders using yellow invoice sheets. Writing down all the VHS tapes I need to process for each order. Yes, I used to sell only VHS video tapes once! I don’t think we started selling DVDs until 2004.

Thank You!!