I would like to know.

Brian isn't this what World Events Production is doing with Denver the Last Dinosaur ??

http://store.voltron.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=68

This DVDs are online exclusivly and is sold only by WEP directly (see link) or by Amazon , but amazon has a much higher price  

Their other more well known titles live VOTRON or Saber Rider are sold as normal releases AFAIK  so doing this with their least popular titel is pretty smart I guess

 

And Brian if you guys do this wouldn't it be smart to make them Region 0 so perhaps europeans, australians could buy such stuff so you could increase your profit margins too ???

Just sell it off of your website directly....

I still go for the hard copy in stores because it's there and in your hands.

how does that work

Shout puts a list of available shows and you have to order it  and they will send you a DVD-R set with the show ?

Good

So when will you start an experiment with such a release  like Sonic Vol 3 or COPS/Jayce

Personally I am not interested in any of them but I am looking foward to perhaps other more underrated  cartoons releases from Shout and if this way is the only way so be it

As a suggestion Brian

Have considered to "feel" the crowd at youtube and imdb for example and when official DVDs are announced to have someone post in related videos (like intros)  about it

Thi is ultra cheap marketing after all

Whenever something is shipped from an online store or seller, there is always a risk of things being damaged.  eBay especially with sellers already charging insane shipping costs and using cheap shipping materials to maximize profit.

Amazon.com has one of the best PR departments ever established.  If you buy something directly from Amazon.com and it arrives damaged or is incorrect, they will send out a replacement and pay for the return shipping back of the defective item.  Now, item's purchased from 3rd party sellers on Amazon.com.  That is a different story.  I'm sure if Shout would partner with Amazon.com they would use the "Fulfillment by Amazon" business partnership.  In the age of credit card protection and even alternative payment methods like PayPal, buying online should be a no brainer.  I think there were estimates that it cost something to the effect of .60 cents a mile to drive somewhere.  This combines gas with wear and tear on the vehicle.  So factor that into the cost of purchasing an item from a store.

Hi everyone, I haven't been here for a while.

Anyway, I would personally prefer to go to a store to get AoSTH vol. 3. However, I have ordered online before, and with a couple of exceptions (both involving pre-ordering), I have had satsifactory experiences. With this in mind, if buying it directly from Shout (or Amazon) was really the only way to get it, then I would gladly take that option, as long as it was reasonably priced ($30-$25 or lower). I haven't ordered from the Shout! Factory online store, but I have ordered from Amazon (and the marketplace), and I had no problems with either Amazon itself, or the sellers I purchased from.

That said, I really hope that AoSTH vol 3. will come out soon, even if it meant we could only get it from directly Shout and/or Amazon. Also, if it does come to direct-to-consumer being the only option, maybe you could also release the rest of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors this way, and maybe even all the other DIC stuff Shout (still) has the rights to (like the rest of Heathcliff, if Shout still has that).

BTW, somewhat off-topic, but there is an alternate way to order online if you don't like using credit cards (or even ATM check cards). You could always buy yourself a gift certificate, and use that to order online. Now, while there are ones that are not specific to a particular store, for ones from credit card companies (i.e., Visa, AmEx) you usually have to pay a fee to activate it, and depending on the certificate itself, even a monthly fee to maintain it (unless you plan to use it only once).

Back on topic, I'm not sure about the "manufacture on-demand" model yet, but if direct-to-consumer was the only way, then I would definitely get AoSTH vol. 3 that way.

I have no problem whatsoever ordering from the site as long as the shipping costs aren't atrocious.

Unfortunately, Heathcliff is the show I desparately want, and Shout apparently doesn't have the rights anymore so even under thsi model it wouldn't be possible.

I've never posted here before, just lurk occasionally to hear about new sets being released and continuations of old shows coming up.  I just wanted to chime in to say that I would also buy the Adventures of Sonic vol 3 direct from Shout if you guys went that route. 

It's the collection that I'd most like to see, but also would love to see continuations of Jayce and C.O.P.S. come the same way if it worked out well for you. 

I'd buy Adventures of Sonic 3 any way I could get it, though I do most of my dvd shopping from Amazon.com. I have volumes 1 and 2 already, plus Sonic the Hedgehog the Complete Series (my very favorite) and both volumes of Sonic Underground. I'm happy that Shout Factory has been able to release those.

Here's hoping volume 3 comes out one day!