Netflix正试图将其热播剧《鱿鱼游戏》(Squid Game)打造成时尚热门。本周早些时候,这家流媒体巨头在其运营不久的Netflix在线商店中添加了鱿鱼游戏的同款服装,包括T恤和卫衣等。
但Netflix面临着一场战斗,与涌入亚马逊(Amazon)、Etsy和eBay的非官方性质的粉丝商品展开竞争。对该公司来说,这是一个教训:销售网络热梗同款商品可能相当困难。
9月21日,在全球上线仅4天的大逃杀惊悚片《鱿鱼游戏》就成为了Netflix在美国的收视冠军。Netflix花了两周时间才开始销售与剧集相关的商品,而此时,电视剧中标志性的绿色运动服,早已在互联网上泛滥。
去年夏天,Netflix推出了几十款包括定制款在内的产品。这些产品基于热门电影《亚森·罗宾》(Lupin)、《怪奇物语》(Stranger Things)、《巫师》(The Witcher)、《性教育》(Sex Education),以及《伊甸》(Eden)、《武士弥助》(Yasuke)等动漫作品,现在又有了《鱿鱼游戏》。但这些产品的价格,绝对不以普通大众为目标受众——一件T恤卖35美元,连帽衫卖50美元,棒球帽卖60美元,短裤卖70美元。甚至还有售价135美元的玩具和珠宝,以及售价250美元的限量版收藏雕像。
2017年,Netflix与Target达成授权协议,销售与科幻恐怖系列《怪奇物语》在万圣节首映相关的商品——这是其首次涉足商业领域。去年,Netflix从耐克(Nike)聘请了乔什·西蒙担任公司首位消费产品副总裁。西蒙将他的团队从20名员工扩大至60名员工,从迪士尼(Disney)、美泰(Mattel)和三丽鸥(Sanrio)挖走人才,并与沃尔玛(Walmart)和丝芙兰(Sephora)等零售商达成授权协议。2021年6月,西蒙推出了Netflix在美国的电子商务商店,当时Netflix告诉《财富》杂志,这一项目计划向海外扩张。
虽然网站已经增加了10件鱿鱼游戏同款T恤和卫衣,数量比商店里任何其他特许经营产品都来得多,但是,网站上仍然没有上线万圣节服装。Netflix向《财富》杂志证实,未来三周内,该公司没有在门店中添加任何新的鱿鱼游戏相关商品的计划。但持续跟踪用户对特定主题搜索兴趣的谷歌Trends的数据显示,受《鱿鱼游戏》启发的万圣节服装,比如绿色运动服,需求量正越来越大。而通过亚马逊等非官方渠道售卖产品的线上商家,正在努力满足这些需求。
由于用户增长放缓,Netflix面临着来自投资者的压力,该公司正寻求拓展新业务。Netflix已经宣布进军包括在流媒体订阅中的手机游戏领域,目前正在波兰进行测试。但是,目前尚不清楚该公司对直接在网上向消费者销售节目衍生产品的认真程度。迪士尼等其他影视公司已经通过这种方式赚得盆满钵满,但目前,对于Netflix来说,这还只是一个实验。
今年晚些时候的假期期间,Netflix计划推出一系列大片,比如由好莱坞重量级演员瑞安·雷诺兹、盖尔·加朵和巨石强森主演的《红色通缉令》(Red Notice)。目前还没有消息表明Netflix是否会针对这部斥资巨大的影片出售相关商品。
至于未经授权的《鱿鱼游戏》商品,或许也不会持续太久。在过去的几天里,亚马逊已经开始撤下其中一部分商品。(财富中文网)
编译:杨二一
Netflix正试图将其热播剧《鱿鱼游戏》(Squid Game)打造成时尚热门。本周早些时候,这家流媒体巨头在其运营不久的Netflix在线商店中添加了鱿鱼游戏的同款服装,包括T恤和卫衣等。
但Netflix面临着一场战斗,与涌入亚马逊(Amazon)、Etsy和eBay的非官方性质的粉丝商品展开竞争。对该公司来说,这是一个教训:销售网络热梗同款商品可能相当困难。
9月21日,在全球上线仅4天的大逃杀惊悚片《鱿鱼游戏》就成为了Netflix在美国的收视冠军。Netflix花了两周时间才开始销售与剧集相关的商品,而此时,电视剧中标志性的绿色运动服,早已在互联网上泛滥。
去年夏天,Netflix推出了几十款包括定制款在内的产品。这些产品基于热门电影《亚森·罗宾》(Lupin)、《怪奇物语》(Stranger Things)、《巫师》(The Witcher)、《性教育》(Sex Education),以及《伊甸》(Eden)、《武士弥助》(Yasuke)等动漫作品,现在又有了《鱿鱼游戏》。但这些产品的价格,绝对不以普通大众为目标受众——一件T恤卖35美元,连帽衫卖50美元,棒球帽卖60美元,短裤卖70美元。甚至还有售价135美元的玩具和珠宝,以及售价250美元的限量版收藏雕像。
2017年,Netflix与Target达成授权协议,销售与科幻恐怖系列《怪奇物语》在万圣节首映相关的商品——这是其首次涉足商业领域。去年,Netflix从耐克(Nike)聘请了乔什·西蒙担任公司首位消费产品副总裁。西蒙将他的团队从20名员工扩大至60名员工,从迪士尼(Disney)、美泰(Mattel)和三丽鸥(Sanrio)挖走人才,并与沃尔玛(Walmart)和丝芙兰(Sephora)等零售商达成授权协议。2021年6月,西蒙推出了Netflix在美国的电子商务商店,当时Netflix告诉《财富》杂志,这一项目计划向海外扩张。
虽然网站已经增加了10件鱿鱼游戏同款T恤和卫衣,数量比商店里任何其他特许经营产品都来得多,但是,网站上仍然没有上线万圣节服装。Netflix向《财富》杂志证实,未来三周内,该公司没有在门店中添加任何新的鱿鱼游戏相关商品的计划。但持续跟踪用户对特定主题搜索兴趣的谷歌Trends的数据显示,受《鱿鱼游戏》启发的万圣节服装,比如绿色运动服,需求量正越来越大。而通过亚马逊等非官方渠道售卖产品的线上商家,正在努力满足这些需求。
由于用户增长放缓,Netflix面临着来自投资者的压力,该公司正寻求拓展新业务。Netflix已经宣布进军包括在流媒体订阅中的手机游戏领域,目前正在波兰进行测试。但是,目前尚不清楚该公司对直接在网上向消费者销售节目衍生产品的认真程度。迪士尼等其他影视公司已经通过这种方式赚得盆满钵满,但目前,对于Netflix来说,这还只是一个实验。
今年晚些时候的假期期间,Netflix计划推出一系列大片,比如由好莱坞重量级演员瑞安·雷诺兹、盖尔·加朵和巨石强森主演的《红色通缉令》(Red Notice)。目前还没有消息表明Netflix是否会针对这部斥资巨大的影片出售相关商品。
至于未经授权的《鱿鱼游戏》商品,或许也不会持续太久。在过去的几天里,亚马逊已经开始撤下其中一部分商品。(财富中文网)
编译:杨二一
Netflix is trying to turn its hit Squid Game series into a fashion hit too. Earlier this week, the streaming giant added Squid Game apparel—T-shirts and hoodies—to its fledgling Netflix online store.
But Netflix has a battle on its hands competing with unofficial fan products flooding Amazon, Etsy, and eBay. For the company, it’s a lesson learned: Selling meme merchandise can be difficult.
Squid Game, a survival thriller from South Korea, became the No. 1 Netflix series in the U.S. on Sept. 21, just four days after its global release. It took Netflix two weeks to start selling series-related goods, by which time the show’s iconic green tracksuits had already flooded the Internet.
Launched this past summer, Netflix’s store features a few dozen items—some customizable—based on hits like Lupin, Stranger Things, The Witcher, Sex Education, anime titles like Eden and Yasuke, and now Squid Game. But prices are anything but mass market. T-shirts sell for $35, hoodies $50, baseball caps $60, and shorts for a whopping $70. There are also toys and jewelry selling for $135, and a limited-edition collectible statue for $250.
Netflix first ventured into merchandising in 2017 through a licensing deal with Target to sell Stranger Things goods tied to the Halloween premiere of the science-fiction horror series. Then, last year, the company recruited Josh Simon from Nike to become its first vice president of consumer products. Simon grew his team from 20 to 60 employees, hiring away talent from Disney, Mattel, and Sanrio, and struck licensing deals with other retailers including Walmart and Sephora. In June 2021 he launched Netflix’s U.S. e-commerce shop, which Netflix told Fortune it plans to expand abroad.
Although it has added 10 Squid Game T-shirts and hoodies—more items than any other franchise in the shop—there are no Halloween costumes available on the site. Netflix has confirmed with Fortune that it has no plans to add any new Squid Game merchandise to its store in the next three weeks. But Halloween costumes inspired by Squid Game, such as those green tracksuits, are in growing demand, according to Google Trends, which tracks search interest in particular topics over time. Unofficial online merchants selling through Amazon and elsewhere are trying to meet the demand.
Under pressure from investors because of slowing subscriber growth, Netflix is looking to expand into new businesses. It has already announced a push into mobile gaming, which would be included in streaming subscriptions and is currently being tested in Poland. But it’s unclear how serious the company is about selling products based on its shows directly to consumers online, which other movie studios like Disney have turned into big money. For now, it’s just an experiment for Netflix.
Later this year, during the holiday season, Netflix plans a number of blockbuster releases like Red Notice, starring Hollywood heavyweights Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. There’s no word yet on whether Netflix will sell merchandise to go with its big budget releases.
As for the unauthorized Squid Game merchandise available, well, that may not be for too long. In the past few days, Amazon, for one, has started to take down at least some of those items.