Is It Right For You?
There are some basics to determining whether the offer is right for DRTV! Not every product or service that makes it to air is a success, but you can improve your odds tremendously by considering the following questions:
- Cost: should be < 20% of the retail selling price.
- Selling message can be understood clearly – in 60 seconds.
- National distribution – wide appeal.
- Solve a problem? Have a high “perceived value” to price?
- Lead-generator for 2-step sale, or a direct-to-viewer sale.
- Possible upsell into additional products?
- IS there retail store distribution? If not, infomercial can help drive retail distribution from new brand awareness from infomercial


