Image Randomizers > General :: General Talk :: > Some thoughts on paid services...
Some thoughts on paid services... - Posted By frufru (frufru) on 24th Jan 09 at 3:44pm
So development of main features has been on hold for a while because I've been quite busy with other things like work. I currently have one idea though that will most likely be a paid service, and that is custom subdomains. So suppose right now you have the randomizer URL http://a.random-image.net/frufru/randimage.jpg . That URL seems a bit awkward and bulky to me.. .and what's with the "a"? So this feature will allow you to have a custom subdomain under any of my domains, so
http://yourname.random-image.net/randimage.jpg, or
http://yourname.mrfrufru.com/randimage.jpg, or
http://yourname.frufru.ca/randimage.jpg, or
http://yourname.c172.com/randimage.jpg, or even
http://yourname.r-i.ca/randimage.jpg
So such a URL will make all of your randomizer URLs look nicer, and you can get to your personal page by going to a URL like above, just without the "/randimage.jpg" part. As well, people with this feature will have controls reflecting it in their control panel. The yourname does not need to be the same as your username.
I am thinking of something like a $5 annual cost per URL. Payment will be by Paypal, because apparently, as a Canadian I can't be a seller on Google Checkout >.<
I don't think I'm going overboard with making this a paid feature. Apparently some sites are charging just for using a simple randomizer...
So how many people would be interested in this if I had it implemented? Other feedback & suggestions are welcome as well
. I just wanted some input to make sure it's worthwhile, because it actually will take a bit of additional coding.
Thanks
-frufru
Re: Some thoughts on paid services... - Posted By †Dark Lord Grievous™ (dlg) on 24th Jan 09 at 8:30pm
TBH, I hate all paid services on forums and such, because there are some people who just don't have the money to pay for this stuff.
And I also feel, when it comes to things like this, everyone should be treated the same, not 'paid user' and 'regular/normal' user.