Image Randomizers - Some thoughts on paid services...

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Some thoughts on paid services... (24th Jan 09 at 8:44pm UTC)
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
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Re: Some thoughts on paid services... (25th Jan 09 at 1:30am UTC)
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.
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