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Re: Everpix

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Post by ishansharma » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 5:51 AM UTC

elithrar wrote: post #8

dsl wrote: post #5

My first thought was Apple or Google is going to buy this. Love the UI, but nobody is going to pay a subscription fee for it (and I doubt that is the business plan anyway).

> My first thought was Apple or Google is going to buy this. Love the UI, but nobody is going to pay a subscription fee for it (and I doubt that is the business plan anyway). I think the price is fair, especially as a dedicated backup service (i.e. a third backup dest.). If their terms & features are strong enough they'll likely pick up a following from enthusiast photographers who are tired of Flickr/500px and want…

I tried it two months back but didn't go premium as there's essentially no organisation. I am used to store pics in sync-date folder names like Picasa.

I just went for Picasa, which tags people efficiently, has other features and costs $2.49/month for 100 GB!

Though I left Picasa once they started uploading to Google+ by default. Private or not, I didn't like that. It also lacked some features as compared to Picasa Web. Now I just use Cubby to sync my photos folder and Picasa organises them.

Re: Everpix

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Post by zzzmarcus » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:06 AM UTC

dsl wrote: post #5

My first thought was Apple or Google is going to buy this. Love the UI, but nobody is going to pay a subscription fee for it (and I doubt that is the business plan anyway).

Paying for it was a no-brainer for me. It's an easy to maintain, well designed site and app that's not a another backup black-hole where photos are safe, but too hard to actually look at. That's easily worth a few dollars a month/year.

Re: Everpix

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Post by hospadam » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:30 AM UTC

So this looks amazing... and I want to buy into it... but I was just burned by Snapjoy several months ago.

I feel like I'll pay the money... spend my time syncing my library and getting everything organized... and then someone else is going to snatch you guys up and shut it down.

Clearly you guys have a business model and a product you're selling. If I can't even rely on you guys being in business long-term, what can I do? But you guys have built an amazing product! Keep up the good work!

Re: Everpix

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Post by furyofantares » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:32 AM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #3

This is brilliant. iTunes killed hierarchical organization for music, but we've still been stuck with it for photos (albums = folders). This could get rid of "albums" as we know them.

Can you explain how iTunes killed albums? It certainly hasn't for me.

Re: Everpix

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Post by swisspol » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:42 AM UTC

Rajiv_N wrote: post #7

I like the landing page. As I was reading through, I found something you may want to correct: "Take more photos anyway! ... so you can _you_ enjoy all ..." There is an additional "you" in this sentence. Just to clarify, I am not trying to offend anyone here, just trying to help. I think landing pages are important. Good luck!

(Everpix founder here) Thanks for pointing out the typo! You're certainly right, landing pages matter and it'll be fixed in our next website deployment.

Re: Everpix

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Post by swisspol » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:43 AM UTC

tkahn6 wrote: post #9

Are you guys A/B testing index.html? A: https://www.everpix.com/landing.html B: https://www.everpix.com/landing_video_explore.html

(Everpix founder here) Yes, we indeed are since last week. There's even another one here:

C: https://www.everpix.com/landing_video_highlights.html

Re: Everpix

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Post by veb » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:44 AM UTC

hospadam wrote: post #13

So this looks amazing... and I want to buy into it... but I was just burned by Snapjoy several months ago. I feel like I'll pay the money... spend my time syncing my library and getting everything organized... and then someone else is going to snatch you guys up and shut it down. Clearly you guys have a business model and a product you're selling. If I can't even rely on you guys being in business long-term, what can…

I completely agree with you. I looked at the site originally, and thought, "eh. another app that's going to be bought out by someone, probably" and left.

After reading some of the comments here, I went back and read it more carefully, and it totally looks like something I'd gladly pay a subscription to, but I've been burned before when places have closed after they've been bought out, it's not a nice feeling.

I'm still contemplating it though! It looks awesome.

Re: Everpix

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Post by swisspol » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:51 AM UTC

dsl wrote: post #5

My first thought was Apple or Google is going to buy this. Love the UI, but nobody is going to pay a subscription fee for it (and I doubt that is the business plan anyway).

(Everpix founder here) You'd be surprised - our subscription rates actually tend to prove people are more than willing to pay for what we want to be a high-quality and very innovative photo platform :)

Re: Everpix

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Post by wavesounds » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:56 AM UTC

veb wrote: post #17

hospadam wrote: post #13

So this looks amazing... and I want to buy into it... but I was just burned by Snapjoy several months ago. I feel like I'll pay the money... spend my time syncing my library and getting everything organized... and then someone else is going to snatch you guys up and shut it down. Clearly you guys have a business model and a product you're selling. If I can't even rely on you guys being in business long-term, what can…

I completely agree with you. I looked at the site originally, and thought, "eh. another app that's going to be bought out by someone, probably" and left. After reading some of the comments here, I went back and read it more carefully, and it totally looks like something I'd gladly pay a subscription to, but I've been burned before when places have closed after they've been bought out, it's not a nice feeling. I'm sti…

And what exactly happens to your pictures if the company is bought?

Looks like a good service, wish they had a clearer privacy policy and some guarantees.

Re: Everpix

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Post by slowernet » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 6:58 AM UTC

veb wrote: post #17

hospadam wrote: post #13

So this looks amazing... and I want to buy into it... but I was just burned by Snapjoy several months ago. I feel like I'll pay the money... spend my time syncing my library and getting everything organized... and then someone else is going to snatch you guys up and shut it down. Clearly you guys have a business model and a product you're selling. If I can't even rely on you guys being in business long-term, what can…

I completely agree with you. I looked at the site originally, and thought, "eh. another app that's going to be bought out by someone, probably" and left. After reading some of the comments here, I went back and read it more carefully, and it totally looks like something I'd gladly pay a subscription to, but I've been burned before when places have closed after they've been bought out, it's not a nice feeling. I'm sti…

I've also been thinking about this irony the past year or so. The startups that most evidently have their shit together in terms of product, design, branding, etc. are in a way the least "believable in", since they seem likely to quickly become catnip for acquirers. Sparrow, for one.