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Re: Flag – Print ads on the back of people’s free photos

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Great idea; it's a bit unclear to me how to become a user (rather than advertiser), there's reference to an app but I couldn't find anything. I wouldn't mind getting photos printed for free with ads on the back. Still in beta?

I'm also curious to see what the auction prices end up being - they may start at $0.01, but I doubt you'll stay in business long printing+shipping at that price.

I also wonder - if an advertiser bids for 1000 ads, are those spread among 1000 different people, or 50 people x 20 photos (or whatever)? As a user, would I upload all the photos I want printed and then sit back and wait for a bundle to come in the mail?

Re: Flag – Print ads on the back of people’s free photos

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post #3

Great idea; it's a bit unclear to me how to become a user (rather than advertiser), there's reference to an app but I couldn't find anything. I wouldn't mind getting photos printed for free with ads on the back. Still in beta? I'm also curious to see what the auction prices end up being - they may start at $0.01, but I doubt you'll stay in business long printing+shipping at that price. I also wonder - if an advertise…

Perhaps the frequency caps could be expressed in ads per batch and ads per time unit.

Re: Flag – Print ads on the back of people’s free photos

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post #3

Great idea; it's a bit unclear to me how to become a user (rather than advertiser), there's reference to an app but I couldn't find anything. I wouldn't mind getting photos printed for free with ads on the back. Still in beta? I'm also curious to see what the auction prices end up being - they may start at $0.01, but I doubt you'll stay in business long printing+shipping at that price. I also wonder - if an advertise…

The service hasn't actually launched yet, per their Kickstarter updates and comments. It makes sense, you have to line up advertisers before you start letting people print, but I think that could have been made vastly more clear on the site.

Re: Flag – Print ads on the back of people’s free photos

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Will the users ability to print be limited by the demand for advertising? In other words, can I print 1,000 photos as an individual? If you can only fill 100 of those ad slots, do I pay for the rest out of pocket?

Per their Kickstarter it says "Select 20 photos" so I guess there will be some sort of limit

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1306413684/flag-the-app...

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