Comments on: GumGum Rethinks Its Approach. Drops Flash http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:37:26 -0800 hourly 1 By: Scooopy.net » Blog Archive » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2657173 Scooopy.net » Blog Archive » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:34:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2657173 [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...] [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...]

]]> By: 247dailypress.com » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2656944 247dailypress.com » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:50:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2656944 [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...] [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...]

]]> By: GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook | Reviews Manual http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2656938 GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook | Reviews Manual Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2656938 [...] our preceding news of GumGum here and [...] [...] our preceding news of GumGum here and [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2656905 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:01:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2656905 [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...] [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...]

]]> By: GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2656844 GumGum Wants To Turn Celebrity Pics Into Shopping Sprees With ShopThisLook Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:42:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2656844 [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...] [...] our previous coverage of GumGum here and [...]

]]> By: limo party bus http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2560247 limo party bus Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:13:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2560247 well they are quite correct here :) wisdom of time i would say. well they are quite correct here :) wisdom of time i would say.

]]> By: sunbury limo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2559470 sunbury limo Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:26:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2559470 this thing looks good but I think its something everybody is now getting into and am not sure if its going to be something very profitable. this thing looks good but I think its something everybody is now getting into and am not sure if its going to be something very profitable.

]]> By: Glam Teams With GumGum To Serve Free, Legal Images http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2488799 Glam Teams With GumGum To Serve Free, Legal Images Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:42:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2488799 [...] deal comes two months after GumGum annouced a major shift in the technology used to power its platform. In the past, the site would issue [...] [...] deal comes two months after GumGum annouced a major shift in the technology used to power its platform. In the past, the site would issue [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2435746 Jonathan Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:03:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2435746 @InStyle LOL. I guess it's only "good" depending on your use of it. If you can afford the $1000 upfront then by all mean it's great and more cost effective... but your InStyle... com'on. You guys have been established forever. @John Yea Trey is definitely Suspect. He's Nick Denton's former bitch boy. @InStyle
LOL. I guess it’s only “good” depending on your use of it. If you can afford the $1000 upfront then by all mean it’s great and more cost effective… but your InStyle… com’on. You guys have been established forever.

@John
Yea Trey is definitely Suspect. He’s Nick Denton’s former bitch boy.

]]> By: john http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2431473 john Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:48:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2431473 That is hilarious. Suspect. I have ZERO vested interest outside of creating a successful company myself. I'm suspect that you have a vested interest in a photo agency that sells you "all you can eat" celeb images for a 1000 bucks a month and don't like what GumGum is doing bc you'd be paying more w GumGum based on your viewership, which at the end of the day is fair to the photog and more precise way to value the licensing price of a photos. I will be even more honest and say that I have no idea who Trey is though. He may be suspect. hahaha www.cutcaster.com That is hilarious. Suspect. I have ZERO vested interest outside of creating a successful company myself.

I’m suspect that you have a vested interest in a photo agency that sells you “all you can eat” celeb images for a 1000 bucks a month and don’t like what GumGum is doing bc you’d be paying more w GumGum based on your viewership, which at the end of the day is fair to the photog and more precise way to value the licensing price of a photos.

I will be even more honest and say that I have no idea who Trey is though. He may be suspect. hahaha

http://www.cutcaster.com

]]> By: InStyle http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2429415 InStyle Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:33:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2429415 As an editor at Instyle online, we actually only pay $1000 per month for all you can eat photos from the major celeb agencies, so I don't think this model works. On a side note - the comments here appear suspect. After reading all the comments here, it seems that after being attacked John from Cutcaster and Trey Cruz appeared to defend the model, but they seem to have a vested interest. The truth is from a customer side, celebrity photos are already really really cheap already for online use and paying more for them through a CPM model or slapping ads on them, while seemingly a nice solution, will not actually play out in volumes as the images are really affordable from great photo agencies already. It's a very saturated, crowded, competitive market. As an editor at Instyle online, we actually only pay $1000 per month for all you can eat photos from the major celeb agencies, so I don’t think this model works.

On a side note – the comments here appear suspect. After reading all the comments here, it seems that after being attacked John from Cutcaster and Trey Cruz appeared to defend the model, but they seem to have a vested interest. The truth is from a customer side, celebrity photos are already really really cheap already for online use and paying more for them through a CPM model or slapping ads on them, while seemingly a nice solution, will not actually play out in volumes as the images are really affordable from great photo agencies already. It’s a very saturated, crowded, competitive market.

]]> By: Trey Cruz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426492 Trey Cruz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426492 Sorry one more thing... a lot of you are mentioning stock site. The content provider that GumGum pairs up with are providers that serve, for the lack of a better word, 'real time' photos. Not some crap that was taken weeks ago. Sorry one more thing… a lot of you are mentioning stock site.

The content provider that GumGum pairs up with are providers that serve, for the lack of a better word, ‘real time’ photos. Not some crap that was taken weeks ago.

]]> By: Trey Cruz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426487 Trey Cruz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:57:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426487 *** stealing photos. *** stealing photos.

]]> By: Trey Cruz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426486 Trey Cruz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:57:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426486 We actually rely on GumGum a lot and have made a great partnership with them. Wherever the hell you are getting $1/image pricing from is absolutely ridiculous! I wish it was that cheap. Going directly to any of these content providers will easily cost you a minimum of at 30 bucks an image. Plus if you are too cheap to pay the CPM model for the gossip photos you shouldn't be in the industry to begin with. Go pull a Perez Hilton and start dealing photos. We actually rely on GumGum a lot and have made a great partnership with them.

Wherever the hell you are getting $1/image pricing from is absolutely ridiculous! I wish it was that cheap. Going directly to any of these content providers will easily cost you a minimum of at 30 bucks an image.

Plus if you are too cheap to pay the CPM model for the gossip photos you shouldn’t be in the industry to begin with.

Go pull a Perez Hilton and start dealing photos.

]]> By: Pandrogas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426348 Pandrogas Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426348 And yet, I have this nagging feeling that CPM images are just not a great approach... Anyone think GumGum can compete with websites like sxc.hu or any one of thousands of art stock ites that only charge you once to do whatever you want with an image? And yet, I have this nagging feeling that CPM images are just not a great approach… Anyone think GumGum can compete with websites like sxc.hu or any one of thousands of art stock ites that only charge you once to do whatever you want with an image?

]]> By: john http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426347 john Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:30:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426347 I like the companies idea and Ophir and he is a competitor to my company Cutcaster which says something about both. Ophir has done something very interesting for the stock industry which they struggled with. He found a way to match actual views with a pricing mechanism. While there are some issues with what they created, like serving ads overlaid on a celebs pic who never endorsed the ads and using flash to start, i wish them luck. At www.cutcaster.com we are trying to accomplish the same pricing question. Cutcaster offers royalty free images, stock photos, stock footage and stock photography for advertising, publishing or web design. We are tackling the same issues with our image and footage pricing algorithm and the ability to buy content ala carte or on demand or bid on content so you can name your price. We want to commoditize content and create a dynamic marketplace for it. Slightly different then gumgum's approach but our pricing algorithm could help a company like gumgum price their CPM rates better. John I like the companies idea and Ophir and he is a competitor to my company Cutcaster which says something about both. Ophir has done something very interesting for the stock industry which they struggled with. He found a way to match actual views with a pricing mechanism. While there are some issues with what they created, like serving ads overlaid on a celebs pic who never endorsed the ads and using flash to start, i wish them luck.

At http://www.cutcaster.com we are trying to accomplish the same pricing question. Cutcaster offers royalty free images, stock photos, stock footage and stock photography for advertising, publishing or web design. We are tackling the same issues with our image and footage pricing algorithm and the ability to buy content ala carte or on demand or bid on content so you can name your price. We want to commoditize content and create a dynamic marketplace for it. Slightly different then gumgum’s approach but our pricing algorithm could help a company like gumgum price their CPM rates better.

John

]]> By: Tyler Larson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426258 Tyler Larson Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:11:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426258 Just because they can't find an ActionScript programmer that can create the features they needed. HTML/JavaScript is noting in comparison to ActionScript 3 and just because a browser has some nice included futures doesn't mean you can recreate any of them. Sounds to me like they had a staffing problem and where forced to limit there features and find other ways to do things. Just because they can’t find an ActionScript programmer that can create the features they needed. HTML/JavaScript is noting in comparison to ActionScript 3 and just because a browser has some nice included futures doesn’t mean you can recreate any of them. Sounds to me like they had a staffing problem and where forced to limit there features and find other ways to do things.

]]> By: Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - GumGum http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426215 Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - GumGum Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:24:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426215 [...] seine Seite einbinden, der Preis berechnet sich aus der Anzahl der Views. http://gumgum.com/ via: TechCrunch Technorati: gumgum Kategorie: Verdienstmöglichkeit [...] [...] seine Seite einbinden, der Preis berechnet sich aus der Anzahl der Views. http://gumgum.com/ via: TechCrunch Technorati: gumgum Kategorie: Verdienstmöglichkeit [...]

]]> By: Phil http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426136 Phil Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:02:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426136 i don't understand why people give companies a hard time like this. this company is clearly attempting to change an industry for the better. stop the hate! get a life! i don’t understand why people give companies a hard time like this. this company is clearly attempting to change an industry for the better. stop the hate! get a life!

]]> By: sk http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2426026 sk Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:06:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2426026 dude - you guys have got this. this may sound like a cliche, but this is a real need. i have myself considered to create sthng very similar because i always found a nice food pic on a blog but didnt know how to license it for my own food site. gud you guys are now focosuing on the b2b segment - its small publishers who cant affort the high price of a getty images who will license great pics being put up by bloggers who can monetize this better than cheap paying google ad sense ! this is a real need. the mantra on the internet is "you make money through cents" and not big dollars. because the amt one is willing to pay is directly proportional to the actual energy one spends in getting that thing and inversely proportional to its availability. dude – you guys have got this. this may sound like a cliche, but this is a real need. i have myself considered to create sthng very similar because i always found a nice food pic on a blog but didnt know how to license it for my own food site. gud you guys are now focosuing on the b2b segment – its small publishers who cant affort the high price of a getty images who will license great pics being put up by bloggers who can monetize this better than cheap paying google ad sense !

this is a real need. the mantra on the internet is “you make money through cents” and not big dollars. because the amt one is willing to pay is directly proportional to the actual energy one spends in getting that thing and inversely proportional to its availability.

]]> By: Ophir Tanz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2425991 Ophir Tanz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:05:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2425991 chrispateros - Our focus is not on stopping piracy, but on improving the monetization of content. The expectation is that we will make the process so seamless, easy and fair that incentives to pirate are drastically reduced (not all that different from iTunes). We have already seen many publishers go legit as a result a our offering. Onsense - Our, as of yet unreleased, video product works with Flash. Flash makes sense for video, not for images. chrispateros – Our focus is not on stopping piracy, but on improving the monetization of content. The expectation is that we will make the process so seamless, easy and fair that incentives to pirate are drastically reduced (not all that different from iTunes). We have already seen many publishers go legit as a result a our offering.

Onsense – Our, as of yet unreleased, video product works with Flash. Flash makes sense for video, not for images.

]]> By: Onsense http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2425978 Onsense Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:46:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2425978 This works for images, but how about video? Flash seems to be the chosen technology for streaming content to mobile and PCs. This works for images, but how about video? Flash seems to be the chosen technology for streaming content to mobile and PCs.

]]> By: the eXternal mind » links for 2008-07-31 [delicious.com] http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2425947 the eXternal mind » links for 2008-07-31 [delicious.com] Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:06:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2425947 [...] GumGum Rethinks Its Approach. Drops Flash (tags: image flash javascript techcrunch) This entry was written by delicious and posted on 7/31/2008 at 11:05 pm and filed under Home. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « links for 2008-07-31 [...] [...] GumGum Rethinks Its Approach. Drops Flash (tags: image flash javascript techcrunch) This entry was written by delicious and posted on 7/31/2008 at 11:05 pm and filed under Home. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « links for 2008-07-31 [...]

]]> By: chrispateros http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2425942 chrispateros Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:57:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2425942 no matter what they do, they won't able to stop piracy because that is as old as time no matter what they do, they won’t able to stop piracy because that is as old as time

]]> By: Alaska Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/31/gumgum-launches-image-licensing-platform-that-doesnt-use-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2425930 Alaska Miller Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:20:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=20638#comment-2425930 That's an awesome comeback. Did you ask your kid to help you with that? That’s an awesome comeback. Did you ask your kid to help you with that?

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