Shutterfly, an online photo sharing and printing site, is adding video capability to its photo sharing sites. Shutterfly is using video hosting site Motionbox to power its video sharing service. So when you upload a video to your Shutterfly Share site, it will also be stored in your Motionbox account. If you upload to Motionbox directly, you will be given the option to post your video to your Shutterfly Share site.
Users can also share videos to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Blogger can upgrade for unlimited video storage and HD-quality playback. The free account is a little limiting for storage—you can only upload ten video clips. For $30 per year, you can have a premium subscription which allows higher file size limits, unlimited video downloads and HD-quality playback.
I’m assuming that Shutterfly will monetize the addition of videos by offering customized DVDs of clips. Currently, the company offers users a variety or printing services where users can not only print their photos, but also create cards, mugs, invitations, apparel and more with photos emblazoned on each item. But I’m not sure how else Shutterfly can make money off of the video component.
Shutterfly, which IPO’d in 2006, is playing catch up to other more popular photo sharing sites, like Flickr and Photobucket, which both host video as well as photos. Even Facebook is becoming the go-to destination to share photos and videos. But Shutterfly, a vestige of the dot-com boom and bust, has managed to survive, despite being in an ultra competitive space that’s chock full of similar offerings and products.
I love Shutterfly. I certainly hope they DO offer customized DVD’s, I have a big family and I’d love to be able to put a DVD together with all of our family photos.
Thanks for the news!
BL
This is terrific news. I’ve been using Shutterfly for years but always wanted to share my videos as well with my parents who live in the UK. I tried using YouTube but some of the comments on videos of my kids were scary so I stopped. Looks like the Motionbox service fits the bill and also lets me set privacy controls. Kudos!!
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1. Sign in and go to “My Videos”.
2. Click the “Edit Video Info” button beside the video in question.
3. Scroll down to the Broadcast section and select the “Private” option.
4. Be sure to then select the specific contact list you want to see the video.
5. If a list is too large, select the individuals with whom you’d like to share the video.
6. When using lists, always double-check to be sure the contact list you select includes only the people you want to see that video. Check your Contact Lists.
7. Click the “Update Video Info” button.
In other words “Wendy” you did not try because, I suspect, you work for shutterfly.
Shutterfly is NOT playing catch up to Flickr or Photobucket. It’s been around forever and has solid customer base of people who actually don’t mind paying for their services, which are primary, quality photo printing, not sharing.
In regards to video, simply who cares.