Re: Someone please tell me why Snapfish.com is worth $40 million in funding?

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From: Strata Rose Chalup (strata@virtual.net)
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 11:03:05 PDT

Anyone looked at the copyright fine print? Do they also own a right to
reproduce any images (like the Kodak site does)?

That's another revenue model, though not as compelling as the ones
below.

_Strata

Nicolas Popp wrote:
>
> They are getting your true personal identity in exchange for free pictures
> development (cannot lie to have your pictures sent to the right address).
> That's very valuable info.
>
> Once they have nailed your exact consumer profile, they can monetize it
> through highly targeted advertising...
>
> Also, watching pictures and getting your friend and family to watch your
> pictures online is probably one of these "sticky" activities...
>
> In other words, it is the same idea as the free ISP stuff. Look at NetZero
> and some of the deals they have closed lately and you'll see why they are
> getting the money...
>
> -Nico
>
> ps: as far as the name, who would have thought that Yahoo! would become a
> world renowned brand...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B.K. DeLong
> To: Adam Rifkin -4K; FoRK@XeNT.CoM
> Cc: philg@photo.net
> Sent: 5/3/00 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Someone please tell me why Snapfish.com is worth $40 million in
> funding?
>
> At 01:11 PM 05/03/2000 -0700, Adam Rifkin -4K wrote:
> >What kind of brand name is Snapfish anyway?
>
> One of the only domains available that sounded remotely cool? It seems
> most
> .com startups these days base their name on whatever domain they can get
>
> without shelling out millions. It doesn't seem to matter that it has
> nothing to do with the product.
>
> --
> B.K. DeLong
> Research Lead
> ZOT Group
>
> 617.642.7149
> bkdelong@zotgroup.com
> http://www.zotgroup.com 

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